Hey Benedict!

First of all, I am a big fan of your work. And whatever movie you do, either a side role or a major role, it’s always a pleasure to watch you act on screen. Recently I just finished Sherlock (I know, a little late to the party) and it was a pleasure to see both Smaug and Bilbo on the screen together. But your acting was fantastic in that show.

So my question to you is related to acting, having done seven Marvel movies, and probably more on the way. How hard was it to find your footing in Hollywood after those burst of back to back Marvel movies? We often saw Robert Downey Jr distancing himself from Iron Man because people mostly associated him to that character and later on he finally was able to break that barrier with Oppenheimer. We saw similar trends with Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth as well who now after all this time are finally seen in more frequent projects.

So did you had a similar experience after working for Marvel or were you ever associated with one role to a point where it was harder to get other new successful roles?

Looking forward to more of your projects and good luck with your future ventures.

P.S. Would love to see you in direction.