Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘The Power of the Dog’ and toxic masculinity

Benedict Cumberbatch portrays rancher Phil Burbank in Jane Campion’s western “The Power of the Dog,� based on the novel by Thomas Savage. Cumberbatch credits Campion for putting toxic masculinity “front and center, and really analyzing it in a way that scared her to the point that we kind of collaborated on discovering, and excavating this character, Phil Burbank, that I play together.�