Sherlock Holmes - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[kyle]

Around 02:27, when Holmes is running down a spiral staircase, it is the very SAME spiral staircase used in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) that leads to the Divination class with Professor Trelawney.

[ronnie]

In the last scene, when Holmes is explaining how Blackwood eluded death with a hanging rig, there is a Mook Yan Jong dummy (instrument for practicing wing chun) visible in the background as a further nod to Robert Downey Jr.'s choice of martial art.

[dustin]

Colin Farrell was in talks to play Watson, before Jude Law was cast.

[jessie]

Guy Ritchie's first film not to be rated R in the U.S., to be rated 12 in his native country (UK), and where he has not been part of the writing process.

[camila]

Although Irene Adler plays a large role in the movie (and works of fiction by "Baker Street irregulars"), she only appears in one Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", briefly referenced in the movie. Holmes retains the portrait of Irene Adler acquired for his services in that story and also once refers to her as "the woman" as he does in the latter story.

[stephanie]

Guy Ritchie has stated in interviews that he is a fan (and a practitioner) of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, made popular in mixed martial arts. Towards the end of the movie, Holmes and Watson fight Dredger, and finally manage to subdue him with an arm-bar and a modified rear naked choke, both popular Brazilian Jiu-jitsu submissions.