Five Film Facts: 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'

Jared Harris, who plays Sherlock's archnemesis Professor Moriarty, is an old hand when it comes to show business. He has appeared in scores of movies, including "Natural Born Killers," where he acted opposite Robert Downey Jr., and he currently has a leading role in the AMC series "Mad Men." When he signed on to "Sherlock," he was warned about the unusual movie-making methods that Ritchie and Downey Jr. forged during the production of the first ... more 

Jared Harris, who plays Sherlock's archnemesis Professor Moriarty, is an old hand when it comes to show business. He has appeared in scores of movies, including "Natural Born Killers," where he acted opposite Robert Downey Jr., and he currently has a leading role in the AMC series "Mad Men." When he signed on to "Sherlock," he was warned about the unusual movie-making methods that Ritchie and Downey Jr. forged during the production of the first movie. "Everybody on the crew told me these guys had a strange way of working," he told the BBC:. "It became a warning: 'You're going to panic but trust it, it's going to work ... The first scene we shot was a 15-page sequence. I think I only said one line from the script we rehearsed. The whole thing changed." less