A+ casting
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victorian221bJude Law
I was reading on Wikipedia about ACD's early novel The Narrative of John Smith, and there was a photo of the author at 23 when he wrote it. It immediately struck me that young ACD was a spitting image of Jude Law (or vice versa). Strangely enough, older ACD looks nothing like Jude Law. Was it due to weight difference? Or maybe it was just the angle that young photo was taken? I turned it over and over in my mind, staring at various photos of Doyle and Law, but eventually didn't arrive at any conclusion.
Vitaly Solomin
Igor Maslennikov, who directed the Lenfilm adaptation, said about casting:
Martin Freeman
I saw a tumblr post comparing ACD's portrait painted by Sidney Paget and Martin's promotional photo from The Abominable Bride, but for the life of me I can't find it anymore.
I was reading on Wikipedia about ACD's early novel The Narrative of John Smith, and there was a photo of the author at 23 when he wrote it. It immediately struck me that young ACD was a spitting image of Jude Law (or vice versa). Strangely enough, older ACD looks nothing like Jude Law. Was it due to weight difference? Or maybe it was just the angle that young photo was taken? I turned it over and over in my mind, staring at various photos of Doyle and Law, but eventually didn't arrive at any conclusion.
Vitaly Solomin
Igor Maslennikov, who directed the Lenfilm adaptation, said about casting:
In the Lenfilm casting department I found a photo of Vitaly Solomin with a fake army mustache. He looked exactly like a young Conan Doyle! But the Central Television which produced the series wouldn't hear of casting him, saying that he had a typical Russian face with a snub nose.There you can see audition photos which could be the very same Igor Maslennikov was referring to.
Martin Freeman
I saw a tumblr post comparing ACD's portrait painted by Sidney Paget and Martin's promotional photo from The Abominable Bride, but for the life of me I can't find it anymore.
