{389}{442}MAN: Turning over. {444}{543}585, take one, A camera. {545}{599}Action! {763}{854}MOFFAT: This all began on the train|to Cardiff, appropriately enough, {856}{922}because Mark and I were both working|on different episodes of Doctor Who. {924}{967}And we'd sit on the train together - {969}{1013}we always get the train|together so we can chat - {1015}{1100}and we talked about our other great|obsession, which was Sherlock Holmes. {1102}{1205}The name's Sherlock Holmes and|the address is 221 B Baker Street. {1207}{1325}We did this little dance, not|literally, in the compartment, {1327}{1411}around the fact that our|favourite Sherlock Holmes {1413}{1561}is still the Basil Rathbone/Nigel|Bruce movies of the '30s and '40s. {1563}{1630}We thought they were|actually rather more fun, {1632}{1731}and in certain ways, in certain|tonal ways, certain humorous ways, {1733}{1829}truer to the originals than many grander|and more important film versions. {1831}{1885}And what we kept saying to each other was, {1887}{1956}"Someday, someone is going to|think of doing that again. {1958}{2027}"Someday, someone is going to do|Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson {2029}{2054}"in the modern day." {2056}{2143}And we thought, "And we'll feel so|cross, because we should have done it." {2145}{2238}And we had this conversation, I don't|know, 20-odd times, probably, over years. {2240}{2306}And then suddenly, it formed|very quickly, the idea, {2308}{2416}in a very exciting train journey,|and in a very Sherlock Holmes way. {2418}{2495}I'm sure we were sitting either side|of the compartment, going like that. {2497}{2546}It was a proper Sherlock Holmes journey. {2548}{2667}The idea of blowing away the fog from it. {2669}{2789}And I once mentioned it to my wife, Sue,|who said, "Well, why don't you do it?" {2791}{2899}And it was a kind of light-bulb|moment, if you like. {2901}{2953}"We should just do this present-day." {2955}{3015}And that's when it properly began. {3017}{3085}We actually started focusing on|putting it together, as opposed to {3087}{3179}bemoaning the fact that someone|else was bound to do it first. {3426}{3500}- You read his blog? - Of course|I read his blog. We all do. {3656}{3717}You've brought me here to send a text. {3775}{3825}(GUNSHOTS) {3871}{3944}It seemed to us - and this|is just our point of view - {3946}{4024}that it's become so much about the trappings, {4026}{4096}about the hansom cabs, the costume, the fog, {4098}{4155}Jack the Ripper will creep in here... {4157}{4246}It's become a sort of|strange maelstrom of stuff. {4248}{4342}There's a wealth of Victorian|Sherlocks out there and I love them. {4344}{4384}There are tons of them. {4386}{4459}Why not just try it in the|modern day and see how it works? {4461}{4529}And I think the clinching|moment for both of us, {4531}{4617}and for everyone else we'd|spoken to, was when we realised, {4619}{4686}if we took the story from the|beginning, that the original stories {4688}{4779}began with Dr John Watson being|invalided home from Afghanistan, {4781}{4869}and we realised, well, of course, that|could happen just as easily today. {4871}{4920}Watson! {4922}{4972}(EXPLOSIONS) {5138}{5218}Watson, in this scenario,|it's the same in the book, {5220}{5286}he comes back from Kandahar, from war, {5288}{5351}but rather like a lot of|the clever adaptations, {5353}{5423}what's changed about it is|obviously it's a modern context, {5425}{5475}so instead of writing a|journal, he's keeping a blog... {5477}{5569}MOFFAT: One of the fun things is, as you|update it, as you find each equivalent, {5571}{5618}you think... I remember Mark thinking, {5620}{5676}"He wouldn't write a journal|now, he wouldn't write memoirs. {5678}{5710}"He'd write a blog." {5712}{5781}And suddenly you realise, of course,|that tells you what memoirs were. {5783}{5869}They were blogs. And he wouldn't|have teams of homeless children. {5871}{5968}He'd have homeless people on the|streets selling the Big Issue. {5970}{6040}- Spare change, sir? - Don't mind if I do. {6125}{6186}MOFFAT: In a way, it allows|you to see the original stories {6188}{6245}the way the original reader|would have read them - {6247}{6338}as exciting, cutting-edge,|contemporary stories, {6340}{6399}as opposed to these relics|that they've become. {6401}{6497}And it's just endless fun|to take the little details {6499}{6594}and realise how easily,|how neatly they update. {6596}{6646}X1 004, take five. {6675}{6713}Action! {6715}{6799}(PHONE RINGS) {6842}{6900}Hello? {6902}{6965}(WOMAN CRIES) {6967}{7031}Hello...Sexy. {7071}{7119}Who is this? {7121}{7216}I've...sent you a little puzzle. {7218}{7254}(SNIFFS) {7256}{7298}Just to say hi. {7300}{7349}Who's talking? Why are you crying? {7378}{7471}I'm not. I'm not crying. {7473}{7571}I'm...typing. And... {7573}{7715}this stupid...bitch is reading it out. {7758}{7831}MOFFAT: I suppose one|should feel extra pressure {7833}{7918}if you're adapting or working on|something that you've always loved, {7920}{7988}but the truth is, that is|so completely blotted out {7990}{8069}and obscured by the fact it's, "Ooh,|it's our turn. We get to do it now. {8071}{8136}"It's me and Mark doing our|Sherlock Holmes series." {8138}{8215}And we still giggle like|schoolgirls that we've got this. {8217}{8257}So, yeah, the pressure's there. {8259}{8311}The pressure's always there.|Who cares about pressure? {8313}{8361}It's the fun. It's the absolute joy {8363}{8458}that 221 B Baker Street is our|address, just for this little while. {8460}{8546}And that's too exciting to be|worried about the pressure. {8631}{8752}GATISS: I think that|sometimes, as with James Bond, {8754}{8845}there are half a dozen possible|Bonds. Sometimes there's just one. {8847}{8942}And Benedict just sort|of... leapt into our minds. {8991}{9067}Benedict was a hugely simple decision for us. {9069}{9138}Sue and I were watching Atonement.|We saw Benedict Cumberbatch. {9140}{9208}We were thinking, "Oh, he|looks like a Sherlock Holmes." {9210}{9298}Mark knows Benedict. He instantly|thought that was a good idea, {9300}{9372}so we just sent the script to him|and he came in and read for us, {9374}{9453}and we all thought, "Well, it's just not|going to get better than that, is it? {9455}{9492}"That's perfect." And we cast him. {9494}{9561}He is the only person ever to|have been sent that script {9563}{9642}for the part of Sherlock Holmes, and|the only person to audition for it. {9644}{9686}So it was as simple as that. {9688}{9773}There's a huge honour to be asked|to play that in the first place, {9775}{9811}but you have to be careful. {9813}{9891}Your vanity can trick you into|taking the wrong job sometimes. {9893}{9958}So you always read the script.|That's the main thing you go to. {9960}{9998}And they're just...sublime. {10000}{10068}It's a murder. All of them. {10070}{10150}I don't know how, I don't know how, but|they're not suicides - they're killings. {10152}{10224}Serial killings. We've got a serial killer. {10226}{10317}Oh, I love those. Something|to look forward to. {10319}{10410}It's a wonderful combination|of playing a hero {10412}{10511}who is...a faulted human being. {10513}{10579}There's an awful lot of him that is... {10619}{10678}...dangerous and perverse and interesting {10680}{10734}and great stuff to get your|teeth into as an actor, {10736}{10843}and at the same time, he is|a Class A hero, you know? {10845}{10912}Sorry, Mrs Hanson, I'll|skip the tea. Off out. {10914}{10956}Both of you? {10958}{11015}Possible suicides, four of them. {11017}{11098}There's no point sitting at home when|there's finally something fun going on! {11100}{11155}Look at you, all happy. It's not decent. {11157}{11257}Who cares about decent? The|game, Mrs Hudson, is on. {11259}{11349}Casting John Watson was a much longer process {11351}{11444}because I think once you've got|one side of the partnership, {11446}{11486}you've got to find the fit. {11488}{11602}The clincher with Martin was,|the chemistry was instant. {11604}{11736}Martin's presence in the room changed|the way Benedict played the part. {11738}{11824}It was again a very, very easy|decision. You saw them standing together {11826}{11901}and said, "Oh, well, that's a|television series, right there." {11903}{11940}What's this about, the case? {11942}{11984}- Her case. - Her case? {11986}{12026}Suitcase, yes, obviously. {12028}{12096}The murderer took her|suitcase. First big mistake. {12098}{12170}OK. He took her case. So? {12172}{12247}It's no use. There's no other|way. I'll have to risk it. {12249}{12301}There's a phone number on my|desk. I want you to send a text. {12303}{12372}I suppose, with John and Sherlock, {12374}{12451}chemistry either happens or not {12453}{12493}and you can't really manufacture it {12495}{12554}and you can't really do anything|but hope it's going to happen. {12556}{12608}You're a doctor. {12610}{12660}In fact, you're an army doctor. {12689}{12743}Yes. {12745}{12781}Any good? {12783}{12832}Very good. {12834}{12926}Seen a lot of injuries, then? Violent deaths? {12928}{12976}Hmm, yes. {12978}{13016}Bit of trouble, too, I bet? {13018}{13056}Of course. Yes. {13058}{13125}Enough for a lifetime. Far too much. {13127}{13168}Want to see some more? {13170}{13225}Oh, God, yes. {13227}{13303}And I'd liked Benedict from a distance. {13305}{13358}I'd liked his work for a long time. {13360}{13422}And I was looking forward|to working with him. {13424}{13511}But then there's no guarantee|you'll work well together, {13513}{13573}and thank God we have, really, you know. {13575}{13646}Because, yeah, we're two|quite different people with... {13648}{13720}I guess we're quite different|actors. I think we want to {...
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