Sherlock Holmes museum - part 2/5 - The Living Room

[dieastra]

Part 1 - The Toilet - was here

Okay, one more ;) So, let's go inside:









This is the living room. Can't you see the two of them sitting there, reading the paper, or experimenting? Sitting by the fireplace, while outside it's stormy and rainy? (it seems it was always stormy and rainy in the books)

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[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

It's not a big fandom, and recently seems mostly gone silent. Well, last film was in 2008...

Interesting to read that Paul McGann was supposed to play the role - someone I know from Doctor Who ;)
And I learned it from Alumfelga the other way around - that Paul McGann was in Doctor Who. ;) Actually, he's the first and original reason for Sharpe's disheveledness... They had to get a new actor so quick that there was no time to re-fit the costume, and apparently Sean Bean was a little bigger. That's why Sharpe spent parts of the first film looking like this, and in the next ones it was, well, in character already... Only what has remained of Paul McGann's time on the set is this photo. :)

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Hahaha that's great! I'm sure fangirls around the world did not mind ;) But in all seriousness, I did wonder how this affected the production, having to find a new guy so quickly. Poor guy also has to learn his lines very quickly? It's never easy, stepping into the shoes of someone else.

We had that recently at the opera. A famous guest singer for a concert had not turned up - had mixed up the dates. So they called another lady, and got her while she was having her evening meal. She went in and sang - without much preparation. And it was all actually filmed to be on TV for New Year's eve. That's professional.

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Reportedly he read the script for the first time aboard the flight to the set. :D Not to mention he had to make his decision in a couple days from getting the offer.

It's never easy, stepping into the shoes of someone else.
Most certainly, especially in a case like this, with no time for getting ready at all, or even thinking about the role. Fortunately it was the first days of filming and they hadn't been working with McGann for long. Also, in the end it turned out one of those exceptional cases when an unplanned switch of actors works better than anyone really expected and turns the project into a legend. Reportedly again, the crew was anxious as well (understandably), but in the first shots they said they knew they have Sharpe. After years even Cornwell said he hears Sean when writing next books in the series, in spite of him looking very much unlike the literary version (McGann actually fitted the description better). He even adjusted the character's background so it fitted Sean's accent.

got her while she was having her evening meal. She went in and sang - without much preparation. And it was all actually filmed to be on TV for New Year's eve. That's professional.
OMG, yes.