Prime Video's 'Young Sherlock' Cast and Creators Discuss Origin Story of the Master Detective
By
Robert Lang
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Summary
Prime Video's 'Young Sherlock' reimagines Sherlock Holmes as a 19-year-old Oxford student (played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin) who gets swept into his first mystery involving his father. Based on Andrew Lane's novels, the series explores the origin story of how the legendary detective became the master sleuth audiences know, with the cast and creators discussing character development, the unique challenges of portraying a younger Holmes, and the fresh perspective this origin story brings to the well-known character.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledPart of what was really interesting to us is that there'd never been a real origin story of Sherlock
How does he get there?
The series reimagines the prolific detective as a 19-year-old Oxford student who gets swept up in his first mystery
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