The British actor, who is promoting his new movie 'The Imitation Game', talks about the Alan Turing biopic and anti-gay extremists among others in an interview with Out magazine.
- Oct 15, 2014
AceShowbiz - Benedict Cumberbatch talks about tolerance and sexuality in Hollywood among others in the latest issue of Out magazine. The British actor, who voices the dragon Smaug in "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies", shares his thoughts on the topics while promoting his new movie in an interview.
"People are being beheaded in countries right now because of their beliefs or sexual orientations. It's terrifying. It's medieval - a beheading!" he says. "I'd take up arms against someone who was telling me I had to believe in what they believed or they would kill me. I would fight them. I would fight them to the death."
"I believe, the older you get, you have to have an idea of what's right or wrong. You can't have unilateral tolerance. You have to have a point where you go, 'Well, religious fundamentalism is wrong,' " he adds.
The "Sherlock" star can be seen playing British mathematician Alan Turing in his new movie "The Imitation Game". Turing, who contributed to cracking Nazi's Enigma code and ending the World War II, was prosecuted for being a homosexual.
Speaking of same-sex relationship in Hollywood, the 38-year-old actor says, "I think if you're going to sell yourself as a leading man in Hollywood to say 'I'm gay,' sadly, is still a huge obstacle. ... Human rights movements and sexual and gay rights movements have made huge social progress in the last 40 years, without a doubt, but there's a lot more work to be done."
