--- title: You Can Grope Benedict Cumberbatch's Waxy Figure at Madame Tussauds description: "What a weird and wonderful compliment," said the Sherlock and Imitation Game star canonical: https://time.com/3528182/grope-benedict-cumberbatchs-madame-tussauds/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-21T12:53:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:55.531Z og:title: You Can Now Grope Benedict Cumberbatch's Waxy Figure at Madame Tussauds og:description: "What a weird and wonderful compliment," says the Sherlock and Imitation Game star. og:url: https://time.com/3528182/grope-benedict-cumberbatchs-madame-tussauds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50f960fc526f433/698761f8428a9e0af3cc4a89/457582308.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Madame Tussauds Unveil New Wax Figure Of Benedict Cumberbatch og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Now Grope Benedict Cumberbatch's Waxy Figure at Madame Tussauds twitter:description: "What a weird and wonderful compliment," says the Sherlock and Imitation Game star. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50f960fc526f433/698761f8428a9e0af3cc4a89/457582308.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Now Grope Benedict Cumberbatch's Waxy Figure at Madame Tussauds > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 21, 2014 12:53 PM UTC  The unveiling of the new wax figure of Benedict Cumberbatch at Madame Tussauds The unveiling of the new wax figure of Benedict Cumberbatch at Madame Tussauds Fred Duval—FilmMagic by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 21, 2014 12:53 PM UTC Benedict Cumberbatch’s beautiful, waxy figure debuted at Madame Tussauds London on Tuesday, and we have to admit that we’re a little concerned. After all, less than a year ago, Justin Bieber’s replication went into early retirement due to [excessive groping](http://time.com/6625/justin-biebers-wax-statue-has-been-groped-to-death/) — and with Cumberbatch’s [die-hard following](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/benedict-cumberbatch-female-fans-legion-article-1.1579211), it’s easy to assume that the _Sherlock_ and _Imitation Game_ star could suffer a similar fate. Cumberbatch himself, however, appeared unconcerned about melting, and was instead excited at the prospect of [finally being able to photobomb himself. ](http://www.madametussauds.com/london/newsandevents/benedictannounce.aspx) “What a weird and wonderful compliment… I’ve been accused of being wooden in my work but never waxy!” he said in a statement. “Also my agents will be thrilled, they’ve wanted a clone of me for some time!” We just hope that, given Madame Tussauds’ open-door [policy](http://www.madametussauds.com/london/planyourvisit/help/default.aspx) allowing visitors to “get up, close and personal… in a fully interactive experience” that the [Cumberbabes](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/benedict-cumberbatch-female-fans-legion-article-1.1579211) will be more gentle than those fiesty Beliebers were. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3528182/grope-benedict-cumberbatchs-madame-tussauds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3528182/grope-benedict-cumberbatchs-madame-tussauds/"},"headline":"You Can Now Grope Benedict Cumberbatch's Waxy Figure at Madame Tussauds","datePublished":"2014-10-21T12:53:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:55.531Z","description":"\"What a weird and wonderful compliment,\" said the Sherlock and Imitation Game star","url":"https://time.com/3528182/grope-benedict-cumberbatchs-madame-tussauds/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","celebrities","Benedict Cumberbatch"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50f960fc526f433/698761f8428a9e0af3cc4a89/457582308.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50f960fc526f433/698761f8428a9e0af3cc4a89/457582308.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Madame Tussauds Unveil New Wax Figure Of Benedict Cumberbatch","caption":"Madame Tussauds Unveil New Wax Figure Of Benedict Cumberbatch","creditText":"Fred Duval—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3528182/grope-benedict-cumberbatchs-madame-tussauds/","name":"You Can Now Grope Benedict Cumberbatch's Waxy Figure at Madame Tussauds"}}]}] ```