June 2012
49 posts
“When they said my name I turned round to give Benedict a hug but there was a seat filler guy in his place because they had taken him up to present Steven Moffat’s award, so I was like, ‘Benedict looks different. Oh no, you’re not Benedict!’ I thought I was losing my mind. I think the other guy got a bit of a fright too!”
—Andrew Scott on winning his BAFTA [x]
“Just before we started filming ‘Reichenbach,’ [Andrew Scott] sent me a picture of him outside Tower Bridge just going ‘mwahahahaha.’ Obviously without the laugh, but it was implicit he was laying plans for us all.”
—Mark Gatiss, “The Hounds of Baskerville” commentary
Hey, I saw your video on YouTube (the "Call Me Maybe" one) and I just wanted to tell you I thought it was fantastic. Well done.
Thanks!! I still smile every time I see it on my dash hahah. If that video’s caused even one person to inextricably associate Call Me Maybe with Sherlock and Moriarty it’s done its job. ;D
“Away from the set of 221b Baker Street, Martin Freeman, who plays John, refers to his senior partner as Lord Cumberbatch. Or Cumberlord for short. He even calls him that to his face.”
—Radio Times
“I think it’s ‘the great game’ and there’s a great sense that the two of them enjoy it, absolutely. The fun of it is that you shouldn’t have a [back-story]. I hate being spoon-fed things, in that sense. I think we shouldn’t know… I don’t think the question should ever be answered.”
—Andrew Scott in response to being asked what the “core” of Sherlock and Moriarty’s relationship is (x)
“On set Martin [Freeman] kept saying, ‘Oh yeah, you went to fucking Hogwarts, didn’t you?’.”
—Benedict Cumberbatch, talking about his boarding school education.
