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Why Benedict Cumberbatch Was Cruel To Kirsten Dunst While Shooting ‘The Power of The Dog’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. A lot of movie
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  Speaker 1: stars employ method acting when they take on a complex role,
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  Speaker 1: where you essentially live as the character even when the
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  Speaker 1: cameras are off. So Bennet Comberbatches particularly devoted to that technique.
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  Speaker 1: But even he took it to new heights for his
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  Speaker 1: cowboy movie The Power of the Dog. He did not
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  Speaker 1: shower at all. He always stayed in character. He swam
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  Speaker 1: naked in a river, covered his body and mud to
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  Speaker 1: get in touch with the gritty nature of cowboy work.
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  Speaker 1: He even began chance smoking Handworld cigarettes, which gave him
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  Speaker 1: nicotine poisoning three times. But perhaps the most out of
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  Speaker 1: character for the infamously kind Bennetet was being mean to
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  Speaker 1: his co star Kirston Dunts to match their character's relationship.
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  Speaker 1: He tells n M E. I did not want to
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  Speaker 1: be really mean to Kirston, but I needed to stay
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  Speaker 1: in characters, so I didn't speak to her at all.
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  Speaker 1: On set. She was the same. We were the negative
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  Speaker 1: to each other's positive. We were repelled by each other.
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  Speaker 1: All that commitment seems to have paid off, because critics
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  Speaker 1: are saying Benett's transformation is one of its most remarkable.
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  Speaker 1: Yet the power of the dog is in theater that's
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