Love Takes Many Forms in "Sherlock Holmes"

What exactly is Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson's relationship in the upcoming movie "Sherlock Holmes"? A slightly homoerotic one—at least from what Robert Downy Jr., who plays Holmes in the film, has implied.

He described the two protagonists to News of the World by saying,"We're two men who happen to be roommates, wrestle a lot and share a bed. It's bad-ass."

"Sherlock Holmes" director Guy Ritchie tempered Downey Jr.'s explanation of the movie's take on the famous dynamic duo in a statement to MTV News. Ritchie said, "My intention was to get away from the slightly stuffier, quintessential Victorian concepts of men and make them warmer and more accessibly friendly and make them more into the kinds of guys I'd liked to be friends with."

Going along with the idea of a platonic love affair between Holmes and Watson is the fact that Holmes has a female love interest—Irene Adler, a character played by Rachel McAdams.

It seems that audiences can expect from the movie, which is set to hit theaters in December, a decidedly heterosexual Holmes—a detective hero who also happens to be fiercely loyal to his trusty companion.