SAN DIEGO (AP) – John Malkovich and Benedict Cumberbatch each made their Comic-Con debuts – as themselves and as their first animated characters.
The two actors were in San Diego Thursday to offer an early look at DreamWorks Animation’s “Penguins of Madagascar,” a sequel to 2012’s “Madagascar 3.”
They revealed they’d only just met one day earlier. Each did their voice-recording sessions alone in a sound booth while making the film.
“I was really gutted about that, because I was really looking forward to working with the penguins and John,” said Cumberbatch, who drew swoony screams from the audience every time he spoke. “That’s the hardest thing: You don’t have the usual camaraderie which you do in most other mediums.”
He called Malkovich “a legend of acting” and an “extraordinarily brilliant man.”