Benedict Cumberbatch reveals biggest challenge of playing a cowboy in new film

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed the biggest challenge of playing an American rancher in his new film, The Power of the Dog, was learning how to roll a cigarette with one hand while sitting on a horse.

Cumberbatch said many of his crew members thought they could give it a go, but the actor personally thought it was “really, really hard.”

The British actor plays Phil, a rugged and filthy American cowboy who declares at one stage in the film: “I stink and I like it.”

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