Rezension zu "Benedict Cumberbatch - The Biography" von Justin Lewis
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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH has played detective and monster, barrister and scientist, politician and painter, comic and spy. Still only in his thirties, he has become one of Britain's foremost acting talents, excelling in theatre, television, radio and cinema. [β¦]
In this book, Justin Lewis traces Benedict Cumberbatchβs career to date, from his early promise in Harrow School plays, through his first supporting roles in film, theatre and TV, to national and international acclaim.
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The book has a lot of interesting information. The 16 chapters deal with the following:
β’ beginnings
β’ an incredibly privileged bubble
β’ big wide world
β’ professional actor
β’ the scientists
β’ African adventure
β’ captain speaking
β’ from support to lead
β’ out of the dog
β’ Sherlock fever
β’ public Cumberbatch
β’ on demand
β’ Tietjens
β’ Victor and the creatures
β’ Cumberbatch international
β’ the A Lister
What I liked best were chapters about the beginning of his love of acting, the shooting of Hawking and meeting him, the story of his kidnapping, the chapter about Victor and the creatures and partly the chapter about Sherlock.
Still, the bottom line for me was sometimes too much interview playback or too much focus on e.g. how the Sherlock series was filmed and broadcast on the BBC. For me that had less to do with biography than just filling pages.
Maybe it was just too early for a biography.
You can read the book, but you don't necessarily have to.
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Das Buch hat viele interessante Informationen. In den 16 Kapiteln geht es um folgendes:
β’ beginnings
β’ an incredibly privileged bubble
β’ big wide world
β’ professional actor
β’ the scientist
β’ African adventure
β’ captain speaking
β’ from support to lead
β’ out of the dog
β’ Sherlock fever
β’ public Cumberbatch
β’ in demand
β’ Tietjens
β’ Victor and the creatures
β’ Cumberbatch international
β’ the A-Lister
Am besten haben mir Kapitel zum Beginn seiner Liebe zum Schauspiel, der Dreh zu Hawking und das Treffen mit ihm, die Story seines Kidnapping, zu Victor and the creatures und teilweise das Kapitel rund um Sherlock gefallen.
Trotzdem war es mir unterm Strich teils zu viel Interview Wiedergabe oder zu sehr die Konzentration darauf wie die Serie Sherlock gedreht und beim BBC ausgestrahlt wurde. Das hatte fΓΌr mich dann weniger mit Biografie zu tun als viel mehr einfach nur Seiten zu fΓΌllen.
Vielleicht war es auch einfach noch zu frΓΌh fΓΌr eine Biografie.
Das Buch kann man, muss man aber nicht unbedingt gelesen haben.
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