Our "Strange" Encounter With Benedict Cumberbatch

Our "Strange" Encounter With Benedict Cumberbatch

Our "Strange" Encounter With Benedict Cumberbatch

Photo By: Z. Lee

My name is Rene Rosa and I’m one of the managers over at JHU Comic Books in Manhattan. I’ve had my fair share of cool run-ins, celebrity encounters and fanboy dream moments, but nothing prepared me for what happened on April 4th, 2016. Dr. Strange was filming on 32nd street, just mere feet away from our store’s door, and as I was working, my friend Z. Lee came by. (He’s the one that took the pictures you’ve been seeing all over the net.“) Well, during the day, the crew came in to check out the place because they were shocked to see a comic book store where they were filming. The bulk of the crew is based out of the UK and there are very few comic book stores there. They apologized a bunch of times about how the street was going to be mostly closed down for the bulk of the day for shooting and many of them came in to buy stuff. Seriously, these guys were incredibly nice and considerate. Then, at one point, one of the producers joked about how great it would be to have Benedict come into the store in costume. Of course, I didn’t know he was one of the producers, at the time. I told him that if he did, I would lose my damn mind.

Our "Strange" Encounter With Benedict Cumberbatch

Photo By: Rene Rosa It started to get really cold so many more of them started coming in and I told the PA that if ANYONE on the crew needed to use the bathroom, our door was open to them. A couple of hours later and in walks Dr. Strange. Everyone there was excited, laughing and couldn’t believe it. Benedict Cumberbatch was incredibly nice, gracious and he and I went back and forth with some banter for a little bit before he had to go right back out and shoot more scenes. He didn’t have time to do much more than shake hands, talk and take a few pictures, but we totally understood that and were lucky just to have him in! Z. decided a comparison picture was in order and handed him “The Oath.” I was able to get my picture with him and then he had to go. The whole thing lasted no more than a few minutes, but luckily we were able to get some pictures of it and the very few of us that were there have some unforgettable memories.

Our "Strange" Encounter With Benedict Cumberbatch

Photo By: Z. Lee

I don’t usually get star-struck, but it’s a different situation when one of the best actors of our time is standing before you in full costume, in your store, while filming the big-budget movie of a character you’ve loved since you were a small child. I felt like a 5 year-old.

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OMG that must have been frightening! Thank god for Martin’s quick reaction!

This happened to me in Giffoni on 7/19/15 (and of course the video is mine). I met this amazing man and he saved me and my friend’s life. Literally. I went to the Giffoni Film Festival to meet Martin Freeman aka the cutest person in the world. I was in first row and people were literally beasts: I still have bruises and I hurt everywhere. When he walked on the carpet to sign autographs I thought I was going to pass out or even die, people were so horrible and some girls were literally thrown out of the queue. So when he was right in front of me and my friend he saw that we were dying and we couldn’t breathe so he helped us and made people go back by saying “These girls can’t breathe, go BACK!”, he tried to calm us down, telling us to “BREATHE”, then he called the security. This man literally saved us. I’m still shaking at the thought of it. Thank you Martin.


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anyone who wants to give him a hug? I would fly over!

MARTIN FREEMAN AND BRADLEY JAMES REACTIONS TO DOWNTOWN ABBEY WIN
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omfg martin’s face

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec15AZ1-Q1I)

or how to park your car in space :D


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GREAT! I LOVE IT! *rofl*

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Regarding posting pictures of Martin Freeman’s and Amanda Abbington’s children

I have recently found some pictures of their cildren on the web, some old ones that really should’t be there anymore and some new ones. I really hope that they are gone by now. It is not easy to alert the Freeman family whenever I accidentally see some of those pictures. I don’t feel very comfortable with writing to Amanda’s twitter account, as many can see my tweet. I really don’t want to get any attention, just alert them.

The privacy of an actor - and his family- is very important to me. I happened to see both Martin and Benedict walking in private in London (not together) and I just thought: No, let them walk as much in peace as they can, I can ask them for autographs at “official” events like a red carpet. They are people like you and me.Do you want to be secretly photographed when you have an outing with your children? I don’t think so.


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One Short Day By *Meowkin

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The item: As featured in A Scandal in Begravia, Sherlock’s Woburn 8 dressing gown in navy blue satin-silk stripe, by Derek Rose.

"The Woburn is a pure silk men’s dressing gown with a satin stripe design, featuring a shawl collar, breast pocket and two side pockets. One of our most popular classic robes, the Woburn epitomises timeless, refined elegance, striking the perfect balance between luxury and simplicity. We think it makes the perfect sleepwear add-on for any gentleman’s wardrobe."

Item details: It is a size Large, and has only been worn once, when I tried it on for several minutes. It will come packaged in its original box and ribbon. 

Giveaway details:

-  Likes, comments, and reblogs all count, but you must be following me. Only one reblog will count - your first one.

- You must be willing to disclose an address where I can send the item, should you win.

- On that note, I’ll need to notify the winner so make sure your ask boxes are open (or will be open). I will give the winner 48 hours to respond before I pick another winner. If necessary I will continue in this manner until I reach someone.

- I will pick the winner using an online random number generator.

- I will do that at the very end of this month: midnight BST on the 1st of September.

- I will do international shipping. 

- No giveaway blogs, please. I reserve the right to delete entries from these types of blogs.

This is my first giveaway so if I’ve left out any pertinent information, let me know and I’ll do my best to fix it!

Good luck :)

PS If the winner is so inclined, I’ll also include this sealed bottle of Jessica nail varnish in the color 222 Winter Berries, which is what Lara Pulver wore as Irene Adler in this episode.

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Home is behind, the world's ahead

Sherlockian and Tolkien fan. I admire and adore Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. I love reading Sherlock fan fiction (I also offer BETA reading services) Recently I re discovered my old hobby: Human spaceflight (Thank you social media!

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