Do-Me Meter: Robert's Shirtless Man of Mystery

Robert Downey Jr. lookin' sexy and sweaty on set

By Ted Casablanca Dec 15, 2008 8:18 PMTags
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Since when has Sherlock Holmes been depicted buff and shirtless—is he about to be challenged in what looks like an underground cage match? This ain't your mum's 19th-century detective, that's fer sure.

Here's Robert Downey Jr. in a scene from the Guy Ritchie pic—Guy's clearly going a less-intellectual route for the British sleuth. Obviously, hanging around skin-addict Madonna all those years finally rubbed off.

What's Jude Law's Watson gonna look like, a Chippendales dancer? RDJ's lookin' fine, still packin' his Iron Man abs, tho we sorta miss the Tony Stark smirk. Still, gotta love anything that updates a sorta-dreary setting with sweaty men sans costumes.

And there's no way the movie will be ruined with a cameo from Madge, sorry, but somebody had to say it, might as well be us.