Benedict Cumberbatch did not hesitate to get into taxidermy to prepare for his role in

The Power of the Dog

, Jane Campion's new film already available on Netflix.

Indeed, the actor wanted to get as close as possible to the experience of his character, a tough cowboy at the head of a large ranch in Montana in the 1920s.

“This man is incredibly good with his hands.

He's got a lot of time to kill in 1925 Montana, so he's whistling, he's braiding ropes, he's making gear for his horse.

He's a hardware dealer who can do amazing things with the dead animals he hunts,” the Sherlock

star told

E!

News on the sidelines of the SAG Awards held last Sunday.

The story of getting an idea

And while the character of Benedict Cumberbatch does indeed indulge in taxidermy in Thomas Savage's novel from which the film is adapted, no scene mentions this particular talent in the footage.

But precisely, the actor wanted to touch this art so far from his daily life.

“There are so many things about him that are totally removed from my experience.

I wanted to at least experience, get a taste of what it was like to do this kind of work,” he concluded.

Unfortunately, neither

The Power of the Dog

nor Benedict Cumberbatch won awards at the SAG Awards.

However, widely acclaimed by critics, the film has all its chances at the next Oscars for which it received no less than twelve nominations.

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