Benedict Cumberbatch Joins 'Power of the Dog' Co-Stars Kirsten Dunst & Kodi Smit-McPhee at LACMA Gala 2021

READ MORE: Benedict Cumberbatch suffered nicotine poisoning three timesJoaquin Phoenix most recently captured attention in The Joker but has a long-established career as a Hollywood heavyweight. He forged his image via method acting in several films, where he refused to break character.

Benedict Cumberbatch has a real knack for playing unique, oftentimes misunderstood egomaniacs. Whether it’s Doctor Strange, Sherlock Holmes, Patrick Melrose, Julian Assange, or Khan, the actor finds a way to ground his oftentimes sociopathic characters in a real emotional truth.

Deadline has launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: Los Angeles, featuring the full panels from all 31 buzzy awards-season movies that made up Sunday’s all-day showcase at the DGA Theater.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNot only did Benedict Cumberbatch undergo dream analysis to prepare for his role in “The Power of the Dog,” but so did the film’s director and co-screenwriter Jane Campion.“It gives you so much confidence because whatever you find in that work it comes through you and it just feels grounded in something very real inside yourself,” Campion told me Thursday at the AFI Fest screening of her new Netflix film, “The Power of the Dog,” at TCL

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kirsten Dunst are promoting their new project together!

Writer-director Jane Campion and star Benedict Cumberbatch said Paul Newman was one of the previous stars who tried to adapt Power of the Dog before them, relating the history of their new film based on Thomas Savage’s book during Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel Sunday at the DGA Theater.

The stars are stepping out for the 2021 Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards!

The stars of The Power of the Dog are stepping out for the movie’s latest screening!

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that he was actually sick as a dog while filming The Power of the Dog.

Benedict Cumberbatch went all out to play Phil Burbank in his new film “The Power of the Dog”.

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons are enjoying a day out together!

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorGuillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg formed their own two-person film club during the pandemic.“During the lockdown he encouraged me and I encouraged him, we found movies we had never seen before and we let each other know what they were,” Spielberg said. “So the lockdown was literally spent watching movies, getting on text and talking for hours about the film.

The stars are stepping out for the 2021 LACMA Gala!

Paris Hilton and fiance Carter Reum are showing off some cute PDA on the red carpet!

Hailey Bieber and Elle Fanning are enjoying a night out!

Famous siblings Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal are hitting the red carpet together!

It looks like Paul Mescal and Phoebe Bridgers are officially confirming they’re dating!