Benedict Cumberbatch’s parents insisted he take on a different career path than the family acting business.

Cumberbatch is the son of actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, seemingly setting him on a path to stardom.

However, his parents warned him against following in their footsteps with stark advice.

“I was, if anything pressured the other way, like, ‘Don’t do what we’re doing. It’s a stupid way to spend a life,'” he recalled during Monday’s episode of “SmartLess,” before adding, “‘And how family life is a chaotic jumble of loose-end commitments that have to be abandoned at the last minute because dad’s got an advert audition.'”

“They did really, really well in their careers. Mom, especially commercially. Dad, brilliantly as well in the theater. He did a lot of the royal cour

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