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After filmingThe Power of the Dog,Benedict Cumberbatch is more cigarette than man.
I wanted that layer of stink on me.
I wanted people in the room to know what I smelt like.
It was hard, though.
It wasnt just in rehearsals, he toldEsquire UK.
I was going out to eat and meet friends of Jane and stuff.
I was a bit embarrassed by the cleaner, in the place I was living.
Cumberbatch dedicated himself to the art of smoking, like the characters ofCowboy Bebopor an Olsen twin.
That was really hard, he said.
Filterless rollies, just take after take after take.
I gave myself nicotine poisoning three times.
When you have to smoke a lot, it genuinely is horrible.
Cumberbatch never ODd on scarves when he played Sherlock Holmes.
Something to think about.
