Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch gave fans an insight into the weirder side of fame as they appeared on the latest episode of Dish from Waitrose.
The Crown star, 51, spilled the beans on some of her oddest fan encounters, including being asked for selfies while on the toilet ‘having a wee’ – admitting fans even knock on the door when she’s in the cubicle.
Meanwhile the Sherlock actor, 49, revealed Halloween is his favourite time of year as he can wear a disguise and not be recognised.
Co-stars in Jay Roach’s dark comedy drama The Roses, the actors joined hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett OBE to discuss the film, the art of acting drunk, getting into character, and what it means to feel as though you were born to act.
The Lost Daughter actress went on to reveal the trickier parts of being famous, as she recalled being approached by fans in rather bizarre places.
She said: ‘Or, having a wee. “Can we have a selfie?” Oh yeah, I’ve had knocks on the door, in the cubicle door, in the loo. And when you’re washing your hands.’
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch gave fans an insight into the weirder side of fame as they appeared on the latest episode of Dish from Waitrose (Seen at The Roses premiere last month)
The Crown star, 51, spilled the beans on some of her oddest fan encounters, including being asked for selfies while on the toilet ‘having a wee
Meanwhile the Doctor Strange star revealed Halloween is his favourite time of year post-fame as he can move around freely and unrecognised.
‘My favourite is Halloween,’ he said. ‘I went as Chewbacca last year and it was just great.’
Benedict recalled that his mask for the character was so prominent that no one could tell who he was, so he was really able to let loose and enjoy himself.
‘I was dancing along to the music that a Michael Jackson impersonator was playing, but I couldn’t really see where I was,’ he added.
He went on: ‘The Michael Jackson impersonator was getting really angry ’cause I was sort of coming towards his cardboard, and people were turning from focusing on him to dancing Chewbacca there.
‘And, and he was apparently going, ‘Hee hee! Hee hee!’ Somewhere someone might have that on-the, the t’interweb.”
The British actor continued: ‘But you know, I think, to be honest, when it comes to this sort of thing, or a premiere or just, you know, being in a theatre or something, you’re in a theatre, that’s the natural habitat of an actor, even if you’re the other side of it-and in the audience, and I don’t bother disguising myself.
‘With my family, I try to because I do not want the attention drawn on them. I want them to have the right to their privacy-and their time.
The Lost Daughter actress went on to reveal the trickier parts of being famous, as she recalled being approached by fans in rather bizarre places (pictured at LFW in September 2024)
Meanwhile the Sherlock actor, 49, revealed Halloween is his favourite time of year as he can wear a disguise and not be recognised (pictured at Glastonbury in June)
Benedict recalled that his mask for the character was so prominent that no one could tell who he was, so he was really able to let loose and enjoy himself (pictured at The Roses premiere last month)
Co-stars in Jay Roach’s dark comedy drama The Roses, the actors joined hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett OBE to discuss the film (Pictured)
‘But apart from that, I just have to own it. It takes an effort though.
‘It’s very weird walking into a room and everyone- well, a lot of people might recognise you, you don’t know anyone.’
Elsewhere Olivia admitted she doesn’t go out very much nowadays and discussed her decision to leave London.
She said: ‘Well, actually moving out of London, and I never fell out of love with London, I love it.
‘But, um, it has helped me enormously.
‘To, to be able to go to big spaces where people don’t look at you.
‘And so now I feel like I can come back years later to London. I’m, I’m a bit braver.
‘I’ve managed to knock some of the fear out of myself.’
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