Benedict Cumberbatch Vs. Eddie Redmayne: The Battle Of The BAFTAs

Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne go head to head at this years BAFTAS with 'The Imitation Game' and 'The Theory Of Everything' leading nominations with thirteen categories between their respective flicks.

Cumberbatch and Redmayne themselves have both been selected as nominees for the Best Actor category, while 'The Imitation Game' and 'The Theory Of Everything' are also up for Best Film, Outstanding British film, Best Adapted screenplay, Best Costume design and Best Editing. Redmayne's Stephen Hawking biopic is additionally up for Best Director, Make-up and hair and Music, while Cumberbatch's take on Alan Turing's story is looking at awards for Production design and Sound.

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It seems like a battle of the Britishness between these two 30-something National Treasures, which makes us chuckle because there's so many similarities between them. Both are Londoners, born and bred, and have strong ties with England's high society. Their educations have been equally as prestigious; Redmayne attended Eton College at the same time as Prince William before moving on to Trinity College, Cambridge, while Cumberbatch won a scholarship at London's Harrow School. But one of the most adorable things we found was that they both announced their engagements to their other halves in 2014 in the same way; in the forthcoming marriages section of The Times newspaper. Equally classy.