Benedict Cumberbatch, who joins the cast in the role of mysterious villain John Harrison, chipped in with a similar experience, saying: “It was the most physical role I’ve ever done, certainly in front of a camera, and I ate an awful lot as well.
“There wasn’t really a five-minute break where a chicken wasn’t getting in.”

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