With Sherlock on indefinite hiatus, creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have moved on to reimagine another classic literary character for modern audiences instead in their upcoming Dracula TV series. Fans were hoping that maybe the detective himself, Benedict Cumberbatch, would be part of the cast, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. He’s there in spirit, though, as it seems the actor was inadvertently the inspiration for the show in the first place.
Speaking at the BFI and Radio Times Festival, Gatiss explained the unlikely origins of his current project. Apparently, it all began with a snap of Cumberbatch on his phone.
“It came about several years ago. We were filming — we’d just started the third series of Sherlock, where he comes back from the dead, and we had to break off after two days to go to the Rts awards (somebody has to do...
Speaking at the BFI and Radio Times Festival, Gatiss explained the unlikely origins of his current project. Apparently, it all began with a snap of Cumberbatch on his phone.
“It came about several years ago. We were filming — we’d just started the third series of Sherlock, where he comes back from the dead, and we had to break off after two days to go to the Rts awards (somebody has to do...
- 4/17/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
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