Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals He And Robert Downey Jr. Cut Meta Sherlock Joke From Avengers: Infinity War: "Better To Leave That For The Fan Fiction"

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Almost 7 years after the release of Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch revealed that the film almost included a joke referencing that both he and costar Robert Downey Jr. famously played Sherlock Holmes. Cumberbatch played the detective in the BBC series Sherlock, while Downey starred as the character in Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Because they portrayed Sherlock around the same time, Marvel fans often joked about the potential of the two interacting onscreen after they both became superheroes in the MCU.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals He And Robert Downey Jr. Cut Meta Sherlock Joke From Avengers: Infinity War: "Better To Leave That For The Fan Fiction"

Cumberbatch did not want to break the fourth wall.

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