What are some interesting facts about the BBC drama, Sherlock?
1. Benedict Cumberbatch does a lot of his own stunts; he says of the heart-stopping climax in which Sherlock jumps from a building roof: “Doing the fall was really exciting. That’s me up on the roof. That’s not me jumping off the roof, but that’s me jumping off a smaller roof onto a lower roof, which is about four feet. And then that cuts to me on a wire dropping about 70 feet, onto a massive inflated bag.“It’s fast, not terminal velocity as there’s a tiny break on it… but it’s pretty bloody fast.”2. Watson's wife, Mary Morstan is played by Martin Freeman's real-life partner Amanda Abbington. And, Benedict Cumberbatch's parents play Sherlock Holmes’s parents. Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton appeared in the first episode of series 3 having tea at Sherlock's flat.3. Before the 1st episode of season 1, they had an unaired 60-minute episode which didn't work so they reshot and made a 90-minute episode which basically had more of Sherlock's deductions and Mycroft's introduction. That rhymes!4. Matt Smith auditioned for Dr. Watson. The producers thought: “He’s not Watson. It’d be like having two Sherlocks in the room. Martin Freeman was born to play that part. But Smith met Steven Moffat, who said: “He’d be quite a good Doctor Who…”5. It’s not a fact but Mark Gatiss is amazing. He plays the role of Mycroft, he is also the director, the writer and the executive producer!6. Also, the producers chose not-so well known actors, like Amanda Abbington. The success of the leads, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman was after the release of the series. Before, Benedict was mostly a theatre actor and Martin Freeman was also not much famous.
Why did Star Wars not make Mark Hamill a giant star? Why did he do so little film work in the ’80s and ’90s?
A combination of things I think. He’s a FANTASTIC actor and has a huge fan base, to the point where plenty of people watch terrible movies (see “Slipstream”) for the mere minutes of awesome where is in them and has spoken dialog.He’s not type-cast and does not have limited acting range (that would be Harrison Ford, would always plays himself and literally everyone ONLY thinks of as Han Solo and Indiana Jones, nothing wrong with that).Harrison Ford has stated repeatedly that he hated Star Wars and was far more excited to begin his acting career. That’s all he ever cared about and you can see it on his face when he introduced the new Star Wars attractions at Disney (his plain hatred for Star Wars is obvious).Mark Hamill IS huge comic nerd and it’s obvious because he literally made “Comic Book:The Movie”. If he had been offered some great comic book roles (if 2008 had happened in the 1980’s and he’s been offered some Marvel roles) he’d be the person you remember instead of plenty of the Marvel stars you do now.And lastly, he has a HUGE career as a voice actor (which in the opinion of everyone on the other side of the world requires far more skill than being a “real” actor). He is the Fire Lord from Avatar:The Last Airbender, The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, Christopher Blair in Wing Commander (the animated series, the live action video games III, IV, and Prophecy), the Hobgoblin in the Animated Spider-Man (which is far better than ANY of the movies), and yeah, on top of all that he’s frickin’ Luke Skywalker.I’ve never liked Harrison Ford and don’t think much of his acting (the one movie I liked that he’s in is Regarding Henry), but from what I understand he’s a generous person who treats people fair so more power to him.But Mark Hamill plays Luke Skywalker, who is my all-time hero, so there’s no one who could ever fill his shoes. :)
What are your favorite movies and why?
10 things i hate about you & A walk to rememberThese two movies i can watch like anytime it takes you into a beautiful start of a love story .2. Night CrawlerAn awesome thriller and best negotiation skills showed . a must watch for a management student or lover .3. Up in the airLovely movie teaching life lessons , i love the song “Help Yourself” . The movie relates in all possible ways .(the song )4. ExamOne simple question , one simple answer , one movie to give you simple solution .5. The Shawshank RedemptionAnother thriller and inspirational movie teaching you to not loose hope .6. Victor FrankensteinIf you love science , do watch this another lovely thriller .7. What ifAmazing love story and lovely dialogues .8 . The Maze RunnerAnother science fiction and a thriller . I read the book first which was amazing plus the movie was worth watching .9. Before seriesFantastic love series , it has three parts the actors have actually grown that old for 9 years of gap and more for each of the part to be coming out in a realistic manner .10. InceptionI don’t think it needs an explanation :)11. Into the wildI guess this too does not , movie teaching you to live .12 . little ManhattanLight heart movie , a kids love story , a to be divorce parents and lot more .13 . The imitation Game & Dr. StrangeBecause I love Benedict Cumberbatch