Jude Law has admitted that he has always wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr.
The pair team up together for Guy Ritchie’s version of Sherlock Holmes which is due out this Christmas.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph the actor said: "I met Robert Downey Jr and wanted to work with him and so I said I'd do Sherlock Holmes.
“Two days later I thought, 'What am I doing? This is insane, because is it really what I want to do?'
"Luckily, it evolved into a wonderful experience."
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Sherlock Holmes is released 26th December.
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