- Title: USA/FILE: New Guy Ritchie film 'Sherlock Homes' premieres in New York
- Date: 19th December 2009
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 17, 2009) (REUTERS) PRESS AND CAMERA CREWS AT THE 'SHERLOCK HOLMES' PREMIERE (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) VARIOUS OF ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND SUSAN DOWNEY TALKING TO REPORTERS CAMERAMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT DOWNEY JR., WHO PLAYS SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE FILM 'SHERLOCK HOLMES', SAYING: "Anything that you know will be under scrutiny and compared to other versions of it, there's always that, that's always part of it. I try not to think that way. I believe that Jude and I are 263 and 264 of the hundreds of men who have played Holmes and Watson." JUDE LAW WHO PLAYS WATSON IN 'SHERLOCK HOLMES', TALKING WITH REPORTERS LAW TALKING TO PRESS, PAN TO DIRECTOR OF 'SHERLOCK HOMES, GUY RITCHIE, TALKING TO REPORTERS CAMERAMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) JUDE LAW WHO PLAYS WATSON IN 'SHERLOCK HOLMES', SAYING: "What was lovely was that, as a team, we were able to push each other. So the decisions I made about him being starched and uptight and slightly over-organized allowed Robert to go further the other way and what we realized was that we were very much two halves of the same whole." DOWNEY AND WIFE, CO-PRODUCER OF 'SHERLOCK HOLMES', SUSAN DOWNEY
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- Story Text: 'Sherlock Homes', the new Guy Ritchie film starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as his ally Watson, premieres in New York.
The most frequently featured fiction character in film appears again in the latest movie by director Guy Ritchie. 'Sherlock Holmes' stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law graced the red carpet at a packed New York premiere on Thursday (December 17).
Downey Jr., loved playing the role of the brilliant and eccentric Arthur Conan Doyle character, Holmes. Even though well over two hundred Sherlock Holmes films have been made, Downy Jr. said he wasn't intimidated by his predecessors.
"Anything that you know will be under scrutiny and compared to other versions of it, there's always that, that's always part of it. I try not to think that way. I believe that Jude and I are 263 and 264 of the hundreds of men who have played Holmes and Watson," said Downey.
Holmes' ally, Dr. Watson, is played by Jude Law, who has just completed the Broadway run of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. He thought that the contrast between the two lead characters actuallyup creating an empathetic mirror of the men.
"What was lovely was that, as a team, we were able to push each other. So the decisions I made about him being starched and uptight and slightly over-organized allowed Robert to go further the other way and what we realized was that we were very much two halves of the same whole," said Law.
Whilst filming a fight scene, Downey was accidentally punched by a co-actor and although knocked down and dazed, was not knocked out.
"I was very, very briefly hospitalized, but only after we finished shooting," said Downey.
Director Guy Ritchie, who hadn't seen any film or television versions of Holmes before making the film, told Reuters that he based his interpretation of the character on the written works alone.
He said the on-screen chemistry between Downey and Law was there from their first meeting.
"I was rather like an Indian mother who had an arranged marriage. I had to sort of, we stuck the two together in a hotel where I poured them both cups of tea and eventually I was ushered out of the room. But within ten seconds you could tell they were getting on off camera, so I was pretty sure they would get on, on camera," said Ritchie.
Rachel McAdams plays Irene Adler, the only woman who has ever outdone Holmes and the two retain a tempestuous relationship in the film.
"It's always fun to play the bad girl and have a little bit more going on underneath, so yeah, it was great," said McAdams.
'Sherlock Holmes' opens in U.S. theaters on December 25. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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