Actor Benedict Cumberbatch at the “Doctor Strange” premiere Photo: AP
From BZ/dpa
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch (45, “Sherlock”) still sees a lot to do on the way to equality in the film industry.
As an example, he cited equal pay for women and men. “But hopefully we’ll get there,” Cumberbatch said in interviews in Berlin. He’s back in the superhero universe with his latest film, starring alongside Elizabeth Olsen in the Doctor Strange sequel.
Cumberbatch said Liz is an exceptional actress. She is the latest example of an incredible talent that he has been fortunate to work with.
According to Benedict Cumberbatch, the roles of women in films are also gradually changing. Slowly but surely, you see female roles that are stronger, more interesting, more divisive, more complex, and less generalizing.
He’s thinking, for example, of Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson in The Lost Daughter. The film is about women who struggle with motherhood and with their children. It’s really complex character work, Cumberbatch said.
But he also said that when it comes to the question of equality, perhaps he shouldn’t explain his view as a man. “I should ask you the question: How do you see it?” he asked the journalists back.
