Actor Benedict Cumberbatch says he used to hate his surname and started using his middle name Carlton as his last name.
Speaking at a promotional event for his new movie The Imitation Game here, the 38-year-old said he thought his family surname 'Cumberbatch' sounded like a “f**t in a bath”, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Cumberbatch didn't think his surname could ever catch on if he became famous, so he used Carlton - which is also his grandfather's moniker - until his agent convinced him otherwise.
“I started off as Benedict Carlton, which is my middle name, my grandfather's name,” The Sun newspaper quoted him as saying.
Speaking at a promotional event for his new movie The Imitation Game here, the 38-year-old said he thought his family surname 'Cumberbatch' sounded like a “f**t in a bath”, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Cumberbatch didn't think his surname could ever catch on if he became famous, so he used Carlton - which is also his grandfather's moniker - until his agent convinced him otherwise.
“I started off as Benedict Carlton, which is my middle name, my grandfather's name,” The Sun newspaper quoted him as saying.