Why does Jeremy have a different, shorter hairstyle in some Holmes episodes?
Jeremy decided that he and Holmes needed a change and so he lopped off his hair. However, his do-it-yourself “do” caused the Granada Studios hairstylists much consternation because it was too short to be slicked back into his usual Holmes style. Which is apparently what Jeremy wanted. In a 1988 interview he claimed: I have to gel my hair. Now, gel is a very nasty thing to wear on a daily basis especially when its as severe as it has to be. And sometimes when I have been filming Ive had to gel twice in one day. And you really feel like a It sets like cement, and its very uncomfortable. And, I thought if I could get the same effect with short hair – and, I think, to a large degree I did then I wouldnt have to gel gung my hair. So thats why I did it and I think it worked. I think it made a nice change. Plus, he felt there was a precedent for his new hairstyle in one of the Sidney Paget illustrations from the original Holmes stories: …the one where [he] is drawing up his knees up under h
Jeremy decided that he and Holmes needed a change and so he lopped off his hair. However, his do-it-yourself “do” caused the Granada Studios hairstylists much consternation because it was too short to be slicked back into his usual Holmes style. Which is apparently what Jeremy wanted. In a 1988 interview he claimed: I have to gel my hair. Now, gel is a very nasty thing to wear on a daily basis especially when its as severe as it has to be. And sometimes when I have been filming Ive had to gel twice in one day. And you really feel like a It sets like cement, and its very uncomfortable. And, I thought if I could get the same effect with short hair – and, I think, to a large degree I did then I wouldnt have to gel gung my hair. So thats why I did it and I think it worked. I think it made a nice change. Plus, he felt there was a precedent for his new hairstyle in one of the Sidney Paget illustrations from the original Holmes stories: …the one where [he] is drawing up his knees up under h
