The Oscar-nominated star had to go deep for his role as a grieving father in the adaptation of Max Porter’s emotional bestseller ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’. He and Porter speak to Ellie Harrison about masculinity, raising sons, and how Cumberbatch is using his Marvel cachet to get films made that ‘struggle to exist’
Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘I’m nearly 50, so I’ve lived a bit – I’ve experienced grief’ … from the Independent Ellie Harrison