Benedict Cumberbatch looking like a normal dad is totally doing it for us

It was the tie that cinched it, for us. Just an ordinary burgundy tie - the type you might see on a harried stockbroker, or nestled on the chest of an off-duty geography teacher. Nothing particularly exciting. The pattern - pale polka dots - was perhaps a little jazzier than we were expecting, but nonetheless, it was a fairy normal-looking tie.

But by god, when we spotted on Benedict Cumberbatch, it became an object of lust. Look at it there, paired with the crispest white shirt, perched just an inch or two above that slim leather belt. Pointing straight down to his [rest of sentence redacted by your Internet Provider for pornographic content.]

The Sherlock star has been over in Boston, Massachusetts filming for upcoming crime drama Black Mass, in which he stars as Senator Billy Bulger - the brother of mass-murdering mob gangster James Joseph 'Whitey' Bulger, who is being played by Johnny Depp.

The film also stars Juno Temple, who steps into the role of a prostitute, and Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson.

Here's a LOT of pictures of Benedict looking like he's just stepped out of a business meeting about paperclip procurement, i.e weirdly normal but TOTALLY HOT.