Racebent – BBC Sherlock
- Sherlock Holmes – Chiwetel Ejiofor
- John Watson – Idris Elba
I approve of these two guys cast as absolutely anybody and everybody. I saw in an interview that Idris Elba’s been mentioned as a candidate for the next Bond after Daniel Craig and I say YES YES YES YES YES.
FFNNUUUUUUUUCK. yeah. and that john watson? that john watson is totally (injured bad guy screaming in pain) “do i look like a fucking doctor? shut up, you’re giving me a fucking headache”.
#yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes #just to EVERYTHING #ALL OF THIS #a great big heaping pile of YES #Idris Elba for every John Watson who isn’t presently a lady
yeahno the hell wid you, i’m keeping the real john watson. you know, the one that looks like that actor martin freeman, only with less seersucker.
And no sandals. Ever.
No, see, this doesn’t work. Because, with all my love to Chitiwel Ejiofor and his amazing talent, Idris Elba has the kind of presence that grabs viewers by the throat, beats them off the wall, and leaves them lying there staring up at him like this:
Which would be problematic, since one of the things about a Holmes/Watson duo is that you need to be able to buy that Watson would spend hours staring in awe after Holmes, rather than it primarily being the other way around.
So, here’s what I propose: Chitiwel as Holmes, Martin Freeman as Watson because I looooooove hiiiiiim (though, I just thought of Mekhi Phifer and…rawr; I’ve been missing you since they canceled Lie to Me, what an epic Watson you would make <3), and Elba as James Bond and then we get that freaking crossover Tumblr’s been teasing us with!
God. I’m developing gravitas just from looking at them.