"Sherlock" cast Benedict Cumberbatch wanted to appear in Glastonbury with Elbow but couldn't make it due to scheduling conflict, as the hit BBC detective series was screened in North Korea to "modernize the country."
In a report by Mojo, Elbow frontman Guy Carvey said that they asked "Sherlock" cast Benedict Cumberbatch to do a duet for their Pyramid Stage set on June 27. According to their original plan, the band wanted to do "a really heavy, Deep Purple-style version of Destiny's Child's 'Independent Women.'
"You know in the middle of the song, there's that list of everything that Beyoncé bought and owned? We were going to have him ranting it in a kind of King Lear fashion," he said.
Meanwhile, "Sherlock" cast Benedict Cumberbatch might have North Korean girls swooning when the BBC TV series was shown at the country in an event organized by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) "to encourage North Korea to be more open to the outside world," said London's Mirror.
The office reportedly paid £287.33 to obtain the rights to screen the "Sherlock" series in the Pyongyang International Film Festival, which is held every two years.
According to the publication, the information was confirmed by an FCO spokesperson who claimed that most North Koreans have never seen any films other than those produced domestically or imported from Russia or China.
"Participating in the film festival in 2012 was a small part of a cultural exchange programme we have with North Korea to show a different perspective of the outside world than they are normally shown," the spokesperson added.
"Sherlock" cast Benedict Cumberbatch will return to BBC for the fourth season of the hit show. Creator Steven Moffat promised three new episodes plus a special stand-alone episode.
According to Variety, the production for "Sherlock" special episode will begin in January 2015. The three other episodes will start later next year.
"It's a record-breaking run! Of course, it's far too early to say what's coming, but we're reasonably confident that the very next thing to happen to Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John (Martin Freeman) is the very last thing you'd expect," he told the magazine.
