The clip also points to a bigger role for Professor Moriarty (played by Jared Harris) in the story, which Holmes calls the “single most important case” of his career. Holmes’ archenemy barely appeared on-screen in Downey’s first collaboration with director Guy Ritchie, and Downey calls the upcoming film “probably the closest [Sir Arthur] Conan Doyle, Holmes-versus-Moriarty story that’s been depicted yet.”
Downey said The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo actress Noomi Rapace — who plays sexy fortuneteller Sim in A Game of Shadows — serves as the “lynchpin” of the solving the sequel’s complex mystery.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, co-starring Jude Law as Dr. Watson, opens Dec. 16.
