To create the dragon in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," having Benedict "in a mocap suit … seemed to help get him immersed and home in on the character." By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor “Our ...

Benedict Cumberbatch plays his second major villain of the year (or third, depending on your feelings about Julian Assange) in Peter Jackson's darker, pacier Hobbit sequel, The Desolation of Smaug.

Benedict Cumberbatch is a man of many guises. Since his meteoric rise in recent years, he is an actor that no one would dare accuse of being typecast, and in every new role he proves that there is ...