Benedict Cumberbatch says he was kidnapped and held hostage

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Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImageBenedict Cumberbatch His life changed radically after he became the victim of an alleged robbery and kidnapping.
“It gave me a sense of time, but not necessarily a good sense,” Cumberbatch, 48, said. type In a brief released on Wednesday, January 22nd.
The actor is filming the BBC show To the ends of the earth In 2004, he went diving in South Africa with a group of friends. Their tire blew out on the way home, causing the group to pull over. They were then allegedly robbed and kidnapped by six men. according to typeCumberbatch and his acquaintances were forced into a car and driven for several hours.
The suspect eventually got Cumberbatch and his accomplices out of the car, making them sit in an execution-style position with their hands tied. The group remained seated as the attackers fled. Cumberbatch was in his early 20s at the time.
When he was eventually released, Cumberbatch became an adrenaline junkie.

“The dying thing accelerated it all. It made me think, ‘Oh, yeah, yeah, I could die at any time,'” he recalled to the outlet. “I jumped out of a plane and took all kinds of risks. But at that time I didn’t have any real family except my parents. Things have changed now, and it wakes you up. I’ve seen To the edge; it makes me comfortable with what’s underneath it and I’ve accepted that this is the end of all our stories.
Ten years later, in 2015, Cumberbatch got married Sophie Hunter They then went on to welcome their three sons.
“The moment you have a child, this sense of time becomes even more profound,” Cumberbatch told us type. “My youngest turns 6 tomorrow and I’m like, ‘When he’s 21, I’ll be in my 60s,’ you know? It’s crazy. Time flies. So, priorities happen A huge shift that makes you value what you do in life in a very different way.
He added: “It does stress me out. When you become a parent, your thoughts turn more to death.
Parenthood also inspired Cumberbatch to continue taking risks in his acting career.
“There’s nothing wrong with saying, ‘I really want to try to create something together.’ It’s all about perception,” stranger doctor Star said. “It’s about being able to honestly say, ‘I’m an artist and not, you know, a piece of rental meat.'” After all, time is running out.