Amanda Abbington Joins Cast of Sherlock Series 3
Martin Freeman’s wife and Fandom Queen Amanda Abbington has joined the Sherlock family, as confirmed by BBC1 this morning. While her actual role hasn’t been officially revealed, the BBC says she is playing someone who SIGNIFICANTLY impacts the lives of Sherlock and John. And we’re just saying… if you know your canon… and those three words (Rat. WEDDING. Bow) then… well, you know.
Also, might we point you towards our interview with her last April.
Kristina: They asked us and asked if we could ask you, what does Sherlock as a show actually mean to you?
Amanda: I was never a huge follower or fan of Sherlock Holmes. I really wasn’t. It wasn’t in my canon of literature. I don’t really know why. Maybe I associated it with Woolsey. It was never very accessible to me when I was growing up. I’m reading it now. At the moment I’m reading The Sign of Four.
Kristina: Mary Morstan?
Amanda: Yeah! But I wouldn’t have done had I not been involved in the show. Which is good, it’s great, it’s opened me up to his work.
Kristina: Are you enjoying the stories?
Amanda: They’re great. They’re really good. They really drag you in. It’s very interesting and very engaging. It zips along. I’ve got to have something that zips along… I can’t if it’s slow and meandering. I have to finish a book as well. Once I start a book I have to finish it. Even if it’s really shit. It becomes a battle for me. I’m gonna do it! The Doyle stuff is quite easy to get through, which is a testament to good writing.
Ardy: There was one that we were talking about earlier, and that is because you were saying that you started reading the stories and things. Is there, apart from the main characters, a favorite female character that you have, or someone that, if you were given the chance on the show, that you would like to play?
Amanda: [Laughs]
Kristina & Ardy: Hypothetically!
Ardy: Who’s your favorite?
Amanda: My favorite character is Irene, and I think Lara did it beautifully. She was a perfect Irene Adler. She was a real wonderful foil for Sherlock. She actually looked similar to him, which I loved.
Kristina: Yes, they were sort of like looking in a mirror, male and female.
Amanda: She played it perfectly, which was just wonderful. Who I’d like to play? … Mary would be nice…but, you know, I don’t know what will be next. It would be lovely to play any part in Sherlock. I’d love to be a part of Sherlock. It’s brilliant, but I’m working quite a lot—I’m doing a costume drama and then doing Case Histories again, and then hopefully another sitcom for Hartswood.
Kristina: Is that the pilot that you’re doing?
Amanda: Yeah. But it would be great to be in it. I’d love to. Mary’s a great character.
Baker Street Babes: Yeah she is
Amanda: I was reading about her and she’s beautiful, and she does die.
Kristina: Good old TB.
Amanda: Yeah, it’s a fantastic character. But I don’t know what they’re going to do with that.
Ardy: It was a hypothetical question.
Kristina: Completely hypothetical. We were asking the other Babes on this email chain that we have for any questions, and one of them was like, “Who do you want to play?” and everyone was like, “Should play Mary! Should play Mary!” I’m like, why would you do that? That would be heartbreaking to the extreme because she dies!
Amanda: Yeah! That would be great to play, wouldn’t it? I’d love that, to play that. Yes, we shall see.
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