Rachel McAdams Courts 'Sherlock Holmes'

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Sat Sep 27, 2008 — by Robert Greenberger

Rachel McAdams Courts 'Sherlock Holmes'

Actress Paired Opposite Downey Jr.

Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey, Jr. as the eternal detective, is rounding out the cast. Esarrlier this week, Jude Law was confirmed as Doctor Watson and Mark Strong will play Blackwood, the antagonist. Rachel McAdams was announced as joining the cast. Guy Ritchie will direct this original story based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s immortal character for Warner Bros. The story is actually an adaptation of a comic book Holmes adventure that producer Lionel Wigram penned as an example on how to handle the character today.

McAdams will portray Irene Adler, first seen in 1891’s "A Scandal in Bohemia”.

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Anonymous (5:06 AM on Mon Jun 8, 2009)

she looks like how i immanged tanya from twilight

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