January 3rd, 2012 by Sarah. No comments Benedict Cumberbatch , who of course plays Sherlock Holmes in the BBC’s Sherlock , has told the Sun’s TV Biz that playing the verbose and super intelligent detective is “hard graft.” As fans of the show will know, Sherlock is given to long-winded but meticulously formed monologues regarding his deductions about the cases he’s working on. Of playing the intense role, Benedict said, “Every deduction is hard. It’s always a painful process. “There are all the details. It’s like a stream of consciousness of incredibly condensed information. “He just goes at 100 miles an hour and it’s a huge speed to rush it out. “It’s just hard, it’s hard graft — there’s no other word for it.” And it seems with regard to learning lines, Benedict reckons his co-star, Martin Freeman – who of course plays Doctor John Watson – has a far easier time of it than he does. He said, “I practise at home, there is a lot of midnight oil burned [and] I’m not saying Martin has an ...