Ritchie Confirms Moriarty in 'Sherlock,' Mum on Pitt

Even though Warner Bros. said Brad Pitt wasn't in Sherlock Holmes, rebutting a rumor that had leaked several hours earlier this past Monday, Guy Ritchie now confirms part of the story. Specifically, he says that Holmes' signature villain, Professor Moriarty, will have a small role in the film. "Some kind of an appearance is probably the best way to describe it," Ritchie told MTV. OK, that's vague. Intimating the Pitt rumors, MTV followed up by asking if anyone would be credited in the role. "I believe not," the cagey former Material Husband said. That sounds like he's covering something up, doesn't it? I mean, admitting the character will be in the film days after the studio tried to downplay a rumor about who might be playing that character doesn't exactly put the lid on it. "All will be revealed," Ritchie added. "I’m afraid I have to be slightly ambiguous about this but you’ll understand what I’m talking about when you see the movie." That's one of the worst poker faces I've ever seen. Something's definitely up here. I said on Monday I don't like Pitt for Moriarty, and it's for the same reason I don't want Ian McKellen playing Fred Flinstone. That would obviously set the stage for a sequel, especially because the role is rumored to be pretty brief. One reason I'm still thinking it could be Pitt is that awful goatee he sported last week on Bill Maher. Think of all the Angelina he's missing out on because of that thing. And they had pretty thick facial hear in Victorian England. That's not much to go on, but just because the studio denied it doesn't make it untrue.

Comments

[anybody]

The second line there, "I’m afraid I have to be slightly ambiguous about this but you’ll understand what I’m talking about when you see the movie," makes me think that there's some kind of twist rather than star cameo. Like one of the characters we get to know as someone else turns into/out to be Moriarty (not to be a dick but your headline is not spelled correctly, which you know because you spelled it right elsewhere). Obviously it could mean a cameo being kept hush-hush but maybe we might see the origin of Moriarty through some kind of character misrepresenting himself. Either way the character should be in the film so I'm glad to see some of the latest news.

[Lengthy Johnson]

No victorian would have worn a goatee. In fact they often wore inverted goatees, i.e. huge side whiskers and a clean-shaven chin.

I still think Pitt is too expensive to do the full Moriarty in the sequel.

Still, Pitt and Richie work well together and with all the other reinventions, why not let Pitt do Moriarty?

[Get The Big Picture]

Charles Darwin had a Santa Claus beard. Dickens had a masterful goatee.