M: Casting John Watson was a longer process because we needed to find a fit to Benedict. You think, there’s two alpha males there. That’s not gonna work. Or somebody would come in whose energy was a bit too submissive and it wouldn’t be a match of equals. They needed to be a sort of commanding officer and a slightly junior officer but they’re still officers. And they respect and love each other, really. But Martin came in and it was just instant.

S: It wasn’t just what he did. It was the effect he had on Benedict. Benedict suddenly became even more like Sherlock Holmes if Martin was in the room. It was slam dunk! We couldn’t contemplate anybody else for Watson the moment we saw Martin and Benedict together.

On the relationship between John and Sherlock [x]

nowealth-noruin:

This picture is pretty much the greatest thing ever.