VARIOUS: Robert Downey, Jr. and Guy Ritchie premiere 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' in Los Angeles

Record ID: 220705

  • Title: VARIOUS: Robert Downey, Jr. and Guy Ritchie premiere 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' in Los Angeles
  • Date: 7th December 2011
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 6, 2011) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) EXTERIOR OF THEATER MARQUEE PAN FROM POSTER TO ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND WIFE SUSAN RACHEL MCADAMS ON BLACK CARPET GUY RITCHIE ON CARPET CAST POSING FOR PICTURES PAN FROM DOWNEY JR. AND MCADAMS TO NOOMI RAPACE TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT DOWNEY, JR., ON IF HE COULD BEAT GUY RITCHIE IN A FIGHT, SAYING: "Well if we stayed on our feet he wouldn't have a chance. If he got me on the ground, which it would be difficult to allow, he'd probably tap me out." (SOUNDBITE) (English) SUSAN DOWNEY, SAYING: "I actually witnessed them go at it a few times but it's a pretty even match sometimes he'll win, sometimes Guy. Like it he said it'll really depend on whether they stay on their feet." ROBERT DOWNEY JR. FIXING GUY RITCHIE'S BOWTIE RITCHIE TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) GUY RITCHIE SAYING: "If Conan Doyle was around now, he'd be a screen play writer. It was by its very origin, Bond-esq in its scope. It was designed to be a big international movie so it just happened to come my way, I knew all the stories and we're off to the races." MCADAMS, RITCHIE, DOWNEY JR., RAPACE AND JARED HARRIS POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. SAYING: "We love working together, we love Conan Doyle, we love this series, we love the cast and Guy and everybody. We had a good time." PAN FROM POSTER TO JARED HARRIS (SOUNDBITE) (English) JARED HARRIS, ON PLAYING PROFESSOR MORIARTY, SAYING: "It's exciting, it's daunting, you know that this guy he really was the archetype for literary villains and later became Blofeld, the Bond books and then because of that the movies and the archetype of screen villains and even for like Austin Powers, the pastiches of everything, Dr. Evil and stuff like. He's the original one." NOOMI RAPACE ON BLACK CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) NOOMI RAPACE, SAYING: "I had only three weeks to prep for the movie and it was crazy intense and I learned how to throw knives, I learned how to dance the old Gypsy dances and to sing and a little bit of the old Gypsy language Romanie, so I was doing a lot of research but in London. I didn't have time to go to camp." CAST OF "SHERLOCK HOLMES" (SOUNDBITE) (English) NOOMI RAPACE, ON "THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" SAYING: "No it's not weird. I was so finished with her when I left her. So I will definitely see it. I'm excited. I will see it when I have time." PAN FROM RACHEL MCADAMS AND NOOMI RAPACE ROBERT DOWNEY JR. TALKING TO NORMAN LEAR DOWNEY JR. WITH MCADAMS AND RAPACE
  • Embargoed: 22nd December 2011 12:00
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  • Country: USA
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  • Story Text: Robert Downey Jr. was all smiles with his wife Susan as they premiered "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" in Los Angeles on Tuesday (December 6). The couple, who are expecting their first child in February, worked together on the film. They joked about the experience.
    "We love working together, we love Conan Doyle, we love this series, we love the cast and Guy and everybody. We had a good time," said Robert Downey, Jr.
    Guy Ritchie, who also directed the first Sherlock Holmes blockbuster in 2009, said that taking on Sherlock Holmes is always a challenge.
    "If Conan Doyle was around now, he'd be a screen play writer. It was by its very origin, Bond-esq in its scope. It was designed to be a big international movie so it just happened to come my way, I knew all the stories and we're off to the races," said Ritchie.
    The film also features some high-octane action and fight scenes. Both Downey, Jr. and Ritchie are both martial arts fans. Downey Jr. joked that he could take his director in a fight.
    "Well if we stayed on our feet he wouldn't have a chance. If he got me on the ground, which it would be difficult to allow, he'd probably tap me out," said Downey, Jr.
    A new face to American films, Noomi Rapace was enjoying the spotlight. The Swedish actress, best known for her starring turn in the original film adaptations of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," picked up some new skills while researching her Gypsy character.
    "I learned how to throw knives, I learned how to dance the old Gypsy dances and to sing and a little bit of the old Gypsy language Romanie, so I was doing a lot of research," said Rapace.
    "Mad Men" star Jared Harris plays Professor Moriarty in this Holmes film. He said it's an honor to play a character that has had such an impact on literature and mystery.
    "It's exciting, it's daunting, you know that this guy he really was the archetype for literary villains," said Harris. "He's the original one."
    The film also stars Rachel McAdams, Jude Law and Stephen Fry. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" opens in theaters in the U.S. on December 16.
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