Jude Law on Holmes and Watson's relationship in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Jude Law: What is really exciting, is when you get to know a character. And you really feel comfortable that your interpretation of the character is working. And just trusting that you can trust yourself. Trusting your instincts. Trusting a sense of clarity as to where and how that person will respond. And what they'll say. It was a really rewarding process in the first film. And we discovered it in the first film, obviously. We didn't quite know how it was gonna work. But we worked this kind of strange equation out. And to be honest, the one thing I was scared about coming to the second was would we be able to just pick it up again. Or was it something that just happened? And from the get go. From the rehearsals over at Robert's house, prior to filming, we really slipped straight back into it. And if anything, because we didn't have to get to know each other, this one I hope has benefited from the fact that we were working that process from before shooting, rather than discovering as we went along.
I suppose in general what we really wanted to try and do this time, was run with the relationship. Because whilst you got a good sense of it in the first, we also had to work quite hard, obviously, to introduce the characters. To introduce the world. And to give not back-story, but give a sense of what to expect from them. A now people know that, we were able to sort of start from the get go. At a faster rate. With more, I wouldn't say eccentricity, but more breath.
I think that's always, that's the dilemma Watson faces. He wants the good life with his wife. A safe life, a secure life. He wants to please her. And yet there's a little bit of the old soldier in him. The pioneering spirit. And the thrill of the chase. And he undoubtedly has a great times when he's on a case with Holmes. And he also feels a certain amount of responsibility I think. I mean, Holmes always has a certain way of painting the moral picture of the perpetrator that twinges at Watson's believes and moral barometer. So that's the kind of constant struggle in a way for the poor chap. He's, you know... He should be cooking crumpets and muffins with Mary, but he can't help but pack a gun and get involved with Holmes.
Jude Law also talks about Conan Doyle and Guy Ritchie's love for travelers and gipsies.
Jude Law interview for Sherlock Holmes 2.
