Robert Downey Jr: Sherlock Holmes Entertainment Weekly

Robert Downey Jr. covers the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly in preparation for the his role as the leading character in Sherlock Holmes out on Christmas Day. While the Guy Ritchie-directed vehicle, co-starring Jude Law, has gotten a considerable amount of press where people are speculating how much Ritchie will butcher the final product.

“People think the movie is going to be, like, this modern punk-rock version where we’re all wearing high-tops,” says Law, who stars as Holmes’ sidekick Dr. Watson.  “It’s actually more true to the books than they’re guessing.”

As per usual, the ever quotable Downey had much to say about his current state of success.

I’ve never had it this good — this is my day in the sun — and I certainly don’t want to look a gift horse in the molars. But [my wife] Susan and I want to begin to be in our lives as much as we are in our jobs. I’d love just to sit here and say, ‘What movie’s playing tonight?’ I’d love to finish the new book about D-day I’m reading. I love painting, I love music.

He seems to have caught a case of the Brangelina’s — he sees an inevitable end of the glittery road of starring roles and magazine covers.

“But here’s the thing: I can only be a guy on a call sheet probably, I don’t know, maybe a couple more times.  It’s something I’m so grateful to have in my palm, and yet I already see its inevitable decay.”

Written by: Melissa Noble