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23 July 2010 Last updated at 10:03
Getting Sherlock Holmes role a 'joy and worry' –Cumberbatch
ByTim Masters
Entertainmentcorrespondent, BBC News
ActorBenedict Cumberbatch has admitted he felt an initial rush of anxiety overtaking on the role of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.
The34-year-old actor stars in the BBC's contemporary remake of the Arthur ConanDoyle classic, which begins on BBC One on Sunday.
Askedhow he felt when he got the role he said: "Extraordinary amounts of joy,immediately followed by a tidal wave of neurotic worry.
"Youimmediately think of Holmes past and present. What am I stepping into? Do Iwant to be recognised just for this character? You even start to curse yourblessings. It's a strange thing being an actor."
Sherlockis a series of three 90-minute films created by Doctor Who writers StevenMoffat and Mark Gatiss.
The first story - A Study in Pink - sees the eccentricdetective join forces with Doctor Watson (Martin Freeman) to solve a string ofapparent 自杀 in London in 2010.
Ina faithful nod to to the original story, Watson has just returned home afterbeing wounded in Afghanistan.
Cumberbatchdescribed his Sherlock as "a man of action and a great, greatthinker".
Speakingat Sherlock's London launch screening, he said: "He has a razor sharp witthat can push people off a pedestal and gain the upper hand in the space of asecond. It's so enjoyable to play."
Theactor said that during filming he tried to avoid the classic TV and movieversions of Sherlock Holmes.
"Onceyou start to play with the ghosts of those brilliant incarnations you're introuble. It's a not a sane thing for any actor to do," he said.
Buthe added: "Jeremy Brett and Basil Rathbone are the supreme Victorianincarnations of Holmes. I get great relish out of watching them now and I feela kinship now having bloodied myself with these first three films."
WritersSteven Moffat and Mark Gatiss got the idea for their modern Holmes from theirlove of the Basil Rathbone films of the 1940s which saw their hero"fighting Nazis and all sort of nonsense".
"Itfelt cheap and cheerful and a bit pulpy - it's fun," said Moffat. "Wethought somebody someday is going to do this again and we'll be so grumpy aboutthat."
Moffatalso praised Cumberbatch's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes.
"It'sa bit of a blessing that one of the hottest young actors on the planet at themoment happens to look like Sherlock Holmes. He does have the look. He's gotthat imperious style and he's a bit Byronic."
Wouldn'tBenedict Cumberbatch make an ideal Doctor Who?
"Thereis no vacancy," said Moffat. "Matt Smith is the Doctor and he's beenan astonishing success and - who knows - maybe he'll never regenerateagain."