Cumberbatch says the backlash to his role in the 2016 film has made it a "difficult one to talk about." Benedict Cumberbatch listened to the feedback. The British star, 48, "had to apologize" for his role as the nonbinary model All in Zoolander 2 "quite a lot,

Of course, even well-regarded actors have lapses in judgment — which is where Benedict's turn as a non-binary character in the 2016 flop Zoolander 2 comes in. In the film, Benedict played a NB model named All — and people were,

Benedict Cumberbatch was riding a high going into 2016. He was a wildly popular actor and sex symbol, and also noted for being a nice person. But then he threw a bucket of cold water on all that by taking a role widely seen as being offensive to non-binary people.