unreconstructedfangirl:

deducingbbcsherlock:

Gatiss: Okay guys, this special is complicated but we’ve all got our challenges as actors.

Gatiss: Ben, you’ll be playing a more traditional Holmes as Sherlock imagines himself in his mind palace, only like 250% more gay despite being Victorian times, and although you aren’t in every scene you do know everything that happens in every scene because it’s all in your head so bear that in mind, also your brain is repressing key information from you so we’ll have to show that both textually and subtextually now and then through your facial expressions and reactions, I know you can handle it.

Gatiss: Martin, you’ll be playing four John Watsons: the traditional misogynist crotchety Victorian one (also closeted, but like, MORE), the modern one you normally play, the modern one in Sherlock’s mind so like you have to play it as he sees you, not as you actually are, so like keep the eye fucking but remember it’s not because YOU want to do it, it’s because SHERLOCK wants you to do it? And also there’s the Victorian one but who is aware that he’s just a device in Sherlock’s brain, yeah I know it sounds fucked up but I saw Fargo, I know you got this.

Gatiss: Andrew, I mean, I know we’ve already pushed you to make every cameo more gay, but like, this time we need you to be a Str8Up Porn Star, like the suggestive lines about guns aren’t enough, we kind of need you to suck on one? Other than that it’s pretty much how you usually play Jim, but again, just reeeeeally up the homo because heh we’re in Sherlock’s head, so, you know, super rainbow sparkle time up in there…also please see the wardrobe department, they need your cup size.

Gatiss: Amanda, so modern Mary is the same whether we’re talking about the real version or the one in Sherlock’s mind because he still doesn’t know who she really is, but Victorian Mary is a bit trickier, see, Sherlock still doesn’t know your backstory so he’s guessing at what’s going on with you and how you’re feeling, so you can’t quite act from a place of “what would Mary do/say,” it’s more like “what would Sherlock think Mary would do/say when really he hasn’t got a fucking clue,” hahaha good luck with that, you can do it, oh also up the snark please, we love the snark.

Gatiss: I will be wearing a fat suit.

LULZ!