Speaking to the Independent.co.uk, he explained: “I was incredibly ill, to the point that when all this COVID stuff suddenly broke in the new year, I was thinking, oh my god, was I actually patient zero. I was so ill – it was borderline pneumonia.” It was previously revealed Benedict donated £12 000 (R243 705) to buy hospital scrubs. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Style for Surgeons donation The generous star got in touch with Savile Row tailor Emma Willis after she launched her Style For Surgeons initiative back in April. Emma – who previously fitted Benedict, 44, for shirts onscreen and for his wedding to Sophie Hunter in 2015 – said: