Guy Ritchie has been hard at work on his new Sherlock Holmes film, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law. He was recently ordered to refilm 5 weeks of the movie due to the scenes being “unrealistic,” and now there’s even more interesting news about the movie – Sherlock (RDJ) and his sidekick Watson (Jude Law) may be gay.
Super sleuth Sherlock Holmes is to be portrayed in a gay way in Guy Ritchie’s new flick.
The fictional him-vestigator is seen sharing a bed with his dear, dear, Dr Watson and also enjoying some man-to-man wrestling with his close chum.
Speaking about the film, in which he plays Sherlock, Robert Downey Jr said: “We’re two men who happen to be room-mates, wrestle a lot and share a bed. It’s badass.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary character is famous for donning his deerstalker hat, puffing on a pipe and solving mysteries with his trusted sidekick.
Jude Law. who plays Watson in the film, added: “Guy wanted to make this about the relationship between Watson and Holmes. They’re both mean and complicated.”
[From News of the World]
This is coming from News of the World, so you have to take the report with a grain of salt. But we’re also talking about Guy Ritchie here, who is known for taking things to unexpected levels. With Sean Penn winning the Best Actor award for his performance in Milk, and Brokeback Mountain winning best picture just a few years ago, there is a more mainstream place for homosexual relationships in movies.
I have to say, I love Robert Downey Jr.’s response to the allegations that his character is gay: that they’re “badass.” It seems to me that even if the characters do have a sexual relationship, Ritchie, Downey, and Law will make sure that it doesn’t come off as schtick. Most movies about Sherlock Holmes focus on Holmes’ internal demons, but rarely explore his relationships with other people on an intimate level. Whatever the movie turns out to be, it will prove to be something we haven’t seen before.
Here’s Guy Ritchie, Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. filming on the “Sherlock Holmes” set in Kent, England on November 30th. Images thanks to WENN.
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