--- description: The Brad Pitt-produced film gets a new leading man title: Charlie Hunnam Replaces Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Lost City of Z' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74a3e3171090950b/69877dc20b72e383126dd88e/455940406.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Charlie Hunnam Replaces Benedict Cumberbatch in _The Lost City of Z_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 5, 2015 1:58 AM CUT  Actor Charlie Hunnam arrives at FX's 'Sons Of Anarchy' premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on September 6, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Actor Charlie Hunnam arrives at FX's 'Sons Of Anarchy' premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on September 6, 2014 in Hollywood, California.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 5, 2015 1:58 AM CUT Benedict Cumberbatch’s busy schedule was bound to catch up with him. The beloved Brit has [dropped out](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-charlie-hunnam-replacing-benedict-769820 "undefined") of the highly-anticipated film adaptation of _The Lost City of Z_ so that he can dedicate the proper amount of time to his own Marvel franchise as [Doctor Strange](http://time.com/3619238/benedict-cumberbatch-confirmed-to-play-doctor-strange/ "undefined"). Cumberbatch is the second actor to drop out of the role of Amazon explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett. Brad Pitt also stepped out of the role, though Pitt is still producing the film. Charlie Hunnam, best known for _Sons of Anarchy_ and turning down _Fifty Shades of Grey_, will replace Cumberbatch as Fawcett, [according to](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-charlie-hunnam-replacing-benedict-769820 "undefined") _The Hollywood Reporter_. Sienna Miller will play Fawcett’s wife and Robert Pattinson his son and fellow traveler (though the two are only six years of age apart in real life). In the _New York Times_ bestseller _Lost City of Z_, _New Yorker_ writer David Grann retraces the steps of real-life British explorer Percy Fawcett, who ventured into the Amazon in 1925 to find an ancient civilization but never returned. Grann himself trekked the Amazon in an attempt to find any trace of the doomed explorer. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-charlie-hunnam-replacing-benedict-769820 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3696583/charlie-hunnam-replaces-benedict-cumberbatch-in-the-lost-city-of-z/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3696583/charlie-hunnam-replaces-benedict-cumberbatch-in-the-lost-city-of-z/"},"headline":"Charlie Hunnam Replaces Benedict Cumberbatch in The Lost City of Z","datePublished":"2015-02-05T01:58:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:09:56.813Z","description":"The Brad Pitt-produced film gets a new leading man","url":"https://time.com/3696583/charlie-hunnam-replaces-benedict-cumberbatch-in-the-lost-city-of-z/","keywords":["movies","Books","Benedict Cumberbatch"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74a3e3171090950b/69877dc20b72e383126dd88e/455940406.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74a3e3171090950b/69877dc20b72e383126dd88e/455940406.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FX's \"Sons Of Anarchy\" Premiere","caption":"FX's \"Sons Of Anarchy\" Premiere","creditText":"Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3696583/charlie-hunnam-replaces-benedict-cumberbatch-in-the-lost-city-of-z/","name":"Charlie Hunnam Replaces Benedict Cumberbatch in The Lost City of Z"}}]}] ```