Benedict Cumberbatch Photobombed U2 for a Friend

You seem to be just a

like a guy who just takes the moments

and attacks them and embraces them

Yeah

and loves them

and I say this because

our pals U2

Oh my god!

were about to go on the show tonight

and there's a photo of you at the Oscars

Yeah

photobombing U2

(audience laughs)

(audience laughs)

(audience laughs harder)

(asserting music)

(audience laughs)

Were you jumping in mid air?!

Yeah

(presenter laughs hard)

(guest) I mean, either they're incredibly

short

I mean they, yeah

or....

I ran onto several publicist's back

and launched on Whoopi Goldberg

at the last minute

(presenter laughs hard)

and then you've got that final leap up

What was going on here?!

So I've got a friend, Helen, who's a

huge life long fan

I mean, as I am...

But she's like: "Oh my God! They

really sort of sound tracked my life.

Please! Please! Get a photo with them."

And, uh,

(audience laughs)

I thought, it's my perfect moment,

I will get a photo with them

(presenter laughs)

What did they, had no idea!

No

It's one way to get a photo with U2,

absolutely

(guest) Exactly

(presenter) This became like a meme

and it started going around the Internet

that this photo of you would end up

in photos all over the place

(guest giggles)

Here is the scene from the movie Gravity

with Sandra Bullock

(audience laughs)

I didn't see this scene, and you...