Just noticed this fun (if trivial) casting tidbit:
In the upcoming "Mr. Holmes," Bill Condon's film about Doyle's detective as an old man, a cinematic portrayal of the Holmes character is glimpsed. The actor portraying him in the film-within-the-film? None other than . . .
Nicholas Rowe, who played the title character in Barry Levinson's "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985).
Yeah, very cool casting wink. Thanks for sharing that. It's rather shocking to see "young" Sherlock looking so much older, since--unlike more prolific actors--we didn't get to see him age in real time along with ourselves over the years. Now I feel old.
Yes that is indeed one of the funnest posting since quite a while. Making use of a legacy that you can only get through taking one footstep that was quite fun back then, let it ripen by the passing of time and others that have followed by new footsteps, some better than others, it gathers a legacy. The only other two instances I can think of something just having to be given its credits by the power of its past are Rocky and Rambo.
I would like to hear Nicholas' take on revisiting this character.
"I loved playing Sherlock as a young man," Rowe exclusively tells Empire. "The character has been played by so many different and distinctive actors over the decades and clearly his stock is still high and the genre rich. Bill Condon asked me if I'd play the part of Sherlock on screen (what we are calling 'Matinee Sherlock'*) and I absolutely loved the script and enjoyed talking to Bill about my small part within it and had no doubt that I wanted to be in the film. It's been great fun to do and I'm in very good company."
