SherlockstarBenedict Cumberbatchrecently finished shooting scenes for the secondStar Trekfilm and later this year we’ll see him in TV dramaParade’s End- but he won’t be looking his usual self.

As Christopher Tietjens - an aristrocrat in a love triangle with two women - he’s a different shape.

‘I wore a fat suit under my clothes and had bumpers in my cheeks,’ revealsBenedict.

‘They attach like a brace to your teeth to make your face look plumper.’

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i’m positive there was a line formed for the opportunity to apply the fat suit

(Source: benedictcumberbatch.co.uk)