--- description: "It was like the Beatles showed up" title: Turns Out Benedict Cumberbatch Can't Go Anywhere image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab680260e7eadaec/6988772cf887dc3855e93efc/benedict-cumberbatch-nepal-dr-strange.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 # Turns Out Benedict Cumberbatch Can't Go Anywhere by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2015 3:32 PM CUT  British actor Benedict Cumberbatch poses for photographers on the red carpet for the premiere of Black Mass during the BFI London Film Festival in central London on October 11, 2015\. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) British actor Benedict Cumberbatch poses for photographers on the red carpet for the premiere of Black Mass during the BFI London Film Festival in central London on October 11, 2015\. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)Getty Images by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2015 3:32 PM CUT Marvel thought its new superhero [Doctor Strange](http://time.com/3619238/benedict-cumberbatch-confirmed-to-play-doctor-strange/ "undefined") would be safe from prying eyes in remote Nepal. But, alas, [Cumberbabes](http://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/ "undefined") and Cumberbros are _everywhere_. Benedict Cumberbatch, who’s starring in Marvel’s 2016 adaptation of _Doctor Strange_, traveled to Kathmandu to film exterior shots of the movie in early November, where producers imagined he could go undetected. Cute idea. “We were shooting in some of the public areas, and the crowds that turned out for Benedict weren’t like anything I’ve ever seen in 30 years in the business,” executive producer Charles Newirth told _Entertainment Weekly_. “It was like the Beatles showed up after _The Ed Sullivan Show_. He did one thing one day where he just popped his head out of a window just to say ‘Hi’ to the fans and it just erupted into just love and adoration. There were girls that were crying and hugging each other when they saw him go by. It was really remarkable.” [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://time.com/4162125/benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-photos/ "undefined") also got a first look at Cumberbatch in his costume for the film, which hits theaters Nov. 4, 2016. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4164138/benedict-cumberbatch-dr-strange-nepal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4164138/benedict-cumberbatch-dr-strange-nepal/"},"headline":"Turns Out Benedict Cumberbatch Can't Go Anywhere","datePublished":"2015-12-30T15:32:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:11.229Z","description":"\"It was like the Beatles showed up\"","url":"https://time.com/4164138/benedict-cumberbatch-dr-strange-nepal/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab680260e7eadaec/6988772cf887dc3855e93efc/benedict-cumberbatch-nepal-dr-strange.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab680260e7eadaec/6988772cf887dc3855e93efc/benedict-cumberbatch-nepal-dr-strange.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT-CINEMA-BLACK MASS","caption":"BRITAIN-ENTERTAINMENT-CINEMA-BLACK MASS","creditText":"Getty Images","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/4164138/benedict-cumberbatch-dr-strange-nepal/","name":"Turns Out Benedict Cumberbatch Can't Go Anywhere"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Benedict Cumberbatch's TIME Cover Shoot","description":"Go behind the scenes of the latest cover shoot with Benedict Cumberbatch for TIME's Genius issue","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/JJBljwby/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-19T22:28:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JJBljwby.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4164138/benedict-cumberbatch-dr-strange-nepal/","duration":"PT1M36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4164138/benedict-cumberbatch-dr-strange-nepal/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```