See Benedict Cumberbatch as a bald Brexit Mastermind in new HBO Film
veryone knows who won,” Benedict Cumberbatch declares in the first trailer for Brexit, the HBO film in which he plays Dominic Cummings—the political mastermind behind Vote Leave, the controversial campaign in part responsible for U.K. voters deciding to disentangle their country from the European Union. “But not everyone knows how.” The film, directed by Cumberbatch’s Sherlock collaborator Toby Haynes, hopes to enlighten viewers—taking them behind the curtain to show how Cummings “hack[ed] the political system,” exploiting people’s fears about immigration and […]
