Benedict Cumberbatch has recently apologised for his role in Ben Stiller's 'Zoolander 2', for which he received backlash for playing a non-binary fashion model.

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,

I’ve had to apologize for that quite a lot,” Benedict Cumberbatch said of his controversial character in Ben Stiller’s 2016 sequel Benedict Cumberbatch is reflecting on a controversial previous screen role — one he “wouldn’t do” now.

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has revisited several of his iconic characters over the years, with multiple turns as Sherlock Holmes in the “Sherlock” series, Smaug the dragon in the “Hobbit” trilogy and Dr.

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.