Jude Law: The Homo-Erotic Overtones Of 'Sherlock Holmes' Are "Quintessential Parts" Of The Film?

The dreaded "bromance" term has been brought up several times in discussions surrounding Guy Ritchie's action tentpole, "Sherlock Holmes."

But even more explicit— much to the chagrin of producer Joel Silver to be sure — are claims from the actors in the film itself, who not so subtly have already suggest the "gay" word in referencing the very-tight relationship between Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his trusty sidekick Watson (Jude Law) Not an appellation you probably want associated with a blockbuster.

'Sherlock' star Rachel McAdams has already said the film is, "Kind of the love story, actually. I play supposedly Sherlock's love interest, but it's really Watson."

In that recent interview in USA Today Jude said the homo-erotic overtones, filthy language, and bare-knuckle fighting are "quintessential parts" of the "Sherlock Holmes" film (sounds like quite the rollick indeed). Or at least that's how a lot of gay-friendly sites are positioning his quotes, and it's not the first time. Put in "gay" and "Sherlock Holmes" in google and you will get plenty of responses. It's as if the gay community wants to adopt the film as there own. And hey, there's nothing wrong with that at all, and the filmmakers are probably wry enough to acknowledge this too. But Silver and the studio? Hmm...

In the USA Today article, Law does say, "The friendship between Holmes and Watson is the kind of friendship you can only have with someone of the same sex, a person you adore but who infuriates you," which can be innocuous enough, but if you want to read into that as conflicted and closeted, you can, which sorry, just amuses us to no end.

Action films tend to be pretty homo-erotic as it is — and generally, that quality goes fairly over the heads of the intended audience — so we can't help but think that the movie, now set for a December release and the term, "as gay as Christmas," are more than a little bit in synch with one another. ;)