Before you get all suspicious – this report does come by way of ContactMusic, an U.K. publication which is often a dubious proposition – Robert Downey Jr. has spoken about Guy Ritchie pal Chris Martin from Coldplay as the one who suggested that RDJ should play “Sherlock Holmes” as a gaunt and skinny Brit, which led Downey to take on a painfully boring macrobiotic diet (hello, wifey Gwyneth Paltrow). So there does seem to a friendship connection between all these folks.
Now, Downey Jr. is saying that he is hoping to entice Martin to write some music for the “Sherlock Holmes” film that Ritchie is directing and is set for a December 25, 2009 release (we hope he means in the credits, Coldplay music does not belong in a period piece).
“We are hoping Chris Martin of Coldplay will contribute to our score,” RDJ allegedly told ContactMusic, who probably swiped the quotes unattributed from another site as they’re wont to do. “He’s a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. He told me you need to be really skinny, which is always the last thing you want to hear.”
Yeah, RDJ does say “score,” but what do famous actors know of the difference? That is unless Martin is going to write instrumental music for the film? But a real score for a tentpole film? Considering he’s never written a score before, it seems highly unlikely. Either way, Martin, Coldplay or whoever’s doing the music, has almost nine months to work on it.