It is absolutely true that when Rupert came in to audition, he gave us a version of Lestrade we weren’t expecting, which was a really good copper. A copper whom you believe could be the star of another series in which, presumably, he fails to solve crimes.“ You have to accommodate your casting. “I think Sherlock and John are just a bit resentful because they know Lestrade is more handsome than them – Benedict and Martin certainly are!