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"Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that his character Sherlock fell in love with Irene Adler in &amp;#039;A Scandal in Belgravia&amp;#039;. In the first episode of the second series of Sherlock, Cumberbatch&amp;#039;s detective matched wits against the iconic character, played by Lara Pulver, who was reimagined as a seductress for the updated show.   The 35-year-old spoke about the challenges of shooting the episode, confirming that Sherlock was charmed by Irene and ultimately fell for her over the course of the instalment. &amp;quot;Well, he&amp;#039;s supposedly an asexual, emotionless machine, and has cut off feelings of attraction or sensory enjoyment or interest in the female form other than to gain information,&amp;quot; Cumberbatch told Deadline. &amp;quot;So it was [about] how to get the audience to believe that you could possibly be in a position that was vulnerable - how could he possibly be feeling something for this woman?&amp;quot; he explained.  &amp;quot;But the thing about [Irene] that is very obvious when you read [the 1891 short story by Arthur Conan Doyle] is Sherlock definitely does fall for her and he does lose his cool,&amp;quot; Cumberbatch continued. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s no longer the logical machine. He fell for her charms. And so it was a balancing act, but it was so deftly written [by Steven Moffat] that it was so easy to do,&amp;quot; he concluded. Sherlock is expected to begin shooting its third series in January. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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