Mar 19, 2017
“Somewhere in the vaults at Granada is Jeremy Brett’s film test as Sherlock Holmes: ‘It’s ghastly,’ he told me, laughing. The film is silent but shows Brett in costume and make-up. 'You see I perceived Holmes as being in black and white, rather like the drawings, so I proceeded to cake my face with white make-up. And of course if you do that your eyes and the rims around them appear red. I looked as though I was ill, had flu or something. And I had a funny walk. It was like a waddle.’ At the memory of this he broke into a roar of laughter. 'It really was awful.’ However, the idea of Holmes in black and white stayed with Brett right to the end of the series.”
— Bending the Willow
