Benedict Cumberbatch is Adorably Awkward in First Clip from 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain'

Amazon Studios has released the first clip from its upcoming biopic The Electrical Life of Louis Wain starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy.

The highly anticipated film from director Will Sharpe aims to tell the true story of the eccentric British artist, who was best known for his surreal paintings of anthropomorphic cats with freakishly large eyes and ambiguous meanings behind them.

Cumberbatch plays Wain, whose life is changed forever when he meets his sisters' governess Emily Richardson (Foy). She would go on to become Wain's wife and served as the inspiration for much of his work and a driving force behind his art.

The newly released scene shows us an awkward early meeting between Wain and Richardson, as barges in on her preparations for art lessons with his sisters to invite her to the theater. It's a sweet gesture and the charming chemistry between Cumberbatch and Foy is easily apparent as he does his best not to openly laugh at her absolutely atrocious painting.

Watch the full two-minute clip for yourselves below.