It's been a while since Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch complained about "posh-bashing" and people castigating him as a "moaning, rich, public school bastard". He is complaining again – or is he? – in the latest issue of Radio Times, about the assumptions people make about him based on the characters he plays. "They know you from the trail you leave with your work," he told the listings magazine. "They assume things about you because of who you play and how you play them, and the other scraps floating around in the ether. People try to sew together a narrative out of scant fact." Cumberbatch, whose upcoming screen roles include playing the baddie in JJ Abrams' big screen Star Trek sequel, added: "I don't want to complain or explain. It's a thing that will pass. It's part of a predictable pattern." Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch.
