London
(ANI):
Hollywood
actor
Russell
Crowe
is
set
to
play
Dr.
Watson
in
Guy
Ritchie's
upcoming
Sherlock
Holmes
flick.
The
Gladiator
actor
was
due
to
play
Sheriff
of
Nottingham
in
a
retelling
of
the
Robin
Hood
story,
which
has
been
put
on
hold
for
the
time
being.
Both
Crowe
and
Guy
Ritchie
are
keen
to
work
together
in
the
detective
flick,
which
is
based
on
a
forthcoming
comic
book
series
featuring
souped-up
Sherlock.
"Russell
wants
the
part,
Guy
wants
Russell,
all
they've
got
left
to
do
is
dot
the
i's.
and
cross
the
t's," British
tabloid
The
Sun
quoted
an
insider
as
saying.
The
upcoming
flick
will
also
see
Hollywood
actor
Robert
Downey
Junior
playing
the
lead
role
of
Sherlock
Holmes.
"I've
got
to
spend
some
time
with
Guy
and
I
love
his
take
on
it,
we're
both
martial
arts
enthusiasts
and
in
the
original
stories
of
Sherlock
Holmes,
he's
kind
of
a
bad-ass
and
a
bare-knuckle
boxer
and
studies
the
rare
fictional
martial
art
of
baritsu,"
Robert
d.
Junior
said.
"It's
a
period
piece
where
you
don't
modernise
it,
you
just
realise
how
modern
it
was,"
he
added.