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(Picture: ES Composite)Benedict Cumberbatch has hit back at social media comments comparing him to Ali G after he dressed in yellow for a magazine shoot.
The actor was photographed with a goatee, bucket hat and tinted glasses for the cover of W magazine by fashion photographer Tim Walker.
Speaking to Times Radio about social media jokers Mr Cumberbatch said: “F**** the piss takers. I’d love to know what their version of a good photograph would be.”
The actor, who has received critical acclaim for his role in gritty western The Power of the Dog, said he would “do anything” for Mr Walker.
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“You won’t be seeing me walking around in a Fendi bucket [hat], or whatever it was, anytime soon,” he said.
“Or a ten-gallon hat that doesn’t fit my rather large head anyway . . . But I’d do anything for Tim, I really would.”
Ali G was a fictional satirical character made famous by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who poked fun at suburban “chavs”.
Mr Cumberbatch has previously revealed that he took parts of his costume home from the set of the Power of the Dog to do labouring in.
He admitted during a Variety Q&A that his behaviour had been “very odd”.
“I took quite a bit of (the) costume, which is kind of peculiar, and I did some labouring in it when I got back,” he said.
“I decided I still needed to physically do something in that costume. It was very odd.
“I (also) took one of the chairs I’d started to make on set, copying the really good one you see that the art department made.”
Mr Cumberbatch also paid tribute to the “highly skilled” professionals on set that had taught him practical skills for the film including playing the banjo, rope-braiding and whittling.
“The whittling was something I took with me, it was a very nice thing to do at the side of the set,” he said.
Admitting her own thefts from the set, co-star Kirsten Dunst added: “I definitely stole some of the whittling that Benedict did too”.
The Power Of The Dog follows the story of a timid young man, played by Kodi Smit-McPhee, who forms a complicated bond with a gritty cowboy (Cumberbatch) following an initially hostile relationship.
The film has already received multiple accolades in the 2022 awards season, including at the muted Golden Globes award ceremony, where it was named best picture overall
Campion was awarded best director and Smit-McPhee was named as best supporting actor in a drama film.
