Benedict Cumberbatch Talks Portraying Emotional Vulnerability & Masculinity For 'A Thing with Feathers'

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Benedict Cumberbatch is doing promo work at the 2025 Berlinale International Film Festival.

The 48-year-old actor spoke about his recent film, The Thing with Feathers, at a press conference in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday (February 18). Keep reading to find out more… Here’s the film’s synopsis: “A young father is devastated by the sudden and unexpected death of his wife.

Left with two sons, his sense of reality gradually slips as he is haunted by a seemingly malign presence in the apartment he shares with his children.” The movie also stars Richard Boxall, Henry Boxall, Sam Spruell and Vinette Robinson. Dylan Southern is the director, and he accompanied Benedict at the event. “Uncertainty and emotional vulnerability are not top of the agenda of the alpha male or the strong man image of what masculinity is, so I’m very happy to be part of storytelling that goes in the opposite direction of that,” Benedict said of the film during the press conference, per Deadline.

If you didn’t see, Benedict recently revealed a movie character he regrets playing. Browse through the gallery to see the photos of Benedict Cumberbatch at the Press Conference for the 75th Berlinale International Film Festival…