#AskBenedict Twitter Q&A

The Imitation Game, BFI London Filmfesztivál, 2014. október 8.

RT @LisaYoungIn: @ImitationGameUK #AskBenedict How was filming at Bletchley Park where the whole story actually happened? What was your feeling coming there?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hey @LisaYoungIn  #AskBenedict “Inspirational”

RT @DetectiveShezza: Do you prefer to play fictional characters or real life people? #AskBenedict

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @DetectiveShezza “Sorry but I like both”

RT @_cumberston__: #AskBenedict what was your favourite subject during your school years?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @_cumberston__ “history and english”

RT @cumberbqtchs: #askbenedict what time period would you go back to if you could?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hey @cumberbqtchs, “The time when my grandparents were alive and young”

RT @sapw: #AskBenedict When you create a character, what comes first? I have always assumed it was the voice.

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @sapw “it’s different every time”

RT @LOVEBENEDICTCSH: #AskBenedict BEN HOW DID IT FEEL WHEN YOU COMPLETED THE FILMING OF THE MOVIE?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @LOVEBENEDICTCSH “Sad to be letting my version of alan go. Hoping that we had done him justice”

RT @_ciararosney: @ImitationGameUK #askBenedict what’s one thing you miss when you’re away from home filming?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hey @_ciararosney “Family and friends”

RT @helena9j: @ImitationGame Which is Alan Turing’s character trait , you have got too?#AskBenedict

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hey @helena9j “An inability to answer that question” #AskBenedict

RT @cumberbatchfrm: @ImitationGameUK #AskBenedict Does head or heart rule when choosing the next role?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @cumberbatchfrm “it’s different every time but you can’t do one without the other”

RT @HaveYouMetLucie: #AskBenedict What was your feeling after reading the script of The Imitation Game ? @ImitationGame

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @HaveYouMetLucie “At first amused then engaged, thrilled, horrified and enraged at the injustice he suffered” #AskBenedict

RT @cumbarbatch: @ImitationGameUK Have you ever been injured on stage or on the set? #AskBenedict

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @cumbarbatch “Lots of times in Frankstein - cuts and bruises. A couple of minor injuries on Sherlock and Star Trek” #AskBenedict

RT @TKingOfEngland: #AskBenedict Sir, other than learning more about the genius Alan Turing, what else can we learn from this movie?@ImitationGameUK

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @TKingOfEngland “The brilliant work of quiet heroes at Bletchley Park. How near to losing the war we were” #AskBenedict

RT @renaissanceeast: @ImitationGameUK #AskBenedict What was the hardest part about Turing for you to relate to?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @renaissanceeast “the brilliance of his mind as a pure mathmatician. I was terrible at maths at school” #AskBenedict

RT @xallonsyloki: What do you like the most about Alan?  #AskBenedict @ImitationGameUK xx

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hey @xallonsyloki “Leech or Turing? If former EVERYTHING! If latter, how deeply he felt in his too brief life” #AskBenedict

RT @lastbirdtoleave: #AskBenedict what’s your favorite quote from The Imitation Game?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @lastbirdtoleave “‘It is the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine’”

RT @Whaddupshezza: #AskBenedict can you speak another language?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @Whaddupshezza “je parle un peu de français” #AskBenedict

RT @winniekpx: What’s your most memorable experience in Bletchley Park? #AskBenedict @ImitationGameUK

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @winniekpx “First time I visted and steppping on set in character” #AskBenedict

RT @em_ily221b: #AskBenedict Have you always wanted to be an actor? If not, what careers had you considered before, or when you were a child? ~

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @em_ily221b “I wanted to be a barrister for a little while” #AskBenedict

RT @mylittlelotte: @ImitationGameUK How was it like to work with Keira Knightley and the rest of the cast? #AskBenedict

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @mylittlelotte “A joy. Keira and Matt G, old friends. Leech and Beardy, instant classics…” #AskBenedict

RT @volatpropriiss: #AskBenedict @ImitationGameUK what was your first thought when they told you you had the chance to ‘be’ Alan Turing?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @volatpropriiss “Absolutely thrilled.”

RT @winniekpx: Do you have a step-by-step process on memorising your lines, especially monologues? #AskBenedict @ImitationGameUK

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @winniekpx “Sadly not, I wish I did. Familiarity, followed by breaking it down and then endless testing.” #AskBenedict

RT @LisaYoungIn: @ImitationGameUK #AskBenedict Turing had a very unique way to speak. How hard was it to imitate (haha) it, and did you get any help for it?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @LisaYoungIn “In a word, difficult. There were no recordings of him speaking to imitate, we only base it on hearsay.” #AskBenedict

RT @AnnikaKovacs: #AskBenedict If you would have a free hour,you could sit down onto a bench to talk with someone,the person who would it be?@ImitationGameUK

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @AnnikaKovacs “My grandfathers, both of whom I’ve never met.”

RT @Whaddupshezza: #AskBenedict what’s your favourite thing about filming?

RT @ImitationGameUK: Hi @Whaddupshezza “Camaraderie on set with cast and crew. Beyond that, I don’t really do favourites.” #AskBenedict

RT @ImitationGameUK: From Benedict: “Thanks for tuning in. Sorry, can’t function in 140 characters #BenedictWillNeverJoinTwitterPhew!”