“I was thrilled that Steven’s visit was on the same day as I doing my big action scene. He was like, ‘Oh my God, Benedict, I had no idea you can do this action stuff, this is terrific.’ I said, ‘Now you know, I’ll put it on my [résumé] next time, I promise.’”

Spielberg fanboys over his War Horse star Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in Star Trek Into Darkness.

Steven Moffat has revealed the three key words for season 3 of Sherlock. They are: Rat, Wedding and Bow.

I can’t speak for Wedding and Bow, but Rat must surely refer to Holmes story, ‘The Giant Rat of Sumatra’.

It isn’t the first time Moffat has made reference to this story. In his script for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Moffat has Haddock mention the story.

When Tintin and Snowy first meet the Captain in his cabin aboard the Karaboudjan, an alarmed Haddock points and shouts at Snowy: “Argh! A giant rat of Sumatra!”