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" Benedict Cumberbatch has said that he was prepared to die during his terrifying kidnapping ordeal in South Africa in 2005.  The Star Trek Into Darkness and Sherlock star was tied up and put into an execution position by a six-strong gang who attacked him and two other actors during filming of TV series To the Ends of the Earth.  &amp;quot;I had this realisation that it doesn&amp;#039;t matter how loved you are in your life, you die on your own,&amp;quot; he told Event. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve still got a scar where I was tied up. It was terrifying. &amp;quot;The next morning I woke up as a free man with the sun on my face and I cried. I thought I&amp;#039;d never feel its warmth again.&amp;quot;  Cumberbatch previously revealed how he talked his way out of further danger when the gang bundled him into the boot of their car. He said: &amp;quot;I just tried to explain to them, &amp;#039;I will die, possibly have a fit, and it will be a problem for you. I will be a dead Englishman in your car. Not good&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;They shut the boot and had an argument, and then pulled me out. So I kind of thank God I had the presence of mind to give them the idea that it would be better to keep me alive.&amp;quot; Watch a trailer for Cumberbatch&amp;#039;s Star Trek Into Darkness - out now in the UK and released in the US on May 17 - below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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