Yesterday, San Diego
Comic-Con's Ballroom 20 held the Sherlock panel. Moderated by Sandra Gonzalez,
the panel included the appearances of the series co-creator Steven Moffat,
executive producer Sue Vertue, and co-star Rupert Graves, who plays DI Greg
Lestrade.
The panel focused
more on the upcoming Victorian set Christmas Special, which will premiere this
winter, followed by a theatrical release.
- Of the Special, Moffat
described it as "one of the best" they have done thus far, adding
that it is "terrific".
- Graves also
revealed that despite his absence from the clip BBC recently released from the
Special, which included Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch), Watson (Martin Freeman),
and Mrs. Hudson (Una Stubbs), Lestrade will be in it, and he will be wearing
mutton chops, or "hedges" as he referred to them.
- Moffat reiterated
that the Special will be very much its own thing, and that it won't be trying
to tie into the series modern settings.
- The co-creator also
said that the Special takes place in a "sexist" era, and that in Sir.
Arthur Conan Doyle's story, "women don't speak". Moffat was quick to
point out that these elements will prove crucial for the episode.
- Of the writing
process, Moffat says he never has an "oh I'm good" moment, quite the
contrary, he says that most of the time he feels "haunted and miserable".
- Filming period
pieces can be tricky, and for Vertue the Victorian Special was "harder to
shoot" than the actual series. She also revealed that to prevent the
Special from feeling repetitive or stagnant, they had the extras "walk
faster".
- Of the actual
series, Moffat said that the comedy always comes from each character's
reactions, and not of their physical nuances, which are almost never scripted.
- Graves revealed
that one of his favorite moments in the series was the "oh, you bastard"
hug at the beginning of season 3, when he finds out that Sherlock is alive, and
that his favorite gut-punch moment was "Mary with the gun".
- As for her favorite
gut-punch moment, Vertue picked the look on Mycroft's (Mark Gatiss) face when upon
seeing his brother kill Charles Magnussen at the end of season 3.
- Moffat didn't exactly
reveal what was his gut-punch moment, but said that he felt clever with the
"I am Sherlocked" line.
- Finally, Moffat said that the "backswing"
and the "I should have seen it coming!" are "tools" he uses
to build the drama and mystery of the show. The co-creator also admitted that
he reads the "stage directions" at the table reads.
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