Four Super Stealthy Facts About Benedict Cumberbatch 卷福的这些事,你知道吗?

1. He is a red head

He has been dying his hair black for a while for Sherlock and kept it dark for Star Trek. In fact， Cumberbatch has much lighter auburn2） hair.

2. He almost wasn't an actor

"My parents worked incredibly hard to give me a very privileged education so I could do anything but be as stupid as them and become an actor，" the actor said. Indeed， Cumberbatch intended to become a lawyer at the urging of his parents. "Unfortunately I didn't pay any attention， like a lot of children， to my parents' wise words，" he said.

3. He moonlights3） as an audiobook reader

The next time you buy a book on tape， listen much more attentively to the person reading the prose. Cumberbatch has lent his voice to many audiobooks including a Shakespeare title and Sherlock Holmes： The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories.

4. He doesn't understand why he's

a sex symbol

Cumberbatch has women swooning4）， and the actor is taken aback5） by all the attention. He told The Mirror： "Do I like being thought of as attractive？ I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't， but I do find it funny. I look in a mirror and I see all the faults I've lived with for 35 years and yet people go kind of nuts6） for certain things about me. It's not me being humble. I just think it's weird."

1. 他长着一头红发

拍摄《神探夏洛克》时，卷福暂时把头发染成了黑色，在拍摄《星际迷航》时也一直保留着黑发。事实上，他的发色浅多了，是红棕色的。

2. 他差一点就当不了演员

“我父母极其卖力地工作，让我接受精英教育，这样我就可以从事任何其他行业，而不必像他们那样傻乎乎地去做演员。”这位演员说道。其实，在父母的强烈要求下，卷福本来打算做一名律师。“遗憾的是，和许多小孩一样，我没有把父母给我的明智建议放在心上。”他说。

3. 他兼职担任有声读物朗诵者

下次再买有声读物时，要更加专心地听朗诵者读。卷福已为多部有声读物“献声”，其中包括莎士比亚的一部作品（译注：即《暴风雨》）以及《福尔摩斯：再现铁路之谜和其他故事》。

4. 他不明白自己为什么会是一位性感偶像

女人们为卷福神魂颠倒，而他却对所有这些关注惊讶不已。他曾在《镜报》上说：“我喜欢被别人认为有魅力吗？我不知道天底下有谁会不喜欢，可我真觉得这挺逗的。我从镜子中能看到35年来一直陪伴我的各种缺点，但粉丝们却近乎疯狂地喜欢我的某些方面。我不是谦虚，我只是觉得这很怪异。”

1. stealthy [?stelθi] adj. 悄悄的；偷偷摸摸的

2. auburn [???b?n] adj. （头发）红棕色的

3. moonlight [?mu?nla?t] vi. 兼职（尤指不为专职工作的雇主和税收部门知道）

4. swoon [swu?n] vi. 痴迷；神魂颠倒

5. take aback： 使震惊；使惊呆

6. nuts [n?ts] adj. [俗]发疯的；发狂的