Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks His Silence on CBS’ Elementary: ‘I’d Be Frightened’

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If I were the [producer], I’d be frightened of the dynamic of male friendship that you’d lose,” he confesses to TVLine, “because that is obviously the bedrock of the books as well. [Now] there might be sexual tension between Joan [Holmes] and Sherlock, which is [a different dynamic than you’d have] between the two men. So, that’s a new thing to explore.”

“I wish them luck, I really do,” the actor insists. “I think it will be great. It will be a different spin on it, because obviously, theirs is modern-day as well, so it needs to be different from ours, and I think the more differences, the better, to be honest.

“I don’t see why they shouldn’t co-exist with us,” he adds, “I don’t think they’ll steal our audience. I think people who are Holmes fans who think they do a good job of it will have a treat in watching ours and the films. So I wish them good luck!”

     - Benedict Cumberbatch

Remember when Lucy Liu said that Joan and Sherlock would have a different chemistry and the Pressed Sherlock Fans called her homophobic?

HMM… I WONDER IF THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH. Because here he is out and out saying that changing Watson into a woman introduces sexual tension that isn’t there when Watson is a man.

(Spoiler alert: The same thing won’t happen. Because all hail the white man who is half of the Pressed Sherlock Fan’s favorite queer baiting ship.)

Also, Benedict can fuck right off with his glorification of male-male friendships.

why did cucumberpatch even have to say the first part at all? fucking hell…

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  1. bittersweetfluidquandary reblogged this from andymagnuseth and added:
    …and the magic is over when actors open their mouth…
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  4. endquestionmark reblogged this from jennaj18 and added:
    BECAUSE A MAN AND WOMAN ALWAYS HAVE SEXUAL TENSION UNLESS ONE OF THEM IS GAY, AMIRITE ffs (also, you’re equating gender...
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  6. intricatia reblogged this from johanen and added:
    ZOMG He really doesn’t realise Sherlock BBC is CHOCKFUL of sexual tension. Omg. I need to sit down for a moment. o-o
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  8. beaubean reblogged this from becks28nz and added:
    And that alone totally summed up his sincere thoughts regarding CBS’ own adaptation.
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  10. tugachestavie reblogged this from ohhhvienna and added:
    I like to interpret this as ‘If they had compatible sexualities you know they’d be fucking’ And right now tv is only...
  11. lannistersroar reblogged this from ohhhvienna and added:
    #shut your pretty misogynist mouth ben
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    I just get sad every time he talks. I wish he’d just stand there and look pretty and not talk. I heard about this...
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    Ben….
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  25. nomnommari reblogged this from ontophantoms and added:
    Um, Freeman knows and lets it slip now and then :whistles: ””It is the gayest story in the history of TV. It’s a love...
  26. ontophantoms reblogged this from joansing and added:
    Also, dude, you can quit pretending you and Martin Freeman don’t know what you’re doing with the sexual tension because...
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  29. jennaj18 reblogged this from alltheladiesyouhate and added:
    I’d disagree with this. While I might not be a fan of Elementary I think that unless either Joan or Sherlock is gay...
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