He last time we spoke to British actor-comedian Mark Gatiss about his most famous creation so far — the runaway hit show Sherlock — he came across as someone who doesn’t mince his words, and doesn’t care about popular opinion. During this second interview

Marc Forster, the director, Skyped me when I was in Cardiff (UK) filming Sherlock and he described the part and the film and asked if I’d like to be in it, so I said yes! I’m a fan of his work and it’s very excited to be offered a Disney film. Yes, I read the stories (by A.A. Milne) when I was a child and I’ve always liked the Disney cartoons. It seems strange to have Pooh with an American voice (in the film) and rather counter-intuitive, as it’s such a British thing, but there’s something incredibly charming about it. It depends entirely on the approach — people often say short stories make the best films because there’s enough material to expand upon and adapt and fool around with, whereas if you’re trying to adapt a massive, famous book it’s a) very hard to do in a short time frame and b) you’re obviously going to annoy the people that love it. But the book is not destroyed when an adaptation is made and if you don’t like it that much you can always go back and read it again. Shakespeare is amazingly impervious to all kinds of different adaptations and that goes for most things.

Never say never but we have no immediate plans. (Co-writer) Steven Moffat and I are making Dracula next, which will take at least two years, so it’s certainly not an immediate prospect. It’s also quite nice to have a break from things, do something else, and give people a chance to miss it.

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