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Benedict.
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Hi.
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I honestly, from the heart, loved this film.
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- Oh, terrific. Thank you. - And I love that I can come in and say that.
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- Me too. Thank you very much. - And genuinely mean it, so much.
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And I want everyone to love it as much as I did and I want everyone to see it.
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Oh good. Well, get out there and tell them.
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Well, this is where I need your help.
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Okay, come on.
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What would you say to a young audience who aren't as familiar with the story to make
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them go and see it?
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I mean, it's funny. It's really thrilling, it's war thriller. It's also about an extraordinary
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human being who is really important to our modern lives. If you have an iPhone, if you
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use social media, if you understand what it is to connect through technology, if you feel
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like you've ever been an outsider or you've been bullied or people see you as being something
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other than the conservative of idea of the norm, normal - whatever that means - then
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this is a hero for you. This is a man that you should understand and know the story of
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because his work and his life was a full expression of that and he's so important to us, you know,
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from this to the fact that we managed to crack a code in the war that stopped the Nazis from
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taking over and having fascists rule in this country. And look at what's going on at the
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moment, so it's not a history lesson; it's something that's, sadly, incredibly relatable
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to today. Very relevant, very current.
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You do learn a lot from it as well.
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You do, but I think it's very easy on the kind of, 'And now we're doing the science bit.' It's
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not like that, it's a really fast-paced, thrilling, intelligent but smart and funny kind of film
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to introduce bigger ideas to and we know that we're telling this to an audience that we
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want to have a wider understanding of this matter. Of course, for experts there are better
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jumping off points to go to after the film, through Andrew Hodges amazing biography and
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amazing amounts, reams are written about cryptography and everything that Alan Turing did,
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both with that but also he was involved in biology; if you have any interest in science as a kid,
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this is fascinating but even if you don't it's just alarmingly brilliant how diverse this
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man's talents were.
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There is a great quote in here which I found really touching which was, 'Sometimes it's
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the people no-one imagines anything of that do the things that no-one can imagine.'
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Yeah, you may think that you've got nothing to offer the world but actually you really
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do just because you are who you are and that's a hugely important message in the film.
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Are there any other quotes like that in the film that inspired you?
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That's a big one. God, many. I mean yeah, there's one I try to hold on to a little bit,
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and I'm being lazy because I've said this before but my brain is- I've got very odd
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quotes from Richard III swilling round my mind which are not good things to hold on
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to, but amazing. I would say there's one by Desuso which my fans know, so forgive me those
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of you who are watching, but it's 'Dance like no-one's watching. Sing as though no-one can
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hear you' No, yeah, sing as in no-on can hear you, erm, 'Love as though you've never been
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hurt. And live life as though heaven is on Earth.' I think that's quite a good motto
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to hold on to.
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Yeah, it is.
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It's just about being free and being yourself really and not being inhibited by the idea
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of being judged.
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I loved this film and I genuinely came out touched. My friend who went with me was in
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tears and it was a wonderful film.
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-Great. Thank you so much. -Thank you so much.
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That's wonderful to hear. Thank you.
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It's lovely to meet you.
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Thank you.