Jan 15 2012 By John Millar, Sunday Mail
Tonight is the last show of the second series of BBC’s award-winning Sherlock drama, which gives a contemporary twist to author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous mysteries.
The episode is based on The Final Problem, the story in which Holmes and archenemy Moriarty finished goingheadlong into the deadly waters of the Reichenbach Falls.
So there have been suggestions that tonight might see the curtain come down on the series, which has been a ratings smash hit all over the world.
The plot has thickened because Cumberbatch, 35, has hinted that he may well be ready to bid farewell to the breakthrough role.
When he met the Sunday Mail for the London premiere of his latest film, Steven Spielberg’s epic version of War Horse, Cumberbatch was tight-lipped about whether this will be the finale for his small-screen Sherlock.
He said: “Well, if you watch tonight, you’ll find out. I’m not going to give it away because then you won’t enjoy it so much. It would be like a kid eating an entire box of chocolates – you would just end up sick.”
So the viewing millions will have to wait, fingers crossed, to see whether it’s the end for Sherlock – which also stars Martin Freeman as Dr Watson.
There is no doubt the drama has helped to make Cumberbatch a hot star, in demand for film and TV.
Most recently on the big screen he starred alongside Gary Oldman and Colin Firth in the hit movie version of John le Carre’s spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
His famous fans include Oscar-winning filmmakers Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg. In fact, the directors were so impressed that they signed up Cumberbatch.
He will be the dragon, Smaug, in Jackson’s long-awaited version of The Hobbit and is a World War I officer in Spielberg’s Oscar-tipped War Horse.
He is also returning to the Great War for a TV series based on novel Parade’s End.
Then he will boldly go deep into sci-fi lore when he plays the baddie in the next Star Trek movie.
Cumberbatch said: “These are very heady times so it’s very much about remaining grounded.
“I’m living through a very wonderful time but, of course, it won’t last on quite the same level.
“What you have to do is treat each bit of it as a job and get the best out of each experience.
“If you constantly wandered around in abubble of excitement, you would not be able to do any work because it would all be utterly overwhelming all the time.”
One of the toughest tasks for Cumberbatch while filming War Horse – the emotion-packed movie about a teenager from Devon who follows his beloved horse into the horrors of World War I – was looking like a soldier who was born in the saddle.
There was intensive training so the actor – who says the last time he had been on horseback was when he was 12 – was ready to film a cavalry charge against German troops.
The battle sequence, which was shot at 8am in the middle of August, is epic and thrilling as 120 riders, with swords drawn, are steaming at full pelt across an open field.
Cumberbatch said: “It was our first day at work and was a hell of a way to start.
“It was a screaming charge and not breathing for what felt like five minutes, though it was probably two-and-a-half, and nearly fainting.
“Then one of the stuntmen said, ‘It’s a rush, isn’t it?’”
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