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But he said there’s one character he won’t play again: All, the nonbinary model from “ Zoolander 2.”Advertisement
“It was the chance to sort of be part of something that the first time around was iconic, and I was a huge fan of, but it got complicated, it got misunderstood, and I upset people and I respect that,” Cumberbatch said. “So I probably wouldn’t do that again now.”“There was a lot of contention around the role, understandably now,” Cumberbatch. “And I think in this era, my role would never be performed by anybody other than a trans actor.
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