美版《福爾摩斯》開拍 劉玉玲扮演華生

CBS' Sherlock Holmes pilot, Elementary, will indeed be a Modern take on the famed story. For the first time, Holmes' famed sidekick, Watson, will be played by a woman with Lucy Liu nabbing the pArt, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Described as a modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City, Dexter killer Jonny Lee Miller has been tapped to star in the project. Robert Doherty will write and executive produce the CBS TV Studios project, with CBS vet Sarah Timberman (A Gifted Man, Unforgettable) and Carl Beverly on board as executive producers. Liu becomes the first woman to play the popular sidekick, most recently played on the big-screen by Jude Law. She joins a roster of actors who have filled the role, including Nigel Bruce, Roland Young, Reginald Owen, Ben Kingsley, Arthur Lowe, Dudley Moore, James Mason, Robert Duvall, Martin Freeman and Ian Hart, among others.

CBS版本的《福爾摩斯》更新了演員陣容，劉玉玲（Lucy Liu）將成爲第一位扮演華生的女性！和BBC版一樣，CBS版的福爾摩斯的背景也被改成了現代。而故事發生地也從倫敦改成了紐約。英國演員Jonny Lee Miller將出演福爾摩斯一角。目前，劇組正在拍攝試播集。