That’s right, the sequel will see Holmes squaring up to his most famous enemy, the mysterious and diabolical Moriarty. The character made a fleeting appearance in the original, and speculation was rife that a former Richie-collaborator was set to bring him fully to life in round two.
After a string of Chinese whispers put the question on everybody’s lips, The Hollywood Reporter broke cover with claims that Brad Pitt had begun preliminary talks with Richie over taking the role. With Warner having already denied reshoots had taken place to include Pitt in the original film, it finally seemed as though the Snatch pairing of Guy and Brad were set to be reunited at last.
And then after all the excitement, nothing came of it. Pitt was not announced as the new Moriarty, and instead the rumour mill began throwing new names into the mix, with Daniel Day Lewis one of the more outlandish proposals supposedly under consideration.
So is it Day Lewis, or is it Pitt? Well it’s neither actually. In fact, you may not have even heard of our Mr. Moriarty at all…
« Previous 5 of 12 Next »
© Future Publishing Limited, Beauford Court, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.
Try This...
Latest Reviews
The Company You Keep
Populaire
Blood
Comments
ChrisWootton
Dec 9th 2010, 12:47
Jared Harris, whose most notable big-screen performance to date was a small role in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. He was the grown up WIll in Lost in Space and had one the meatier roles in Happiness, not to mention Natural Born Killers and Dead Man. Christ he's been around for yonks and has had much more screen time than you give him credit for
Alert a moderator
jonnysniperuk
Dec 10th 2010, 13:39
Lets be honest though the average cinema-goer will most probably only have seen Benjamin Button and maybe Lost In Space but lets be honest that isn't exactly memorable and when you consider that Sherlock Holmes was a 12a then you need to consider that quite a large amount of youngsters would have seen it and would have no idea that Natural Born Killers or Dead Man exist and as such the Benjamin Button reference is pretty correct dependent on whether you look at it from an "average Joe" point of view or the point of view of an intellectual cinema-goer.
Alert a moderator
elijay
Feb 18th 2011, 13:05
I seem to remember Jared Harris quite clearly from 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse' as Dr Ashford. Surely, quite a few people will have seen that, as it would definitely be something the younger zombie-lovin' gaming folk are into?
Alert a moderator