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Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed the secret to making his marriage work with wife Sophie Hunter.

The Doctor Strange star, 49, who has three children with his wife of ten years, theatre director Sophie, 47, said that they have a ‘two-week rule’

Appearing on Josh Horowitz’ Happy Sad Confused podcast with his The Roses co-star Olivia Colman, the star was asked if there’s anything about him that annoys his loved ones.

He admitted: ‘There’s an endless list. It starts in the morning and ends late at night – and then starts all over again the next day: “I hate you!”

‘Being away from home pi***s them off. And it p****s me off too, so we try and do as much to make that not the case – the two-week rule, and try to work as hard as possible on making work happen here nearer home so I can get home, or take them with me.’

The Oscar-nominated actor admitted that even when his family does join him on location, it isn’t always a perfect solution.

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed the secret to making his marriage work with wife Sophie Hunter (pictured together in May)

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed the secret to making his marriage work with wife Sophie Hunter (pictured together in May)

Appearing on Josh Horowitz' Happy Sad Confused podcast with his The Roses co-star Olivia Colman , the star was asked if there's anything about him that annoys his loved ones

Appearing on Josh Horowitz’ Happy Sad Confused podcast with his The Roses co-star Olivia Colman , the star was asked if there’s anything about him that annoys his loved ones

He admitted: 'Being away from home pi***s them off. And it p****s me off too, so we try and do as much to make that not the case - the two-week rule, and try to work as hard as possible on making work happen here nearer home so I can get home, or take them with me.¿

He admitted: ‘Being away from home pi***s them off. And it p****s me off too, so we try and do as much to make that not the case – the two-week rule, and try to work as hard as possible on making work happen here nearer home so I can get home, or take them with me.’

He continued: ‘I do look at White Lotus [and think] wouldn’t it be nice to go to a beautiful [location]? But it’s hard.

‘You’re away from your family for a long time,’ he said, adding that even when family join, it can be challenging.

‘Because they’re there not doing the thing that you’re doing, going why are we here? We’re not seeing mum or dad. It doesn’t necessarily fix it.’

Benedict lives in a £3.5 million home in North London with Sophie and their three sons – Christopher, ten, Hal, eight, and Finn, six.

Benedict’s new dark divorce comedy, The Roses, is set for release August 29 and is based on 1981 novel, The War of the Roses and is a remake of the 1989 Hollywood classic.

The actor and Olivia follow in the footsteps of Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, and play a married couple whose increasingly bitter separation explodes into comically exaggerated resentment and hatred.

It is directed by Jay Roach, who previously worked on the Austin Powers comedies, and scripted by Poor Things writer Tony McNamara.

The cast also includes new Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa, and American comedians Andy Samberg and Kate McKinnon.

Benedict's new dark divorce comedy, The Roses, is set for release August 29 and is based on 1981 novel, The War of the Roses and is a remake of the 1989 Hollywood classic

Benedict’s new dark divorce comedy, The Roses, is set for release August 29 and is based on 1981 novel, The War of the Roses and is a remake of the 1989 Hollywood classic

The 1989 version was directed by Danny DeVito (Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner pictured)

The 1989 version was directed by Danny DeVito (Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner pictured)

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Filming took place in both Salcombe, south Devon and Los Angeles, with the pair first seen on set on a beach in Devon in June last year.

The 1989 version was directed by Danny DeVito, who also starred as a divorce lawyer, reuniting a trio who had proved so successful in 1984 adventure Romancing The Stone and its sequel The Jewel Of The Nile.

The new version has been described as a ‘re-imagining’.

Producers Searchlight Pictures say of the plot: ‘Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo and Ivy: successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life.

‘But underneath the facade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.’

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