BBC『Sherlock』でシャーロックを演じて、sex symbol認定がされ出したらしいベネディクト・カンバーバッチですが、面白いことを言ってます。
Virgin Media：Surprised sex symbol Benedict Cumberbatch
He said: "What’s so funny is that Holmes is asexual. So when you think that he’s an asexual sociopath who’s pretty dismissive of relationships, it’s extraordinary to become a sex symbol playing him. It must be that treat-then-mean, keep-them-keen thing."
『Sherlock』には女性キャラはほとんど出てこないうえに、シャーロックのソシオパスぶりは相当なものだと思いますが…(笑) 色気があるのは大いに認めるんですけれど、女優相手じゃないのが、ねぇ…以下自粛
ちなみに、シリーズ１の第2話にて、ベネディクトは恋人のオリヴィアとの共演を楽しんだそうで、オリヴィアがベネディクトの彼女だと忘れていたスタッフに彼はa rotten gagをかましたとか(笑)
He said: "It was great working with her. I played a rotten gag on a member of the crew who’d forgotten she was my girlfriend- I pretended to come on to her. When I told him the truth, he said, "I thought a lot less of you because you had talked about how you loved Olivia and then you were chatting up that bird."