Benedict Cumberbatch isn't happy he upset people with non-binary role: 'I wouldn't do that again’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It continued: “By hiring a cis actor to play a non-binary individual in a clearly negative way, the film endorses harmful and dangerous perceptions of the queer community at large.” Speaking to Variety for the publication’s “Know Their Lives” video series, Cumberbatch expressed regret over his divisive role in Zoolander 2, which made only $28m at the domestic box office. open image in gallery Benedict Cumberbatch has said he would not play a non-binary character again after ‘Zoolander 2’ fallout “But it got complicated and it got misunderstood and I upset people. open image in gallery Cumberbatch in ‘Sherlock’ “I’m not Brad, I’m not Leonardo, I’m not a typical movie star,” he said. “People were scrambling for ‘Why is he at all attractive to us?’ But for me to guess and try to understand that is so f***ing weirdly navel-gazing.” He added: “I’m not sitting around thinking, ‘Why am I sexy?’ I worry about myself in the mirror as I age, like every other f***** does.” Cumberbatch also took umbrage with “celebrity” as a term.