By Lacy Baugher for Actors and Actresses on March 13th, 2014

WATCH: Video of Benedict Cumberbatch Photobombing U2 Will Vastly Improve Your Day

Benedict Cumberbatch at a different film premiere, because I don't want to spoil the surprise. (Photo: Sam Hughes)
Benedict Cumberbatch at a different film premiere, because I don't want to spoil the surprise. (Photo: Sam Hughes)
If you went near the internet basically at all in the days immediately following the broadcast of the 86th annual Academy Awards, you probably already saw the picture I’m about to talk about.

Yes, that picture. 

The one where Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch photobombs a red carpet shot of global superstar band U2, leaping into the frame like some kind of really random celebrity gazelle. 

But don’t worry. It gets better. Yes, really.

ICYMI, Benedict Cumberbatch photobombed @U2 so hard—see all the #ERedCarpet photobombs! http://t.co/rsCfkYxh9g pic.twitter.com/1yxi7oJGWO

— E! Online (@eonline) March 3, 2014

I think that I saw more tweets about that moment than I did about the actual film that won Best Picture. (Which, by the way, was the truly amazing 12 Years a Slave, which in my opinion is life changing and you should go see immediately. Just saying.)

Anyway, get ready for something else life changing, and that’s video of Cumberbatch’s U2-photo-extravaganza. Yes, for real. Max Clendaniel caught the whole epic incident on camera, set it to the music from Jaws and put it on YouTube. 

It will be the best twenty seconds of your day today, guaranteed.  Just watch it and thank me later: 

Now, where do I sign the petition to get Sir David Attenborough to narrate this? 

By Lacy Baugher for Actors and Actresses on March 13th, 2014
Lacy Baugher

Lacy's love of British TV is embarrassingly extensive, but primarily centers around evangelizing all things Doctor Who, and watching as many period dramas as possible.

Digital media type by day, she also has a fairly useless degree in British medieval literature, and dearly loves to talk about dream poetry, liminality, and the medieval religious vision. (Sadly, that opportunity presents itself very infrequently.) York apologist, Ninth Doctor enthusiast, and unabashed Ravenclaw. Say hi on Threads or Blue Sky at @LacyMB. 

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