Trying to make it as subtle as possible
so that you couldn't really tell that
they were there. I tried with all these
different accents but I didn't want it to sort
of ping out in the episodes so that people
went "Ooh, did you hear that accent?" so I tried
to just make them as real as possible and
not caricatures and I hope that with was achieved.
Oh gosh, well I think I found out in April, I think it was.
And then we started in about a month.
So yeah it was a lot of cramming
and walking around my living room in
different sort of gates and
accents and stuff. I think my husband was
sick to death of it by the end.
I love the Eurus wig, my Alanis Morissette,
strange Alanis Morrissette wig.
That was probably my favorite, the luscious locks of Eurus.
Each one? Okay, Elisabeth...
She'd definitely be tea.
Faith? Oh definitely tea. That would be absolutely.
Urm and Ursa would have to be
coffee, black coffee.
And Eurus would be
Coffee. Really really strong coffee
No sugar.
I think it had everything to do with the
awesome chemistry! I don't know really.
There's a rapport there. We
know each other and so to play families
you know sister and brother even though
he didn't know that she existed I think
there was definitely something there and it meant
that there was an ease, so yeah I'd
hope it had some sort of influence.
I don't play the violin.
No, they gave me a violin about two
weeks before and I frantically practiced.
I had played the cello when
I was younger so I had some sort of
experience but no and yeah we would
absolutely have a violin off and I would win!
Well I think my first day of
filming was shooting Doctor John Watson.
That was the very first day
so that was probably the most memorable and the
hardest because I got onto set and they
just gave me this gun and said this
is how you pull the trigger and now go.
And and that was the, yeah, the most nervewracking
Yeah, it was pretty intense.
And also filming in those cells we would know
every day it felt like we had been
through the mill and yeah we did it I
think it was four consecutive days
and by the end of day one we were all a bit
like oh gosh
will this ever end but no, it was so much fun.
No, I've worked with Andrew
We did a play together, oh gosh, probably about 10
years ago now and so we've known each
other a long time so it was just brilliant,
I was excited to do the scene. When I read
the episode and saw that that scene was there.
I just couldn't wait.
Whether the Victoria Line was running,
what Santa was bringing for Christmas,
whether they had been good or bad.
Yeah, just things like that.
Ah, I've no idea what they would say "I think you need some violin practice"?
Yes, I was a fan.
It's so hard.
My favourite moment would probably
The episode after the fall off the
roof and when he goes into the
restaurant and reveals himself.
I have to say, I just loved that. It was joyous.
Do I have a favorite case? Yes it would have
to be The Hounds of the Baskervilles.
Absolute classic.
Yeah but they've known me a long time so
sadly I couldn't get away with that one.
They didn't know until episode two. So then
I got lots of phone calls at the end of
episode two saying "I cannot believe that you kept this from us"
It was exceptionally hard to
keep it from people, I just didn't talk to
people for about eight months.
I told my husband obviously because I
kept disappearing to Cardiff for weeks on end
and he thought I was having an affair so
I had to tell him.
Oh, joy! It was just brilliant, it's every actor's dream
to play that many characters but
also Eurus at the end. I could do
all those things that you aren't allowed to
do in real life like shooting people
and hanging people out of windows
and putting people in airing cupboards
and things so yeah it was just brilliant!