Benedict Cumberbatch and Penélope Cruz joined forces for Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, presented by Amazon Studios, but it was not the first time the two performers had col…
,” a critical flop in 2016 that also bombed at the box office with just $28 million in the U.S. Cumberbatch’s casting as a non-binary fashion model named All proved problematic, and the actor admitted to Cruz that he would not be cast in the role had the sequel been made today.
“There was a lot of contention around the role, understandably now,” Cumberbatch said. “And I think in this era, my role would never be performed by anybody other than a trans actor. But I remember at the time not thinking of it necessarily in that regard, and it being more about two dinosaurs, two heteronormative clichés not understanding this new diverse world. But it backfired a little bit. But it was lovely to meet you in that brief moment and to work with Ben [Stiller] and Owen [Wilson].
not to see the movie because of Cumberbatch’s casting, with one online petition calling for a “Zoolander 2” boycott earning 25,000 signatures. “Cumberbatch’s character is clearly portrayed as an over-the-top, cartoonish mockery of androgyne/trans/non-binary individuals,” thestated. “This is the modern equivalent of using blackface to represent a minority. If the producers wanted to provide social commentary on the presence of trans/androgyne individuals in the fashion industry, they could have approached models like Andreja Pejic to be in the film.
“Zoolander 2” opened the same year that Cumberbatch joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the release of “Doctor Strange.” By the time “Zoolander 2” hit theaters, Cumberbatch had already picked up his first Oscar nomination with “The Imitation Game.”
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