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Once "Elementary" debuted last fall to mostly positive reviews and strong viewing figures, many of the doubters stopped comparing "Elementary" to other incarnations of the Holmes stories
-- and Miller did, too. "I just have confidence in our differences in our show, and I have confidence in what I am doing now," he said. "It was a risk, but ... it was a confidence in the material, and in the basic idea. And the fact we were going over to America to do it. "And at the end of the day, the world's big enough for various interpretations of a bit of fiction." The show's second season will introduce other characters from the Holmes canon, including Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade (Sean Pertwee), and Sherlock's brilliant older brother Mycroft, played by "The Amazing Spider-Man" actor Rhys Ifans. Filming in Trafalgar Square this week provided the show's makers with an archetypal London scene
-- pigeons, tourists, Nelson's Column, red double-decker buses. The only thing amiss was the weather. It was warm. The sun shone. So much for those classic images of 221B Baker St. in the rain. "When we started writing the script I just assumed that it would be the London I've seen in so many movies and shows before," "Elementary" creator and executive producer Robert Doherty said. "But this is great. This is perfect. For our purposes and given the time of year that we're going to premiere, I'd rather have a big, beautiful, lush and sunny London for the American audience." Season 2 of "Elementary" starts Sept. 26 on CBS.
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