Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Impersonate Tom Hiddleston, Taylor Swift and Other Celebrities
by Andy NeuenschwanderIt's clear to anyone who has watched Benedict Cumberbatch act that he's a man of many talents, but we never would have counted on celebrity impressions being one of those talents.
The "Sherlock" star sat down with MTV to talk about his upcoming film "The Imitation Game," which tells the story of Alan Turing, a mathematician and code-breaker for the British government during WWII who is considered to be the father of the modern computer.
MTV decided to take the title of the movie very literally, and asked Cumberbatch to play an imitation game of their own devising: Cumberbatch would have one minute to do as many celebrity impressions as he could.
The result is pretty impressive! Cumberbatch takes on famous Brits like Alan Rickman, Michael Caine and Sean Connery, as well as Americans like Owen Wilson, Christopher Walken and Matthew McConaughey.
Most of them are pretty spot-on, with the possible exception of Christopher Walken. We'll give him a pass on his Taylor Swift impression, if only because he really committed to it.
Check it out: