As the crime-fighting super sleuth Sherlock Holmes, he has faced some pretty nasty characters during his investigations.

But Benedict Cumberbatch found himself in the middle of a real-life drama that could have cost him his life – if he hadn’t talked his way out of it.

And the actor found himself taking a leaf out of his on-screen alter ego as he reasoned with his kidnappers who then set him free.

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