He’s been played by everyone from Benedict Cumberbatch to Max Headroom. Yet the latest incarnation of the world’s greatest detective is a choice that makes you wonder why he hasn’t been selected before. Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his metallurgic activities in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, has taken off his helmet and donned a Homberg to Tweet an image of himself in costume for the forthcoming MR HOLMES.
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@IanMcKellen: Over 70 actors have previously played Sherlock Holmes. Now he’s 93 years old and it’s my turn.
Previously known as A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND, the project reteams McKellen with GODS AND MONSTERS director Bill Condon in the tale of a decidedly mature Sherlock in reflective mood over his extraordinary career and entanglements. One of the latter would surely be cast mate Laura Linney, in this adaptation of Mitch Cullin’s novel by Condon and Jeffrey Hatcher (THE DUCHESS). It isn’t the first time we’ve met an elderly Holmes, as Peter Cushing took a dodder around London circa 1913 in 1984’s THE MASKS OF DEATH.
Just as Cumberbatch’s sleuth uses social media to spread his message, so the new inhabitant of Baker Street has broken the news in less than 140 characters. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would have been perplexed, but there’s no confusion over the pedigree of this currently-shooting entry to the Holmes canon.
Source: Twitter
