Benedict Cumberbatch’s “near-death” experience in South Africa still affects him 20 years later. In an interview with Variety published Wednesday, the Dr. Strange actor opened up on the harrowing time he and his co-stars got abducted by six men while working on the BBC miniseries To the Ends of the Earth in South Africa in 2004.

Benedict Cumberbatch recently opened up about a traumatic experience he faced while filming in South Africa for a BBC miniseries in 2004. In an interview with Variety, the Doctor Strange actor recalled the terrifying incident,