Jared Harris On His Role As Moriarty In Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows!

Jared Harris On His Role As Moriarty In Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows!

Hit the jump to hear what the actor had to say about his role as the villainous Professor Moriarty and what exactly he thinks he brings to the character in the upcoming sequel

By JoshWilding - May 06, 2011 02:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Sherlock Holmes
Source: Digital Spy
Here are a few excerpts from the actors interview with UK site, Digital Spy. To read the whole thing where Harris goes into more detail about his villainous role in the upcoming sequel, simply click on the link at the bottom of the page.

We're going to see you as Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows later this year. What's your take on Moriarty and Holmes's rivalry?

"Well I can't really give too much away because they want to keep all the plot details a secret so I can't say anything about that. I will say we've had long talks about how to achieve something that... he's a very famous character and he actually only appears in two stories of Sherlock Holmes, but he's talked about a lot. Since then he's a character or type of character that's been imitated so much. He was the first literary supervillain and supervillains are so well-known now that Mike Myers can do a comedy spoof about them. It's very easy to drift into parody."

What do you hope you bring to the role?

"My thing was, I just never wanted to explain myself. There's always that scene where the villain has to tell you what he's doing and why he's doing it. Guy luckily agreed with me and so did Robert. Why? Why do we need that? You're not going to explain yourself or what you're doing. There's a sort of arrogance about the character that's similar to Sherlock Holmes. They're both incredibly intelligent people, they're chess masters thinking many moves down the line. They don't know all of their opponents moves but they've got a lot of them. They're 20 moves ahead on their own plan. I just always wanted to create a sense that he had something else up his sleeve. As you unfold the story there's another step involved."

Is the door open for you to appear in more Sherlock Holmes movies?

"I can't tell you that! I'm sure they're going to make more Sherlock Holmes films, though. I've no idea if I'll be in them."


Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey, Jr, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris and Stephen Fry, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is set to be released on December 16, later this year!




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RadicalDuck
RadicalDuck - 5/6/2011, 2:47 PM
Sounds most pleasing and intriguing...
Frostbite
Frostbite - 5/6/2011, 2:50 PM
FIRST. Sounds awesome.
Frostbite
Frostbite - 5/6/2011, 2:50 PM
@RadicalDuck...DARN!
nuck82
nuck82 - 5/6/2011, 2:51 PM
FIRST FAIL!!!!
syronian
syronian - 5/6/2011, 2:53 PM
Stephen Fry is in this? I love that guy! Oh, and pretty cool. Moriarty was brief, but good in the first.
hoodedjester
hoodedjester - 5/6/2011, 3:49 PM
I'd still like to know who did the voice and played Moriarty in the first film
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 5/6/2011, 4:13 PM
Awesome! Cant wait!:)

Gary Oldman would have been so awesome as Moriarty but i hope Jared delivers! Make your father proud man!;)

Sounds like when Holmes crush his plans in this movie he dont give a shit cause he has another one just in case!;)
RadicalDuck
RadicalDuck - 5/6/2011, 4:44 PM
@Frostbite - sorry buddy! I sympathise from experience.
CBMfan001
CBMfan001 - 5/6/2011, 8:06 PM
my most anticipated December film hands down :)
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