Jude Law is Dr. Watson, Trusted Ally of ‘Sherlock Holmes’

“It’s certainly an adventure, just as the stories seemed to me when I first read them,” says Jude Law of the new Warner Bros. film “Sherlock Holmes” based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved creation. Law plays Dr. John Watson, the legendary detective’s trusted friend and ally.


“There’s still the cerebral intrigue and science and suspense of the original stories, but there’s also the brawling and mayhem that is faithfully brought in from the novels,” Law adds. “My great hope is that Conan Doyle fans really enjoy it because I’ve become a huge fan myself and am very respectful of the legacy. I do think we’ve been faithful, but we’ve also injected our characters with dimensions that have never been brought out before.”


Jude Law is Dr Watson Trusted Ally of Sherlock Holmes


In many ways, the casting of Jude Law as Watson was every bit as crucial as that of Robert Downey as Holmes. “It seems impossible to imagine anyone else being Watson once we cast Jude,” says director Guy Ritchie. “I wanted a good-looking Watson. I didn’t want him to be subservient or inferior, but rather a bit of a hero with an equal partnership with Holmes. I believe that’s to a degree what Conan Doyle was really after.”


Jude Law was familiar with Holmes and Watson since reading the stories as a child and marveled at how much of Watson has been unexplored up until now. “He’s been in a brutal war and has experienced horror and physical pain,” says the actor. “With that military background in mind, I really wanted him to represent the slightly more buttoned-up, polished professional, with Holmes being the slightly more wayward, eccentric dilettante. But Watson is far from just bumbling along; he’s in the middle of the action—sometimes tearing in ahead of Holmes.”


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