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Inside Benedict Cumberbatch And Sophie Hunter's Marriage

Benedict Cumberbatch certainly dazzled his nearest and dearest with his 2015 performance in the Barbican Theatre's staging of Hamlet. Mark Gatiss, his co-star in and co-creator of Sherlock, told the BBC, "I always knew he had it in him. We're all very proud and impressed." The star's mother, Wanda Ventham, meanwhile, simply proclaimed that he was a "bloody good Hamlet."

But the person that appeared to be most bowled over by Cumberbatch's Shakespearean turn was his wife, Sophie Hunter. The opera director, who'd married the play's leading man just six months earlier, couldn't stop beaming at the aftershow party, according to Hello! magazine.

The year previously, Cumberbatch had told People that not only was Hunter now his number one fan but she was also accepting of his fervent fanbase. "She's proud of my work, she's proud of me, and she loves me," he said. "That's the bottom line, isn't it? That's one of the reasons it's a good fit. It could be a really difficult thing, but she's just so in command of it."

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Reinaldo Massengill

Update: 2024-05-06