'Sherlock Holmes' Sequel Finds Robert Downey Jr. in Drag

By Moviefone Editors Posted Jan 19th 2011 01:00AM

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are currently hard at work on the sequel to Guy Ritchie's 'Sherlock Holmes,' and 'Entertainment Tonight' has been kind enough to share the first behind-the-scenes look at the film's progress.

'ET' cameras paid a visit to the set recently, where they were greeted by an unsettling sight: star Robert Downey Jr. in drag. Too bad Ricky Gervais didn't know about this -- he could have worked it into his comments at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.

RDJ and his co-star sit down and elaborate on why they've reunited with director Guy Ritchie to make a sequel (they had so much fun making the first film that they felt the need to come back for more) and the nature of their characters (they're as co-dependent as ever). We get a look at new co-star Noomi Rapace in action too. Watch the interview after the jump.

Speaking of Rapace, both Downey Jr. and Law are effusive in their praise -- going so far as to say that the 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' star is probably tougher than both of them, which makes the action scenes in the new film quite intriguing. Her character certainly doesn't look like Lisbeth Salander.

The sequel finds Holmes and Watson unraveling new mysteries and confronting the evil Professor Moriarty while brawling their way around town. The 'ET' segment features footage of the duo hiding out on a train and bfeing forced to traverse the cars in a rather dangerous fashion as well as engaging in a forest fistfight. Things look to be shaping up nicely.

'Sherlock Holmes 2' is set to hit theaters Dec. 16 and is currently in post production.

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Tags: Jude Law, robert downey jr., Sherlock Holmes

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Wednesday 19 January

By chaz

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Robert Downey Jr. played a black guy in the movie,"Tropic Thunder",and it was really funny. This guy is good.

By early_exit

Robert Downey Jr. made this announcement last year on the Leno show. Arthur C. Doyles' niece, who has the literary rights to Detective Holmes has been fighting the studio and director Guy Ritchie over their idea of making Sherlock go drag. Guy Richie ( aka former Mr. Madonna) tried to imply that Sherlock and Dr. Watson had a fling and that the detective was a closet-queen in the first movie . No where in any of the Sherlock books does the author imply that Sherlock was gay.

But in today's politically -correct-hollwood- society, its NOT ok for a director like Ron Howard to use the word gay in a remark about a car in a movie. But its hunkey-dorie for some director to change the character of a beloved literary character in order to appease a certain sect of our population. So Sad.

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