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Robert Downey Jr. is... Sherlock Holmes.

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Jeffrey Overstreet

09 Jul 2008
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Robert Downey Jr. • Sherlock Holmes

What was rumor is now confirmed. Robert Downey Jr. will play Sherlock Holmes for director Guy Ritchie, reports Variety.

Hmmmm.

I love Downey, Jr. But ... Holmes? Really?

Who would you cast as Holmes?

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