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Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Benedict Cumberbatch says 'horrific' diet for Doctor Strange could 'feed a family'
The London-born film star, 49, said he could have fed a family 'with the amount of eating' he did Benedict Cumberbatch described it as 'horrific' to eat beyond his appetite while filming Marvel's Doctor Strange. The London-born actor, famous for portraying the spell-casting superhero, said he could have fed a family with the volume of food he consumed and slammed the film industry for being 'grossly wasteful'. During an interview on the Ruthie's Table 4 podcast, he said: "You have someone who can prescribe you what you're eating and they can cook for you. We had a fantastic chef on the last Doctor Strange film. "… But it's this amazing facility to go, 'Right, he needs to be on this many calories a day. He needs to have five meals. He needs to have a couple of boiled eggs between those five meals or some kind of high-protein snack, cheese and crackers or almond butter and crackers. Crackers. Lots of crackers.' "For me the exercise is great and the end result is that you feel strong and you feel confident. You hold yourself better, you have stamina through the exercise and the food that makes you last through the gig. "But it is horrific. I don't like it personally, I think it's horrific, eating beyond your appetite … It's just like, what am I doing? I could feed a family with the amount I'm eating." While Benedict, 49, said that you 'have to meet people where they are on these issues in filmmaking', he emphasised that it's a 'grossly wasteful industry'. This goes beyond just on-set dieting, as well. He continued: "It just slowly, slowly, you have to meet people where they are on these issues in filmmaking. But it's a grossly wasteful industry. "So let me think about set builds that aren't recycled. Think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light and energy. The amount of wattage you need to sort of create daylight and consistent light in a studio environment. It's a lot of energy. "So the first people to stick their head above the parapet to talk about anything to do with climate and excessive use of things, or hypocrisy, or systems that don't work, get slammed if they're actors, because they're ferried about." The star also added: "It is a systemic thing. But as a producer, I'm really hot on that. I try to push the green initiative, the green handshake into every agreement I can." Benedict is also known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the eponymous award-winning BBC series and won a Bafta TV award for the drama Patrick Melrose, which was based on a series of semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St Aubyn. Meanwhile, the Ruthie's Table 4 podcast invites a range of notable guests to sit at the River Cafe with co-founder Ruth Rogers. This season features conversations with people including Sir Elton John, Bono, Guillermo Del Toro, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, and Sir Ian McKellen.
RTÉ News
a day ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Benedict Cumberbatch recalls 'horrific' diet for movie
Benedict Cumberbatch has admitted that it felt "horrific" to eat beyond his appetite as part of his routine for Marvel film Doctor Strange. The London-born film star, 49, known for playing the spell-casting superhero, said he could have fed a family "with the amount of eating" he did, and criticised the film industry for being "grossly wasteful". Speaking on the podcast Ruthie's Table 4, he said: "You have someone who can prescribe you what you're eating and they can cook for you. "We had a fantastic chef on the last Doctor Strange film … but it's this amazing facility to go, 'Right he needs to be on this many calories a day. "He needs to have five meals, he needs to have a couple of boiled eggs between those five meals or some kind of high protein snack, cheese and crackers or almond butter and crackers. Crackers. Lots of crackers.' "For me the exercise is great and the end result is that you feel strong and you feel confident. You hold yourself better, you have stamina through the exercise and the food that makes you last through the gig. "But it is horrific. I don't like it personally, I think it's horrific, eating beyond your appetite … It's just like, what am I doing? I could feed a family with the amount I'm eating. "It just slowly, slowly, you have to meet people where they are on these issues in filmmaking. But it's a grossly wasteful industry. "So let me think about set builds that aren't recycled. Think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light and energy. "The amount of wattage you need to sort of create daylight and consistent light in a studio environment. It's a lot of energy. "So the first people to stick their head above the parapet to talk about anything to do with climate and excessive use of things, or hypocrisy, or systems that don't work, get slammed if they're actors, because they're ferried about." He added: "It is a systemic thing. But as a producer, I'm really hot on that. "I try to push the green initiative, the green handshake into every agreement I can." Cumberbatch is also known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the eponymous award-winning BBC series and won a Bafta TV award for the drama Patrick Melrose, which was based on a series of semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St Aubyn. Ruthie's Table 4 invites a range of notable guests to take a seat at the River Cafe with co-founder Ruth Rogers. This season features conversations with people including Elton John, Bono, Guillermo Del Toro, Kristin Scott Thomas, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, and Ian McKellen.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Siobhan McSweeney will make The Traitors ‘my own' when she hosts Irish version
Actress and TV presenter Siobhan McSweeney has said she will make The Traitors 'my own' when she hosts the Irish version of the hit reality TV series. The 45-year-old, who won a Bafta TV award for playing Sister Michael in sitcom Derry Girls, said Claudia Winkleman – who hosts the UK version – has made the show 'so iconic'. The concluding episode of series three of the tense game show, in which members of the public attempt to identify who among them are 'faithfuls' and 'traitors', was seen by an average audience of 9.91 million, according to official ratings published by the research organisation Barb. Speaking to Josh Widdicombe on BBC Radio 2, McSweeney said: 'The idea of trying to do anything, to do the sort of supermarket's own-brand version of anything that extraordinary woman does is just, it's impossible, so I'm gonna have to try to make it my own. 'But she's made it so iconic, just the silhouette, just the look.' Widdicombe asked listeners to come up with ideas for phrases she could say on the show, and McSweeney said the winner was 'hello plotters'. 'I genuinely love that,' she said, adding that she likes the fact it cross-references Channel 4's The Great Pottery Throw Down where she is also host and address the contestants with: 'Hello potters'. The Traitors will be filmed in Ireland, with 22 contestants from across the country competing to win a chunk of the 50,000-euro prize pot. The series will be produced for RTE by Kite Entertainment, who have licensed the format from All3Media International. The Traitors has been adapted for more than 20 countries including the Netherlands, the US, and Australia.
