Benedict Cumberbatch Almost Ditched His Name For Something Completely Forgettable

Benedict Cumberbatch attends Marvel's "Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness" New York Screening on May 5.
Benedict Cumberbatch attends Marvel's "Physician Unusual In The Multiverse Of Insanity" New York Screening on Could 5.
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The “Cumberbitches” wouldn't have existed.

Benedict Cumberbatch revealed Thursday that he nearly used one other stage title.

The actor, whose full title is Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, advised “The Late Late Present” host James Corden that he felt his surname “appears like a fart in a shower and I discover it troublesome to say on a Monday morning.”

Cumberbatch is “a fantastic form of Scrabble rating, however other than that it’s a bit clumsy,” he added.

So, he thought he would go by the title “Ben Carlton.”

However his “smart brokers” suggested him that Cumberbatch is way more memorable. “And I began work nearly instantly after that,” he recalled.

Elizabeth Olsen, who stars with Carlton Cumberbatch in “Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity,” additionally remembered the moniker she wished to undertake — Elizabeth Chase.

Watch the interview right here:

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