Last Thursday I had a real treat. We, that is me and my chap went to see Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue at the Catrin Finch Centre, Glyndwr uni.
It was quite an intimate setting about 200 hundred people in the audience all there to listen to them speak about the process of adapting Sherlock in their recent adaptation with Mark Gatiss.
The first thing that struck me is just how dry Steven Moffat's wit is. He's also very playful and teasy with his wife which was lovely to see.
We were treated to some clips from the shows and questions were asked about casting Sherlocl (Benedict was the only person they asked to read.) Casting John (Matt Smith auditioned pre who but Martin Freeman twinkled). They were also asked how they choose which parts of the story and he said that Mark Gatiss especially is like a magpie where SH is concerned and they use parts from everywhere in order to create the stories. He also mentioned that MG and he both loved the 1940s Rathbone Holmes films.
It was definitely a fascinating insight into a process that fascinates me, I've always been interested in adaptations and I like to see where they go.
Steven Moffat really is my writing idol.
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