{"id":235,"date":"2025-07-22T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:27:18","slug":"benedict-cumberbatch-blasts-grossly-wasteful-film-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/benedict-cumberbatch-blasts-grossly-wasteful-film-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Cumberbatch blasts \u2018grossly wasteful\u2019 film industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first Doctor Strange film was released almost ten years ago back in 2016 (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Benedict Cumberbatch<\/a> has revealed his intense diet plan which led to over-indulgence in order to acquire his Doctor Strange physique.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The aftermath left the London-born actor feeling \u2018horrific\u2019 as he was instructed to eat beyond his appetite.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old Marvel star said he could have fed a family with the \u2018amount he was eating.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cumberbatch<\/a> recently appeared on podcast<\/a> Ruthie\u2019s Table 4, where he exposed all of his eating secrets that made him Doctor Strange.<\/p>\n

Throughout the podcast, he discussed all things food, which led to him criticising the film industry for being \u2018grossly wasteful.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Doctor Stephen Strange appears in four other films in the Marvel universe \u2013 separate to his story (Picture: null)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cumberbatch has won 72 awards and received 163 nominations throughout his career (Picture: Cindy Ord\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking to host Ruth Rodgers, he said: \u2018You have someone who can prescribe you what you\u2019re eating and they can cook for you.\u2019<\/p>\n

He went on to share the pure volume of food he was given, adding: \u2018We had a fantastic chef on the last Doctor Strange film. He needs to be on this many calories a day.<\/p>\n

\u2018He needs to have five meals, he needs to have a couple of boiled eggs between those five meals, some kind of high protein snack, cheese and crackers or almond butter and crackers, crackers, lots of crackers.\u2019<\/p>\n

It was not all negative for Cumberbatch as he did enjoy the exercise part of his transformation and felt as if he was fueling his body properly for gruellingly long days of filming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018For me, the exercise is great and the end result is that you feel strong and you feel confident, you hold yourself better, you have stamina through the exercise and the food that makes you last through the gig,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

The Sherlock Holmes star continued to speak passionately on the film industry and how it contributes to waste.<\/p>\n

He went on to say: \u2018It just slowly, slowly, you have to meet people where they are on these issues in filmmaking.<\/p>\n

\u2018So let me think about set builds that aren\u2019t recycled, think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light and energy.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Sherlock fans have recently been faced with the news that the popular drama will not be returning to our screens despite rumours (Picture: Hartswood Films\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cumberbatch played Sherlock for seven years in the BBC drama (Picture: Hartswood Films\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018The amount of wattage you need to sort of create daylight and consistent light in a studio environment. It\u2019s a lot of energy,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

Cumberbatch continued to speak out on behalf of actors and producers who often stay silent when it comes to speaking on global issues: \u2018So the first people to stick their head above the parapet to talk about anything to do with climate and excessive use of things, or hypocrisy, or systems that don\u2019t work, get slammed if they\u2019re actors, because they\u2019re ferried about.\u2019<\/p>\n

He carried on by saying: \u2018It is a systemic thing, but as a producer, I\u2019m really hot on that.<\/p>\n

\u2018I try to push the green initiative, the green handshake into every agreement I can.\u2019<\/p>\n

There are two Doctor Strange films in the Marvel Universe franchise \u2013 both starring Cumberbatch post-bodybuilding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Marvel star also starred as Sherlock<\/a> in the BBC mystery crime drama series, which ran from 2010 to 2017.<\/p>\n

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