The March 2021 edition of Empire UK magazine features a short interview with director Will Sharpe on The Electrical Life of Louis Wain in which he talks a little about Benedict. Check it out below:
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
The year’s battiest biopic? This may well be it
On the surface, it all sounds quite traditional: Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy starring in a biopic of a renowned British artist. But with an idiosyncratic title, and Will Sharpe – the creator of Channel 4’s bleak comedy Flowers – as director, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain should be anything but. Wain, played by Cumberbatch (“He’s always on and always delivers, which is exciting to watch”, says Sharpe), was a cat-obsessed oddball renowned for his fantastical, psychedelic paintings of anthropomorphised feline figures, and who suffered personal tragedy and significant success across his surprisingly long life in the late 1800s and early 1900s. What’s more, he may have had schizophrenia, possibly brought on by parasites found in, er, cat shit.
Benedict Cumberbatch Central will not post any paparazzi photos that aren’t related to Benedict Cumberbatch’s work, nor are we going to post paparazzi photos that invade his privacy (i.e photos of his children), regardless of where or when they were taken. Benedict works hard to keep his personal life out of the spotlight and we should respect that.