Benedict Cumberbatch Recounts Being Kidnapped and Held Captive in South Africa

The 48-year-old actor was abducted and held captive by a group of men when he was in his late 20s.

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch arrives before the screening of "The Current War", at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto on Sept. 9, 2017. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press

Award-winning British actor Benedict Cumberbatch says that the harrowing experience he had while he was in his late 20s still affects him today.

More than two decades ago, the “Doctor Strange” star was kidnapped and held captive while filming BBC’s three-part miniseries “To the Ends of the Earth” in South Africa.