Exasperated puffy cheek syndrome. Induced by abundant exposure to Sherlock.
Or that thing where if you fancy the pants off someone your body language copies theirs…
And here comes our perfectly coiffed detective with his perfectly fitted Spencer Hart suit and billowing 1000+ gbp coattails
Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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[LISTEN] ¦ [TRANSCRIPT]
On New Year’s Day 2012, a facebook post stopped The Baker Street Babes in their tracks. Amanda Abbington was asking how to become a Baker Street Babe. After we recovered (it took some time), we began a delightful conversation with Amanda about Sherlock and beyond. After a few months of schedule dancing, work, school, and New Zealand, The Babes and Amanda were finally able to meet up and what you’re about to listen to and read is what came of it.
We can honestly say this was such a delight and a treat. Not only was it just fun, but it was insightful. Amanda has been dubbed The Queen of Fandom by BBC Sherlock enthusiasts, and rightfully so. she’s reached out to fans unlike anyone else, breaking The Fourth Wall and embracing fan culture. Incredibly charming, witty, and caring, she has become quite special to many of us.
Please note this episode was recorded at the end of April and in a restaurant. While perfectly listenable, it may be worthwhile to follow along in the transcript.For those who don’t know, Amanda Abbington is an English actress and comedienne who has appeared on television and stage. She is best known for her roles in the 2005 comedy sketch show Man Stroke Woman and the 2007–2008 comedy After You’ve Gone with Nicholas Lyndhurst. She has also appeared in recurring series such as Coupling, Casualty, and Dream Team. She is the longtime partner of British actor Martin Freeman, who plays John Watson in Sherlock.
She has a facebook group devoted to her, suitably entitled: Amanda Abbington is made of trolls, wit, and perfection. (A partner to her husband’s Martin Freeman is made of jam, kittens, and rage.)
You can follow her on twitter at @amandaabbington and her and Martin’s delightful (and hysterical) dogs @JodieArchie1
And as promised at the end of the interview, here’s Amanda’s casting for an all-female Sherlock cast!
John’s romantically involved with someone
- Tall
- Dark-haired
- Unwilling to share him
- Irritated with his lack of observation
- Fond of long, dark coats (and flipping the collar up)
Paging Dr. Freud…. Dr. Freud, please pick up on extension three….
reblog because of ^this.
THAT COMMENT THO
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So yeah. This all happened. Had brunch with Amanda Abbington and there were laughs and anecdotes and some serious fandom discussion (she loves you all btw, like seriously), and a really dodgy drink.
She’s such a delightful person and was really very gracious with her time. You all are going to seriously die at some of her anecdotes and whatnot. We want to tease you with some, but we don’t want to spoil it! Aaagh guuuuuys, this is all amazing and really, really… she fucking loves fandom. All of you. So much. And so does Martin.
So yeah, here are two pics from the day (we were mostly just chattering away and I forgot to take any candid shot). The first is just the lot of us and the second is Amanda listening to the song Caitlin wrote her. (The story being that Amanda was sent Caitlin’s song about Martin and she absolutely loved it. We joked/ordered Caitlin to make Amanda a song too… and voila!) We’ll play the song during the podcast :)!
Going to try and edit it as fast as possible, so keep an eye out for it!
It’s never been duplicated because it takes Martin Freeman FOREVER to fucking type.
Martin singing the days of the week. In French. To the EastEnders theme tune. ♥ Happy Monday!
Omfg this is so cute
Oh Martin
Martinnnn
