Ok, so I have admitted that Christopher Lee playing Sherlock Holmes is not my first choise. His most memorable contribution to the Holmes-genre is probably not as Holmes, but as the brother of Sherlock Holmes - Mycroft.
The private life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) has inspried the creators (Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss) of modern BBC:s Sherlock to a great extent. In the 70's film, Lee plays Mycroft with an animosity towards the brother that had never been done before.
Mark Gatiss, who plays Mycroft in BBC:s modern and widely successful adaption of the stories of Sherlock Holmes, tells us here that his portrayal is inspired directly by Lee's interpretation of the character.
And everyone who has seen Gatiss act, and watches the clip below, understands precisely why and how. Steven Moffat claims to have seen this film "about thirty or forty times". Even idols have idols, appartently...
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