Hollywood star Benedict Cumberbatch shared a funny story about getting pranked while filming Star Trek Into Darkness.
In an interview with Variety, he talked about a shoot at the National Ignition Facility, where nuclear fusion tests take place. He recalled,
They convinced me before I got there that there was this neutron cream you had to dot on your face to protect against all the neutrons that were flying around in the air, And I’m like, ‘I’m not sure. Really?’ And you know, who am I to question science? I’ve played a few scientists but I don’t, you know, I’m not Stephen Hawking.
Cumberbatch shared more about the prank, explaining how he fell for it completely.
So maybe it’s some crazy American, sort of, insurance thing, This is all by way of, you know, excusing how stupid I am. I then went on set and had this cream on and then there was a sign up, and I had to read this notice to the whole crew about, ‘Guys, we really have to do this neutron cream.’ And as I was reading it, I went, ‘Yeah, and if you’ve been wearing neutron cream then you’re an idiot. There’s no such thing. You don’t…’ And I was like, ‘What?’ The whole crew had me. It was brilliant.
Cumberbatch said
In the 2013 movie Star Trek Into Darkness, directed by J.J. Abrams, Benedict Cumberbatch took on the famous role of Khan Noonien Singh, originally played by Ricardo Montalbán nearly 50 years ago. The film also brought back popular characters from the series, with Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy, Zoe Saldaña as Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty, John Cho as Sulu, and Anton Yelchin as Chekov. The movie earned over $467 million worldwide on a budget of around $190 million and received mostly positive reviews from critics.
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Benedict Cumberbatch recently shared his thoughts on returning to some of his well-known roles. He’s open to playing Doctor Stephen Strange again in the Marvel movies but feels less certain about coming back as Sherlock Holmes on the BBC series.
When asked what it would take to return to Sherlock, he joked, “A lot of money.” He explained that it would need to be even better than before, saying, “There’s always that itch to scratch, but it would have to be the best version of what we’ve already done.”
Source: Variety via YouTube