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Cumberbatch recalls South African kidnapping
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 () -- British actor Benedict Cumberbatch told The Hollywood Reporter he was kidnapped nearly a decade ago and held at gunpoint in South Africa.Cumberbatch, 37, said the incident happened while he and two friends were driving back to the set of the 2005 TV miniseries "To the Ends of the Earth" after a weekend diving trip."We were in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal, this amazing district north of Durban," the "Star Trek Into Darkness" villain told the entertainment industry trade newspaper."It was cold, and it was dark. I felt rotten. We were wary because that's a notoriously dangerous place to drive. Then, poof, the front-right tire blows. So, we got the spare, but that meant getting all of our luggage out. We were like sitting ducks, adverts for -- not prosperity necessarily, but materialism."As the trio worked to fix the tire, six armed men appeared out of the dark. "They were like: 'Look down! Look down! Put your hands on your heads! Look at the floor!' And they started frisking us and said: 'Where's your money? Where's your drugs?' -- we had smoked a bit of weed -- 'Where are your weapons?' And at that point,[url=http://www.myeduhelp.com/]christian louboutin discount[/url], this adrenaline of fight or flight just exploded in my body. I was like, 'Oh [expletive,] we're [expletive]!'" Cumberbatch said as tears filled his eyes.The actor went on to say the men put him and his pals in a car, then took him out and stuffed him in the trunk when he complained he was losing feeling in his bound limbs.When they arrived in the middle of nowhere, his captors tossed Cumberbatch on the ground. "I was scared, really scared. I said: 'What are you going to do with us? Are you going to kill us?' I was really worried that I was going to get raped or molested or just tortured or toyed with in some way, some act of control and savagery," Cumberbatch recalled, saying the men eventually let them go without any explanation."It really,[url=http://www.govtvault.com/]gucci outlet online[/url], really enriches your values in life," he said of his brush with death. "It's incredibly important."A stranger then arrived and rescued Cumberbatch and his friends."I looked into this black man's face, and I cried with gratitude," he recalled.Cumberbatch is best known for his portrayal of the titular detective in TV's "Sherlock." His film credits include "Atonement," "War Horse" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." He will soon be seen in "12 Years a Slave" and "August: Osage County" and "The Fifth Estate." He also lends his voice to the dragon character in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."