SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER!!!!!!!
This post contains some SPOILERS for Season 2 of Sherlock and perhaps some SPOILERS for Season 3, which is currently filming. SPOILER. BEWARE. Do not say I didn’t warn you.
Yes, these are photos of Benedict Cumberbatch filming Sherlock in London yesterday (Saturday). For all of us who watched Season 2, Episode 3 (“The Reichenbach Fall”), we know exactly what we are looking at. We are looking at Benedict – as Sherlock – filming his jump/fall off of hospital roof. Or, re-filming it to explain exactly what happened and how he fooled everyone. They seem to be shooting this scene in a variety of ways – at one point, Benedict is jumping from a short distance without any harness or wires, onto a fluffy, air-filled something or other. In other photos, Benedict is wearing a helmet with a camera, which I suppose will be used to show Sherlock’s perspective as he falls. In others, Benedict is wearing a harness and wires and I would imagine that’s where he’s jumping from the full height of the building.
There were some other photos which I’m not including. There were some of Sherlock’s stunt double, who looks nothing like him and honestly the guy could have just been Benedict’s stunt coordinator. Mark Gatiss, who plays Sherlock’s brother Mycroft (and Gatiss is a writer/producer of the show too), was wandering around the set in what seemed like his character’s clothing. So, was Mycroft in on it? Maybe. I did not see any photos of Molly Hooper (Louise Brealey), and I’m sure Molly was in on it.
I’m saying this is a spoiler because I think these photos eliminate the possibility (the slim possibility) that Sherlock was not the jumper, that he chucked some look-alike off the roof or whatever. Clearly, Sherlock DID FALL. So how did he survive the fall? By the way, am I the only one in love with the photos of Benedict in mid-air? I want to imagine him jumping into bed (on top of me) that way. I especially love the one with the umbrella.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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