{"id":14273,"date":"2014-07-10T14:06:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/?p=14273"},"modified":"2014-07-10T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T14:06:58","slug":"ian-mckellen-as-sherlock-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/10\/ian-mckellen-as-sherlock-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a first glimpse of an ageing Sherlock Holmes, as played by Sir Ian McKellen in upcoming film Mr Holmes. McKellen tweeted: \u201cOver 70 actors have previously played Sherlock Holmes. Now he\u2019s 93 years old and it\u2019s my turn. #MrHolmes,\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"McKellen-Holmes\"<\/p>\n

McKellen, actually a sprightly 75, is playing almost 20 years older in the adaptation of Mitch Cullin’s novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, which sees a retired, elderly Holmes eeking out his remaining years in a remote Sussex farmhouse, keeping bees and grappling with his waning mental powers, until a 50-year-old unsolved case returns to haunt him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a first glimpse of an ageing Sherlock Holmes, as played by Sir Ian McKellen in upcoming film Mr Holmes. McKellen tweeted: \u201cOver 70 actors have previously played Sherlock Holmes. Now he\u2019s 93 years old and it\u2019s my turn. #MrHolmes,\u201d. McKellen, actually a sprightly 75, is playing almost 20 years older in the adaptation…<\/p>\n

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