Tonight sees the world premiere of Benedict Cumberbatch’s new movie The Imitation Game, which tells the story of Alan Turing and the work of the British code-breakers at Bletchley Park in defeating the ciphers of the German enigma machines during World War II.
But before hitting the red carpet, Benedict took to Twitter for a live Q&A, fielding fan questions from all over the world under the hashtag #AskBenedict.
Here, collated for your pleasure, are the best bits:
The “are you sitting comfortably” tweet:
#AskBenedict is happening NOW. Here's the man himself waiting to answer your questions… pic.twitter.com/Fm8kWxxU7i
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The jobbing actor tweets:
Hi @DetectiveShezza "Sorry but I like both"
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @em_ily221b "I wanted to be a barrister for a little while" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @Whaddupshezza "Camaraderie on set with cast and crew. Beyond that, I don't really do favourites." #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The school days tweet:
Hi @_cumberston__ "history and english"
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The lovely family tweets:
Hey @cumberbqtchs, "The time when my grandparents were alive and young"
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @AnnikaKovacs "My grandfathers, both of whom I've never met."
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The pain and pleasure tweet:
Hi @cumbarbatch "Lots of times in Frankstein – cuts and bruises. A couple of minor injuries on Sherlock and Star Trek" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The Alan Turing tweets:
Hi @LOVEBENEDICTCSH "Sad to be letting my version of alan go. Hoping that we had done him justice"
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hey @helena9j "An inability to answer that question" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @TKingOfEngland "The brilliant work of quiet heroes at Bletchley Park. How near to losing the war we were" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @HaveYouMetLucie "At first amused then engaged, thrilled, horrified and enraged at the injustice he suffered" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @renaissanceeast "the brilliance of his mind as a pure mathmatician. I was terrible at maths at school" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @LisaYoungIn "In a word, difficult. There were no recordings of him speaking to imitate, we only base it on hearsay." #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The behind-the-scenes tweets:
Hi @winniekpx "First time I visted and steppping on set in character" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
Hi @mylittlelotte "A joy. Keira and Matt G, old friends. Leech and Beardy, instant classics…" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The quote from the movie tweet:
Hi @lastbirdtoleave "'It is the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine'"
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The process and craft tweets:
Hi @winniekpx "Sadly not, I wish I did. Familiarity, followed by breaking it down and then endless testing." #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
The tweet you wish you could hear him say out loud:
Hi @Whaddupshezza "je parle un peu de français" #AskBenedict
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
And the final, bittersweet sign-off tweet:
From Benedict: "Thanks for tuning in. Sorry, can't function in 140 characters #BenedictWillNeverJoinTwitterPhew!"
— The Imitation Game (@ImitationGameUK) October 8, 2014
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