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The main villain in Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” will be a fellow named Blackwood, played by Mark Strong, a veteran of Ritchie’s “RockNRolla.”

Dreamy Canadian Rachel McAdams ("The Hot Chick," "Mean Girls," "The Notebook," "Wedding Crashers," "Red Eye," "THe Family Stone," "The Lucky Ones") will play Holmes love interest Irene Adler, a character introduced in the 1891 story “A Scandal in Bohemia.”

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law play Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in the feature. The Hollywood Reporter describes Ritchie’s take on the project:

The concept sees Holmes as more adventurous and less stuffy than previous screen incarnations and mines more obscure character traits.

Find all of the Reporter’s story on the matter here.