The secret sauce behind Cumberbatch's smolder? Gatiss and Moffat finally spill.
Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that have served as inspirations for the new series - the original stories, their factual origins, hundreds of film adaptations - to arrive at their thoroughly modern Sherlock. Moffat and Gatiss explain the challenges they encountered adapting the original adventures of the iconic super-sleuth. Go behind the scenes on the set of the hit television series, including interviews with actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Lara Pulver, who talk about the reinvention of their fictional characters.
Direction
Ward balances fan service with genuine craft insight.
Acting
Cumberbatch and Freeman casually dismantle their own performances.
Director
Susannah Ward
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gatiss kept his BBC audition tape from 1999 where he first played Holmes — he literally manifested this job.
Moffat reveals they almost made Watson a blogger in 2009, then realized everyone would think they'd copied House.
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