Guy Ritchie Returns to Sherlock Holmes With ‘Young Sherlock’ Stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Dónal Finn: “He’s Spun It on Its Head”
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The Hollywood Reporter visited set and spoke with the actors playing university-age versions of Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved characters: "When you bring to life a story that's been done so many times, it is important to bring a fresh take."
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Dónal Finn, the stars of Amazon’s reimagined Young Sherlock series, have been pried away from set to talk to The Hollywood Reporter . It’s October 2024, and we’ve got a generous 25 minutes to chat while director Guy Ritchie and his crew set up for the next scene at an expansive stately home in the middle of Wales for the Prime Video series. The setting is architecturally rich — the kind of grand immersiveness that makes this origin story of Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective immediately come alive. Related Stories TV HBO's 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Casts Three New Actors for Season 2 Movies Berlin Confirms Tricia Tuttle Will Remain Festival Director, Citing Berlinale's "Independence" In showrunner Matthew Parkhill’s eight-part series (which is now streaming all eight episodes ), the After trilogy actor is playing a 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes, not yet the genius investigator we know him to be, who strikes up a close relationship with frenemy James Moriarty during their studies at Oxford University in the 1870s. The all-star ensemble also boasts Zine Tseng as Princess Gulun Shou’an, Joseph Fiennes as uncle to the protagonist Silas Holmes, Max Irons as elder brother Mycroft, Natascha McElhone as Cordelia Holmes, and Colin Firth as Sir Bucephalus Hodge. Fiennes Tiffin and Finn make an immediate promise at the top of the interview: This is a show with a fresh twist on the widely-told adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Still in costume — waistcoats, pocket watches, the works — they tell THR there’s no rulebook with Ritchie at the helm. After all, this is Hollywood’s Conan Doyle expert (you might recall Ritchie directed both Sherlock Holmes films with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law). “He’s got such a disti...
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