The “Doctor Strange” star and his two friends walked down the road until they came across a drive-in safari. Outside the entrance was a security guard, along with two women at a kiosk selling beaded bowls and wooden carvings. From there, the three actors were able to call the production company and waited until they were picked up.
“It really, really enriches your values in life,” Cumberbatch said of his near-death experience, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I cried with gratitude.” Moreover, the actor added that while he and his friends were shaken, they were incredibly fortunate that nothing worse had happened to them.
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“Literally, the next day in the paper, there was a … yeah a guy got killed at a road stop, and all that was in his car was a two-rand coin and a lighter,” Cumberbatch recollected. “We were very lucky,” he added in the WTF podcast.
Cumberbatch noted that afterward, he processed the trauma by becoming an adrenaline junkie as a way to feel in control of his mortality. He added that though he still sometimes gets those urges, his desire to stay safe and healthy for his family has helped him cope better.
However, he still has advice for anyone with a flat tire in a not-so-great part of town.”You can run for quite a while on three tires, so for anyone listening, keep driving,” he said.
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