The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

We turned the lights off to save money, so you can't really see it. It's the same show. Hopefully, there are lots of laughs and lots of great personal stuff, but it is explicitly a darker season [4 of Sherlock Holmes].

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

I had a girlfriend before I ever had a boyfriend, but it was just a phase.

I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod.

When I was seven or eight, I was bought a fantastic book called 'The Movie Treasury of Horror Movies' by Alan G. Frank; it became my bible. It's packed full of the most amazing photos and is still fantastic to look at.

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.