Benedict Cumberbatch reads a hilarious letter of apology to a hotel
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2023-01-21に共有
Benedict Cumberbatch performed this letter at Letters Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London in October 2022.
Letter © Nick Burchill
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There's a maid somewhere still telling the story of the horror of cleaning this room to her children.
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As a lifelong Victorian I can tell you this is absolutely true. I remember when it happened and also when the letter of apology arrived. He was forgiven.
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As a seagull who took part in the pepperoni assault I can tell you this is absolutely true. Those pepperoni mess up your guts quite badly.
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as a member of the Royal Canadian Navy I can attest that this story has reached legendary status and is told often. By the way, Brothers pepperoni is 100% worth the trouble.
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This is a true story. I used to work with Nick at the company he was referring to in his letter. He's a great guy. Cumberbatch read the letter well, but you can't beat hearing the story directly from Nick.
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I just wanted to note that not only did Benedict do a highly entertaining reading, it's clear that he made an effort to do an appropriate accent - neutral Canadian accent and how I imagine the guy would sound. He didn't go too far into the Maritime accent which is great. Having had the fancy, overpriced tea at the Empress as a tourist (from nearby Vancouver), I can just imagine reacting to a shoe and an angry glaucous-winged seagull towel burrito flying at me while wearing a cute dress.
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My wife and I stayed in the Empress in 2016, also on the 4th floor facing the harbour. I was sitting by an open window eating cheese, and a gull flew right up, landed on the sill and demanded a share. So, I have no reason to doubt his story.
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He was forgiven. This was a huge local story at the time!
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Benedict C. could read a list of ingredients on a cereal packet and it'd still be engaging and entertaining.
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As a former house keeping lady I can see the face of the cleaner when she entered the room.
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"Bad decisions make good stories -the deluxe version".
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You know that this story is a LEGEND at the Empress Hotel that they tell ALL the newbies who walk through the door on their first day of work.
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OMG I can't believe THIS story made Letters Live, AND read by Benedict. When I first heard this story years ago, of course I thought it was completely fabricated, but no, it's not, it is absolutely true, and possibly the best story to ever come out of the Canadian Navy.
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As a lifetime Nova Scotian, I can attest that the Brothers TNT pepperoni would have been totally worth it.
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I remember seeing that letter printed in a column in the Times Colonist newspaper, a while ago. I honestly don't know how this guy could read the letter without losing his composure! I was doubled over laughing until tears came to my eyes! This actually happened. If I were the guy who wrote that letter, I'd avoid Victoria, and especially the Empress Hotel, forever! People have long memories. ~Janet in Canada
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What I want to know is how Mr. Cumberbatch managed to read the entire letter without being reduced to helpless fits of laughter.
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I am grateful to have served with Nick. Great guy.
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I live in Victoria and my boss' husband knows the guy who wrote the letter and says that it really doesn't even BEGIN to adequately describe the... "aftermath" of that room.
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He even puts on a pretty good non-offensive Canadian accent. We tend to go up in tone in the middle of many of our sentences. Most don’t even realize they do this 😂
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My mom was living in Victoria during this seagull escapade and she called me to tell the story, omg we laughed so hard, and yup, felt so sorry for whom-ever had to clean that mess up. Great reading of this true urban legend, sitting here laughing all over again, thank you Ben, I can't believe you didn't crack up!
