British actor Benedict Cumberbatch who plays the title role in the TV series Sherlock still cannot believe the show's enormous success, admitting that he is still feeling "bemused" by what has happened.
"None of us had any idea about what kind of success we would have on our hands, and it shocked all of us," Cumberbatch told Vulture. "That first night it aired in England, my God, I wasn't really aware of this internet-TV culture, because I hadn't really dabbled in a series or something with a potential cult following, like a Doctor Who or Downton Avvey or anything like that.
"When this sort of live, immediate, audience-internet reaction exploded, it was like being in a theater of millions of people. It was so immediate, the response, that it was sort of terrifying. And this thing of trending on Twitter - I didn't really know what Twitter was until that night. That first sort of dawning of Oh, God, this is what we're getting involved with was extraordinary. And I mean, it still bemuses me," he added.
Cumberbatch even earned an Emmy for his portrayal of legendary detective Sherlock Holmes last August.
The show will not return until the end of the year with a one-off holiday special and a three-episode fourth season in early 2016.