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Actor Benedict Cumberbatch spoke in an interview with Variety about the impact of the kidnapping he experienced in South Africa when he was 20 years old. “It really, really enriches your values in life.”
While filming the BBC miniseries “To The Ends of The World,” actor Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped in South Africa in 2004, when he was 20 years old. Today, at 48, he looks back on the incident as a life lesson.
Cumberbatch was with a group of people when they were robbed and kidnapped on a road in Durban. The group was tied up and taken in a car by the kidnappers, who left them after hours of driving.
The incident left the actor “impatient.” “It gave me a sense of time, but not necessarily in a good way,” he told Variety. The “Sherlock” star longed for an adrenaline-filled life.
“I was jumping out of planes, taking all kinds of risks. But back then, aside from my parents, I didn’t really have anyone depending on me. Now that’s changed, and it makes me more sober,” he confessed.
Benedict Cumberbatch is known for his roles as Stephen Strange in the Marvel film “Doctor Strange” and as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series “Sherlock.”
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