10-26-2014, 10:44 PM
(10-26-2014, 07:50 PM)bruttenholm Wrote: I agree with you concerning the importance of the part.
For info the video interview I linked to was from late august-early september.
If that interview was that early (not that that's so long ago), is the actor issue actually the same issue, though? He talks there about expecting a confirmatory phone call that day, when the having to choose whether to stay with an actor or find someone else was said at the "The Imitation Game" premiere in early October and was quoted as being a problem that had only arisen the week before. Exact words have been forgotten, but that was the gist. Or maybe there was an earlier issue that was thought resolved that reasserted itself again.
If your assumption re a Benedict has some foundation in fact, Bruttenholm, there is a logical candidate (might even be two, if you count Strange) re a scheduling conflict. He was roped in to Gary Oldman's pet project "Flying Horse" with Ralph Fiennes long ago, that was supposed to happen last year. But GO didn't get the finance. Then, fairly recently, he said he's got the money now. That would tally with that earlier interview timing.