ALISON BOSHOFF: Harrow-educated Benedict Cumberbatch to play Peasants’ Revolt leader
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ALISON BOSHOFF: Harrow-educated Benedict Cumberbatch to play leader of Peasants’ Revolt in new movie The Hood
Benedict Cumberbatch plays one of the leaders of the Peasants’ Revolt.
The 46-year-old actor, who gets terribly angry about people constantly bringing up his privileged upbringing (Harrow, because you ask), will star in The Hood for director Paul Greengrass.
The rebellion was led in 1381 by the revolutionary Wat Tyler, who ended up with his head on a nail.
ALISON BOSHOFF: Benedict Cumberbatch plays one of the leaders of the Boer Revolt (pictured in October 2022)
Benedict has been a busy bee lately.
He has just finished shooting a new TV miniseries of John Buchan’s classic novel The 39 Steps, and a film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar (he plays the title character). Both will be released on Netflix next year.
It follows reports in July that Benedict earned an eye-watering £240,000 posing for 3,000 photos with fans at a convention in 2017.
Coming soon: The actor, 46, who gets terribly angry about people constantly bringing up his privileged upbringing (Harrow, because you ask), will star in The Hood (pictured March 2022)
His earnings at the London Film and Comic Convention could have been even higher, as fans of the two-day event paid £85 for an autograph and £25 to hear him speak in front of an audience, along with £75 for a selfie.
The following year, some fans complained about the high prices former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi charged at London Comic-Con.
He touted £75 for an autograph and £65 for a photo with him.
Talent manager Jonathan Shalit said, ‘Comic-Con has made fan events around the world really huge.
“The people involved can sit at a table and make a lot of money – over £10,000 a day.”
The Sherlock star’s roles in Hollywood films such as The Power Of The Dog and the Avengers series have earned him an estimated £30 million fortune.
Exciting: He just finished shooting a new miniseries of John Buchan’s The 39 Steps and a film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar (pictured May 2022)