‘Sherlock’ season 4: Benedict Cumberbatch gets very … descriptive

At this particular moment in time, Benedict Cumberbatch certainly knows that he is very popular with the ladies. Therefore, he had to know that an article including him talking about Sherlock Holmes’ sexual prowess was probably going to go viral … right?

Well, the “Sherlock” star took on this subject with Elle UK, and for the first paragraph or so, and he started things off on a relatively tame manner when discussing the preparation for such an evening of romance:

“I’d do a little experiment to do with durability, length, girth, and um, strength … And um, I would probably take a lot of vitamin supplements to make sure that I could perform, and had had my sleep, and probably not had many cigarettes. Or drink, for that matter. Not that he does drink.”

Then, things because very specific. Don’t read on if you want to avoid mental images:

“And then I would be devastating. I’d know exactly how to please a woman, I’d know exactly where to put my fingers, where to put my tongue, where to put my – his I should say – his fingers, his tongue. Think about violinists, think about what they can do with their fingers.”

The rest of the article somehow gets even more descriptive, and for at least a second or two, it starts to actually feel like some of the “Sherlock” fanfiction that is actually out there already.

For those curious, we really doubt we’ll ever see anything of this sort on the show. Remember, it airs on the BBC, and putting particularly hardcore material on their network is something that is not high on the priority list.

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