The Internet's boyfriend a.k.a. Benedict Cumberbatch is in the middle of filming the BBC series "The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses," in which he plays history's favourite evil king, Richard III.

A still from the film was released early October and it's delightfully obvious to us that the 38-year-old Brit was meant to play the famous hunch-backed king, who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. (It's all about the long scraggly hair and that haughty, kingly gaze.)

So, in anticipation of the BBC series, which doesn't yet have a release date, we take a look at the 18 times Benedict Cumberbatch totally looked like a modern (hot) English King.

When he graced his royal subjects with a wave