Martin Freeman, BAFTA winner in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in BBC’s Sherlock, has mastered the modern day sidekick playing opposite Benedict Cumberbatch. He and Cumberbatch have both received 2012 Emmy nominations for their respective categories, which will be announced on Sunday, September 23.
Prior to joining the detective series, Freeman felt typecast as the lovelorn pushover as seen in Love Actually and Ricky Gervais‘s The Office but after appearing in over 20 films, and a variety of TV programs, he was bound to act his way out of any one stereotype.
And where has he landed current day? Oh, you know, this movie filmed in New Zealand that you may have heard of … The Hobbit. Alright, alright, we jest. This is obviously one of the biggest and much awaited films of the year, and to some, ever (!!). But, according to reports, it almost didn’t happen with Freeman initially turning down the Bilbo Baggins role because it overlapped with the production of Sherlock.
Martin Freeman was in the original The Office, Ricky Gervais' wonderful series that I could never watch because it was much to close to the truth - but, Martin had the role John Krasinski has in the American version. They are both the same type too - very adorable
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