Richard Osman
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Why is he in George?
I mean, we know why there's so many adaptations, and that's because he's out of copyright, so anyone can do him.
He's got that sort of Judy Peavy thing, funnily enough, which is if you have... It's funny, I was talking to someone, you know, the thing with Sherlock is you have to use him quite sparingly because he's so good.
You know, he absolutely... The problem with someone, he's so...
brilliant, he can solve things immediately.
So if you read those Sherlock Holmes books, a lot of the time it's how do we keep Sherlock out of the way?
So Sherlock is often in some sort of drug-induced stupor or he's off on the continent having to sort of track someone else down because the second he puts his mind to a case, that case gets solved.
But that aside, having someone who is brilliant but troubled and putting them at the heart of a crime drama is something that
every sort of crime writer enjoys doing, which is why everyone loves to get their hands on Sherlock Holmes.
They can do different versions of him because, again, he's slightly absent on the page, which means you can really colour him in if you're a filmmaker.
We did a little bit of research, and Sherlock Holmes is not the most played character in movies.
I've got a top ten for you.
Oh, yes, please.
Right, number seven, we've got...