http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-16/sherlock-star-benedict-cumberbatch-takes-to-the-catwalk-for-first-london-mens-fashion-week Paul Jones
10:57 AM, 16 June 2012
“I’ve done far more exposing things in the past and that was without doubt the most nervous I’ve ever been - it was terrifying!”
That was Benedict Cumberbatch’s take on his strut down the runway as part of the inaugural London men’s fashion week.
Clutching a glass of whisky, a cigar – and a statuesque catwalk model – the Sherlock star did perhaps appear a little less confident than his detective alter ego, as he turned Playboy to show off some offerings from luxury tailor brand Spencer Hart (music).
Dressed in a plush smoking jacket, Cumberbatch said he was attempting to channel “A slightly younger, less aged Hugh Hefner… that was what I was going for.”
And he admitted it was very different experience from his usual work: “Models are brilliant at puling a pose and coming out with characters and attitudes; actors need continual action in a way - we need to be embroiled in something, like a conversation…
"But having said that it was good fun - and it’s a great adrenalin rush.”