This portrayal of the character of Holmes was done as if he were a real true to life type hero. Flesh and blood with flaws and feelings. The usual actor would play him as a flawless calculating type superman who has no hang ups or issues with people in general. Holmes is a very flawed 'human' when you flesh him out and he would have been the man that Langella showed us in this production.
If Holmes was such a perfect character then why can't he master the violin? Why the addictions? Why does he refuse a romantic life with a woman? He's very much a real being and if met in life most people might find him a bit like our modern day MONK from the t.v. series. "Elementary my dear Watson..."
Most of the fabulous characters that we now adore in the detective world in film and television are just like him but updated to a more modern type of person. If this man took drugs to make him more normal as we do with intense personalities, he'd never have been the fabulous character that he's always been to us. Thank God Holmes was never introduced to Prozac!
If Holmes was such a perfect character then why can't he master the violin? Why the addictions? Why does he refuse a romantic life with a woman? He's very much a real being and if met in life most people might find him a bit like our modern day MONK from the t.v. series. "Elementary my dear Watson..."
Most of the fabulous characters that we now adore in the detective world in film and television are just like him but updated to a more modern type of person. If this man took drugs to make him more normal as we do with intense personalities, he'd never have been the fabulous character that he's always been to us. Thank God Holmes was never introduced to Prozac!