Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Imitation Game) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown) have surprisingly never worked together onscreen. Now, they’re co-starring in The Roses, inspired by the same novel that gave us 1989’s The War of the Roses. The new film sees Cumberbatch as architect Theo, whose marriage to chef Ivy (Colman) goes up in flames. It’s a match made in hell, unlike these two firm friends…
BC Olivia had just done The Favourite and we were in Venice when we had our first sit-down. You were doing press, I think, and I was farting about having conversations about this. And it just started. We both produced it with our companies.
OC I get the giggles when you say things like that. Silly! I don’t think I do anything. Well, our company… it’s my husband, who is brilliant and does all the hard work.
BC You’re problem-solving, and you’re being really creative out of necessity sometimes, but also asking, “How can we make this story better or the best version of it that we can?” And to do that outside of just turning up and getting in front of a camera, is really exciting. It feels creative.
OC It was a seminal film, in my view. I remember seeing it first time around. Sometimes, if a film is beautiful the first time, don’t touch it. But we’re not remaking it. It was a jumping off point.
BC I don’t think you have to watch the first one as a prep for this. It’s its own thing. We’ve just borrowed a frame for it.
View oEmbed on the source websiteBC You can’t change someone, they are who they are. You can nurture them. You can help them if they want your help. But you can’t go, “They’re great, but I’ve got to change that thing if I marry them.”
OC That said, my husband Ed is now really good at making beds! We do a great teamwork, bed-making thing. You whack the duvet like that, and then you get a great fold, and we both go, “Ah!” when we see it!
OC Tea in bed. I’m a very cheap date. If my husband brings me a cup in bed, I’m the happiest thing in the world.
OC One of the funniest lines to me is when his friend says “You’re a failure. Women don’t like that.” I find that funny because it’s not true. I don’t know any women who… well, they must exist, but they’re not my mates. If something goes wrong, your partner isn’t instantly unattractive.
OC I resent the idea that women might think a man who isn’t a massive success is unattractive. I don’t want men to think that of themselves.
BC We all learn from our failures. We don’t really learn from our successes. You only learn from trying to do better… fail again and fail better, as Samuel Beckett said.
BC I think you say things immediately – it’s one of your superpowers. You’re so authentic to who you are. It’s disarming, it’s brilliant, and it makes everyone go, “F**k, I wish I was that free.” I’m a terrible people pleaser.
You both have plenty on the go — Benedict, you’re in the film version of The Thing with Feathers. What drew you to that?
Finally, you’re Brits in showbiz — do you modify your accent when you’re in Hollywood?
OC [In her Queen Elizabeth II accent] Well yes, but I was playing the Queen. I think I hoik up the English when I’m in America.
BC Except when I ask for water, and everyone goes, “Excuse me?” Then I say, “Can I have some waa-ter, please?” And I do this really bad American accent.
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