While literally dozens of actors have played the role of Sherlock Holmes it is now hard to imagine anyone but Benedict Cumberbatch portraying the super sleuth in Sherlock, the subject of this week’s Entertainment Weekly cover story. But Cumberbatch thought twice when Sherlock cocreators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss originally offered him the part which, over the past few years, has propelled him from relatively unknown character actor to global star.
已經(jīng)有很多演員演繹過夏洛克·福爾摩斯這個角色了，可是現(xiàn)在一說這個角色很多人第一個想起來的就是Benedict Cumberbatch在《神探夏洛克》中扮演的那個偵探?！渡裉较穆蹇恕芬驳巧狭吮局堋秺蕵分芸返姆饷婀适??？墒瞧鋵岰umberbatch曾經(jīng)2次拒絕該劇制片人Steven Morffat和Mark Gatiss對于這個角色的邀請，憑借這個角色Cumberbatch從一個默默無聞的演員一躍成為現(xiàn)在全球知名的影星。

“My reservation was ‘Well, this is a very iconic character, there will be a lot of attention on it,’” says Cumberbatch. “This was before I had had any significant success [but] I knew there would still be a lot of focus on it. And while I had done work, it wasn’t stepping into the populist limelight like playing a character like Holmes. So I did have a pause for thought.”
“我當時收到的邀請是‘有一個經(jīng)典角色，會受到很大關注，’”Cumberbatch說?！斑@是在我獲得任何有大影響的成功演出之前，但是我知道這個角色一定會吸引很大的關注。然后我做了很多功課，我要做的是扮演一個和大眾想象的福爾摩斯不一樣的福爾摩斯。所以我需要停下來思考一下。

According to Cumberbatch, it was the passion and commitment of the behind-the-scenes Sherlock team which ultimately convinced him to sign on for the role. “I thought, If I’m going to do this, if I’m going to step into the limelight with a large leading role of iconic status, then I might as well do it these people,” he recalls. “They know what they’re doing and I completely trust them. I felt like I was being asked to join the family and have some fun.”
Cumberbatch坦言，是幕后劇組的熱情和肯定讓他最后確定自己真的要演繹這個角色?！拔耶敃r想的是，如果我出演這個角色，如果我去演這個頗有知名度的主角角色，那我也適合這個團隊一起，”他回憶說?！八麄冎雷约阂鍪裁?，我完全相信他們。我覺得我收到的是一個加入一個家庭的邀請。”