Jeremy Brett interview

[SuperAlexala]

Is the only one actor that i will never forget. Thank you for all your amaing rols. Thank You!

[MissTwiggy28]

Is it just me who really adores Jeremy's beautiful voice?

[TetskeG]

@MissTwiggy28 I do love his voice, just like you. :-)

[berniebobbear]

A wonderful actor. He made Sherlock a "real" person. I still feel Sherlock and Dr Watson are still at 221B Baker Street today.

[MrsDelle]

Cutest interview EVER! :D

Lord, he's adorable!

[FullmetalShortOne]

Oh shush Jeremy :) You totally pulled off the representation of genius.

[hadassah179]

Jeremy Brett is soo good at playing Holmes to the point that I'm seeing him even now "as" Holmes as a living person in this very interview.

[pinkdirt]

Whats the name of the female presenter is it anne diamond?

[psychicnewsguy]

@pinkdirt yes Annie 'the first woman to have a baby' Diamond and former 70s regional newscaster at ATV Studios

where Crossroads was made.... 

[Supershankster]

The interviewer is a total idiot! He is insulting without tying to be insulting which takes a special type of idiot. Jeremy is a complete gentlemen despite the

characterizations of this twit! Shameful interview

[TBN4evr100]

Jeremy Brett is THE definitive Sherlock Holmes... no one else will ever be able to so ingeniously, eloquently, and aptly play the part. Even in an interview, I still seem to believe that he's Holmes. I find myself watching his show not really for the show itself, just for watching Brett! Robert Downy Junior did a decent job in the recent film, but I still see him as just an actor playing his role. Jeremy never seemed like an actor... I could have been watching a documentary he's so brilliant!

[whispperson]

An All Time Great and One of Britain's Finest.

A Very Sadly Missed Man.

[erssre1]

Incredible! To see him so quickly explain which pipe goes with which mood of holmes and on which occasions he wore certain attire, really shows just how personally he took the role. Every moment of him as holmes is thrilling.

[Templar7832]

I loved him best Holmes every and Basil Rathbone was before him but Jeremy was much more realistic fantastic actor.

[SZRD]

What a charming, humble man. I would have loved to see him in the play he mentions here (in any play, actually). I would have also loved to sit on his lap and hug and kiss him, but I'll behave myself now. ;)

[TheGhostilyGhost]

How come all the Sherlocks I've seen have lovely voices?

[Easyandy100]

This interviewer is an utter fuckwit.

[Trampadoo]

@Easyandy100: No need to insult the interviewer. I didn't see anything wrong with the questions and he clearly admires Brett and his work.

[Easyandy100]

@Trampadoo I think you could see by Mr Bretts face that he was bemused by him and if you read the other comments I am not the only one thinking he was asking absurd questions. Holmes was not an opium addict it was cocaine that he used.

[Trampadoo]

@Easyandy100: Yeah, I guess many people confuse opium and cocain. No need to call the interviewer a cunt, though.

[Easyandy100]

@Trampadoo I didn't but this guy has a reputation from his time on breakfast TV in the eighties in the UK. I can remember him and he was an idiot. And if he is going to interview Jeremy Brett it is worthwhile knowing something about the guy.

[bumjester75]

Wow, Mike Morris is even more cretinous than I remember. I recall thinking he was a buffon when I was Ten. "Would you ever do beekeeping in Kent?" Fucking dumb Cunt.

[caramelrocket]

lovely man

[changingowl10]

What is up with this interviewer?

[Furingia]

@changingowl10

HE'S on opium. That's what's up with the interviewer.

[changingowl10]

@Furingia

He must be.

[sunmonkey56]

I agree that he was brilliant as Holmes and also think this interviewer was an idiot!! As someone said earlier thank goodness that Jeremy was a better and smoother man and was able to actually comment on the inferences in a positive way.

[firekind1980]

its nice to see a host who's actually interested in a guests work. its easy to see he's a huge fan.

[hilaryclaire80]

i love that he's so tickled by americans and our adoration.

[carcaril]

This interviewer is a complete idiot. He doesnt understand Holmes, Brett or even seen any of the Holmes series. Omg.. stop thinking interviewer and let JEremy talking.

[elangelRefti]

I would have loved to have seen the live play

[lyerlyreddwarf]

What a wonderful man Mr. Brett is to have survived some of those questions with such grace.

[greeniem]

and you are a rent boy

[greeniem]

you rube

[greeniem]

Just as long as we don't have to protect you guys again from other crazy europeans, I'll be happy. You poofter.

[greeniem]

Do you have bad teeth? LMAO!

[greeniem]

english interviewers are so mother fucking boring lol

[rsi108]

the interviewer is completely wrong. in fact some of his questions were all about him outsmarting jeremy

[greeniem]

Who is the worthless cunt at 5:03?

[kingstonlj]

That interviewer was totally wrong with everything he said about Jeremy's portrayal of Holmes. Jeremy said he tried to bring spirituality to the character, and I feel that he succeeded. He gave the character humanity and a manic genius.

Jeremy was an intelligent, sensitive, exceptional person. A master actor, he will continue to entertain generations to come as Holmes.

[GhiaDon7]

What was this play that Brett is mentioning? I remember hearing about it before, but I don't remember the title.

[METROGNOME57]

Holmes smoked opium and frequented opium dens, sometimes for a case. At home he injected either morphine (an opiate extracted from the Asian opium pouring into England at the time) or a 7% solution of cocaine, which was available with a doctor's prescription. He hid his habit from Dr. Watson, fearing his condemnation. However, he justified his usage as aiding his powers of deduction.

[shempy15]

Holmes used Cocaine and Morphine, opium contains morphine so you will find that many times (mostly the English in what I've seen) refer to morphine as opium or use the two synonymously. So by opium, they are referring to the morphine.

[AlexC2827]

Hey? wtf. he didnt smoke opium. he did cocane. Bee Ceeping in Kent...*snort*

[vikramkrishnan]

a 7% solution...

[JFreakdc747]

Actually, he probably did smoke opium at some point to. During that era in London, it was not uncommon for men to visit opium dens to smoke, and since Holmes' work often thrust him into the dregs of society, he most likely had some experience with the drug. Though, he was not addicted to it as he was to his cocaine.

...sorry for the geeking out...history major and all...^^

[ScarletSinn]

Geek away, geek away! :)

[PenangLawyer]

At least he could spell, though.

[Kutoomi]

The most brilliant actor of his time!

[annafrancesca1]

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! JB, what a remarkably fine actor he was, and how brilliant!