The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I fought Holmes, I feel I was a better fighter than he was. I was just so caught up in what was written about the fight - I got caught up in that whole thing.
The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more horror in 'Holmes' that people possibly think of. There's a lot of curses and mysticism and real scares.
The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.
The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918 than he was during the Victorian era.
I don't fear Holmes, but I think he's a good fighter. He has a lot of pride. But I wouldn't be fighting him if I feared him. It's going to be a tough fight. People say with all the hoopla out there, I won't be able to handle it. I believe the pressure's on him. I'm just going to do my thing.
I always had a soft spot for Sherlock Holmes and used to imagine helping him out.
In '82, I was a little too young, I was a little inexperienced, and I was more concerned with going the distance in the fight than going out and taking Holmes out.
Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.
Although there's an inherent light-heartedness to 'Sherlock,' I slightly err towards not doing the comedy.
Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful.
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