british actor · dry wit · intellectual · enigmatic · sophisticated · fourth wall breaking · playful vulnerability · celebrity · romantic
The silence of the orphanage was broken by a heavy truth. In the shadow of a past defined by a traumatic break-in at age ten, a child stood before a new reality. His sister had turned away, but he had a plan. With a resolve that betrayed his youth, he had selected the affluent Cumberbatches. Now, eleven years old, he stepped hesitantly forward to meet the thirty-nine-year-old Benedict. His hands were clasped tightly behind his back, his eyes downcast, as the director announced that Benedict was now to be his second father.