No One Was Ready for Benedict Cumberbatch's Impressions

So you can just do Jack Nicholson if I said that name at the drop of a hat. I mean, maybe I could. Where is the Batman? You did an incredible Chewbacca, but I'm told you also do a Jar Jar Binks. Oh no, it's a Binksy monster. It needs to be watched the most time ago. Good, a good monster. Evil monster. He's a bad one. Well, that's terrible. It went off. That was wonderful. Andy Serkis is out of a job. Most actors spend their whole career mastering one character. Benedict Cumberbatch spends his free time becoming everyone else's. These are Benedict Cumberbatch's best impressions. A lot of people know that. Don't bloody blink. I bet you can do a good Chewbacca. Oh, Jar Jar Binks. That's what I saw you do. It's a Jar Jar Binks. Why? Why am I doing this? I thought I was gone from culture back again. Hello, I'm Tom. I've just been cast to do Spider-Man. I was like, wow. Wow. Congratulations. That's amazing. Dude. Come on. Let's listen. That Graham Norton impression didn't just get a laugh. It spread everywhere. And when Benedict walked back onto Graham's show, there was no way Graham was letting that slide without bringing it up first. Stay there. I'm enjoying this. It's James Bonny Tyler. Right. It's time for music. You did me and you were very good. You did my laugh very well. Just in ordering a Big Mac at McDonald's. Hi. Yeah, I'd like to have your Mac, your Big Mac, please. And some fries. And a shake too. And some chicken and nuggets. And while you're at it, can I have a quarter pound of cheese and a fillet of fish if they still do theirs? Thanks. Benedict's voice is basically a weapon. That low controlled register is what gets him cast as every villain, every genius, every man in the room who clearly knows more than everyone else. And it turns out it also makes him dangerously good at being Alan Rickman. Rolling down the street, smoking in dough, sipping on gin and juice. Laid back. You guys can do really good. Alan Rickman. Don't see it. Can't wait. Willy Wonka. You remember that scene at the end? You get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir. Benedict Cumberbatch doing impressions of his own co-stars is one thing. But watching him step into Tom Holland, someone a whole generation grew up with, is something you genuinely do not see coming. Holland, did you do your Spider-Man? Well, yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, I could do a bit of, I mean, a little bit. I mean, you know. But, um, you know, there's, there's Tom, like, you know, there's the new Tom, which is all that, you know. It's like, yeah, I've just worked with Mark Wahlberg. So **** it. Yeah. Um, hi, guys. Hi. Yeah, it's Tom. I'm really excited to be here. Talk to you later. No, I can't, because otherwise I'll omit secrets. So, um, yeah, they'll close me down with this bit of foil. Hugh Grant has one of the most imitated deliveries in British cinema. Flustered, self-deprecating, quietly sarcastic. There's one person, though, who does it better than any impressionist alive, and he happens to share a passport with him. Gosh, um, in the words of Flippity Chibbit, um, what can I say? It's raining. I noticed, um, you're wet. Being born in London gives Benedict a built-in edge when it comes to British actors. He doesn't just copy the voice. He gets the specific energy behind it. And once he gets going, nobody walks away clean. Yeah. I think you've got to go and see the imitation. I've done him many times before. I'm sick of it. Harry Potter. Oh, uh, Rickman. Fair warning. If you're a talk show host thinking about pushing Benedict Cumberbatch's buttons on live television, just know it comes with consequences you did not budget for. I'm not poking you to make you perform. I'll do a little bit of you, though. Roger Wabbit Wam-Wam Witchman Common Waggedly. Was that terrible? It was terrible. And also, even with that impediment, I still can't get a special parking dispensation, which is a shame. Sean Connery. Oh, it's a very good film. I think he'll be phenomenal. I think I'm very excited to see what young Benedict does. Kevin Spacey has built an entire career out of becoming other people. So what happens when someone flips it completely and becomes Kevin Spacey right in front of Kevin Spacey? Spacey? I don't know. What Kevin do you want? Do you want the Kevin from 7? 7-Eleven Kevin? Or do you want, Now is the winter of our discontent. Make glorious summer by this son of yours. Years on the Avengers set builds more than just box office chemistry. Somewhere between takes, Benedict quietly locked in a Mark Ruffalo impression nobody asked for, and nobody in that room was remotely prepared for. Mark Ruffalo taking the bins out? I don't know, because this looks like recycling to me, but maybe, is that where the food goes? I don't know. It's too many bins. His British impressions are one thing, but Benedict Cumberbatch doing Jack Nicholson, an American legend he clearly studied at a molecular level, is where things get genuinely unhinged. Why can't we all see the imitation game? Apparently we do a very good Alan Rickman. I did do an Alan Rickman. Could we trouble you for a little of your Rickman? What would you like me to say to you? Can you do an impression of Donald Trump, whoever that is, at a grocery store? And that is the correct answer. You were doing Chewbacca during the clip. Was I? In time with the Chewbacca thing, just a natural knee jerk. That's one of my favorite Chewbacca moments. On a Capital Breakfast episode, Benedict came face to face with a man who claimed he was turning into him more and more every single day. The moment that man walked into the room, nobody in that studio knew how to react. Just buzz you in, please. Can you come in? Can we come in? Oh, no. That's not me. That's my character. He actually does look quite a lot like me. Yeah. People have said that. This is really weird to watch. I do have to say, I'm loving it, but it's very strange to watch Benedict talk to Peter. I looky likey really likey. Yeah. Did you know you looked like Benedict and then you wanted to do the thing? No, not at all. I never thought I looked like him. And then someone stopped me on, I think it was Millennium Bridge. Years ago. And said, excuse me, are you Benedict Cumberbatch? Yes, I am. And the rest was history. Robert? Yeah, sure. Robert, why not? Why are you laughing? What's so funny? Pick out something in my face. Oh, yeah, my face. Oh, well, you know. You know what's interesting? I don't know. Iron Man. Yeah. So, Miranda, is your heart beating faster than the floor? One guy somehow pulled off every voice with absolutely no preparation. And if that wasn't enough to convince you to subscribe, I honestly don't know what is. 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