He's really out there," says Arquette, who runs Coquette Productions with ex-wife Courteney Cox.
"You really have to lose your mind a little to play him. and Chicago.Īrquette said he wasn't that familiar with his character before taking on the role but prepared by listening to all of the Sherlock Holmes books on tape. He's since found himself taking on some of Holmes's characteristics, like the habit of surveying everything and everyone when walking in a room. tour, including stops in Washington, D.C. The show is in Toronto after a six-performance preview in Los Angeles. John Watson.Īndrew Shaver of Toronto directs the production, which won five Montreal English Theatre Awards and starred Jay Baruchel as Holmes back in 2013. 8, features a nine-person cast. James Maslow, who starred in the Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush, plays Holmes's faithful associate, Dr. Kramer's 2013 adaptation, which is playing at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre through Nov. "He's not the smartest man in the room, necessarily, but in the play he's the smartest of all the dumb guys, is what I like to say."Īrquette described his version of Arthur Conan Doyle's famed detective as more eccentric and 'oddball' than others. "He's still the eccentric sort of wild thinker, very quick-minded, but he's not quite as smart, perhaps, as some of the other Sherlocks. "He laughs a lot, he finds humour in things," said Arquette. The British accent and dignified air he puts on - not to mention the top hat, overcoat, magnifying glass and pipe - are a far cry from the moustachioed simpleton Detective Dewey he played in the Scream films. Then again, Arquette noted that this production of Arthur Conan Doyle's tales, by late Montreal playwright Greg Kramer, is more comical than usual.Īnd it features a Holmes who's an "oddball" and "probably a little lighter than a lot of people play."
"But once we got into a groove, then it really started working, and when you get comfortable with it, then you can have fun with it."Īrquette admitted he felt he was "an odd choice" to play Holmes. It's so much dialogue.' It's like two hours of dialogue, so it's a lot. "I was like, 'This is too hard, I don't think I can deal with it. "Right before we started previewing, I literally thought I was losing my mind," he said in a recent interview. David Arquette has found himself greatly affected by his latest role playing Sherlock Holmes in a touring stage production now in Toronto.
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