Coming together (BBC Sherlock RPF) (1/2)marysutherlandMay 16 2011, 21:00:34 UTC
Rating: 12 (language)
It's the night before the read-throughs of the second series start, and Martin is feeling amazing. Because tomorrow he doesn't just get to be John Watson, he gets to see Ben become Sherlock again. Which is still one of the most staggering things he's seen
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Re: Coming together (BBC Sherlock RPF) (2/2)marysutherlandMay 16 2011, 21:03:05 UTC
They end up back at Ben's, because it turns out to be the only way they can get some privacy. What must it be like for him being so famous now, Martin wonders. And then somehow they're falling into being Sherlock and John already - or at least Martin's falling into being John Watson. That's the way it's worked from the beginning. Reaction before action. As soon as Martin started saying John's lines, easing into John, Ben had something to work off, a hard core of reality around which Sherlock's brilliant lunacy could then play.
"It's the Hound first, isn't it?" says Ben, grinning. "What on earth is Mark going to do with that?"
"Beats me," Martin says, smiling up at him, "but I hope John gets to shoot it. Preferably just as it's about to rip Sherlock's throat out."
"Maybe I should save John this time."
"Doesn't work like that. Because you are an idiot, and I have to come along and save your sorry arse for you
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Re: Coming together (BBC Sherlock RPF) (2/2)ariadnes_stringMay 16 2011, 21:46:42 UTC
OMG, you wrote me Benedict/Martin *bounces madly* This is fantastic, and everything I love about the pairing--the role-playing and the teasing and Ben being much nicer than Sherlock and Martin being a bit less nice than John XD Plus--hot w/o porn--and exploding underpants!!
Thank you so much!!
(BC lost his voice during Frankenstein? I, uh, kinda want to know about that...)
Re: Coming together (BBC Sherlock RPF) (2/2)marysutherlandMay 17 2011, 09:14:19 UTC
Quite a few people on my f-list went to see Frankenstein and one of them mentioned that BC had had to miss some performances. There's more here and here. It sounds like the Creature was very physically tough to play generally.
I took a lot of ideas for the acting styles from the extras on the Sherlock DVD - you see the read-through from the script and MF is definitely quicker to get into character than BC. They're very different types of actors, but also clearly friends and I was trying to bring that out. Glad you enjoyed it.
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It's the night before the read-throughs of the second series start, and Martin is feeling amazing. Because tomorrow he doesn't just get to be John Watson, he gets to see Ben become Sherlock again. Which is still one of the most staggering things he's seen ( ... )
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"It's the Hound first, isn't it?" says Ben, grinning. "What on earth is Mark going to do with that?"
"Beats me," Martin says, smiling up at him, "but I hope John gets to shoot it. Preferably just as it's about to rip Sherlock's throat out."
"Maybe I should save John this time."
"Doesn't work like that. Because you are an idiot, and I have to come along and save your sorry arse for you ( ... )
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Thank you so much!!
(BC lost his voice during Frankenstein? I, uh, kinda want to know about that...)
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I took a lot of ideas for the acting styles from the extras on the Sherlock DVD - you see the read-through from the script and MF is definitely quicker to get into character than BC. They're very different types of actors, but also clearly friends and I was trying to bring that out. Glad you enjoyed it.
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