Benedict Cumberbatch believes the environmental movement had been hijacked by politics early on. Photograph: New York TimesActors can exist in a “bubble” untroubled by real world issues, but Benedict Cumberbatch told an Irish audience his profession needed to use its star power to shine a light on the climate crisis. Mr Cumberbatch said the climate action movement needed a Will and Grace style show to get the issue into resistant homes and mindsets. “The less heavy-handed the better, that’s what we’ve learned,” he said, adding that the environmental movement had been “hijacked by politics” early on. That pushed the vote.”He said producers could do similar for climate by small adjustments to scripts and scenes.

Source: The Irish Times November 27, 2025 23:58 UTC