Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Escape

27 December 2009

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Guy Ritchie directed 'Sherlock Holmes' to get away from his trademark gangster movies.

Guy - who made his name with British crime capers 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch' - wanted a big screen challenge to prove he is a versatile filmmaker.

He said: "I just felt that I wanted to move away from what it was that I'd been associated with and what I'd had enough of doing, to a degree. "Then 'Sherlock Holmes' landed on my desk and I felt as though I could help to reboot an otherwise rather dusty, iconic literary hero."

People have asked me, 'Why didn't you cast a Brit'?' The whole point is that you employ actors to act and Robert Downey Jr. is dramatically talented. And, also, his English accent is better than mine.

Guy, 41, also insists he ignores criticism for not casting a British actor in the lead role as the detective, instead opting for Robert Downey Jr.

He said: "People have asked me, 'Why didn't you cast a Brit'?' The whole point is that you employ actors to act and Robert Downey Jr. is dramatically talented. And, also, his English accent is better than mine."

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