{"id":15733,"date":"2023-10-09T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1601547"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:41:46","slug":"i-called-benedict-and-i-said-this-is-happening-tom-hiddleston-was-forced-to-replace-benedict-cumberbatch-in-a-55m-horror-movie-after-his-mysterious-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/09\/i-called-benedict-and-i-said-this-is-happening-tom-hiddleston-was-forced-to-replace-benedict-cumberbatch-in-a-55m-horror-movie-after-his-mysterious-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I called Benedict and I said \u2018this is happening\u2019: Tom Hiddleston was forced to replace Benedict Cumberbatch in a $55m horror movie after his mysterious exit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Hiddleston<\/a><\/strong> and Benedict Cumberbatch<\/a><\/strong> occupy a similar space in the Hall of Hollywood fame, what with being fortysomething upper-class British actors who’ve found international recognition through the MCU. That’s not to say the pair are interchangeable, however \u2014 it’s impossible to imagine Cumberbatch playing Loki and Hiddleston as Doctor Strange, for example. And yet Hiddleston was once forced to step into a role Cumberbatch vacated after the latter exited a project under secretive circumstances. <\/p>\n

The project in question was 2015’s Crimson Peak<\/em>, a gothic romantic horror film from director Guillermo del Toro which, while it never found the widespread acclaim<\/a> of other entries in the filmmaker’s filmography, remains a cult favorite among his fans. Back in April 2013, Cumberbatch and Emma Stone were announced to star, but by June Stone had vacated her part and in August her would-be co-star did the same. By September, Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska had been hired to replace the pair. <\/p>\n

Tom Hiddleston wanted Benedict Cumberbatch’s blessing to star in Crimson Peak<\/em><\/h2>\n
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By the sounds of things, Hiddleston had to make a snap decision whether to join the movie as time was ticking on following the loss of Cumberbatch and Stone. Luckily, Hiddleston was immediately taken with what del Toro had cooked up. As he told BuzzFeed at the time (via The Guardian<\/a>): <\/p>\n

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“As these things do, they sent me the script about two weeks ago and it was a very new draft. I know Mia, who I’ll be playing with very closely, and I know Jessica Chastain very well. I’ve met Guillermo before. And we are all admirers of each others’ stuff. And everyone said yes! I’m really, really excited about it.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hiddleston and Cumberbatch are known to have been close friends for a number of years, so it’s no surprise that Tom made sure to call Benedict to get his “blessing” once he discovered he had been offered a role that used to be his: <\/p>\n

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“As soon as Guillermo called, I called Benedict and I said this is happening, and he was like, ‘Amazing!’ So, I had his blessing.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Why did Benedict Cumberbatch exit Crimson Peak<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
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