Sherlock actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman have confirmed reports that a scene set in a gay club was axed from an episode in the latest series of the detective drama.
The rumours were confirmed by the show's two stars at an event at an Apple Store in London this week.
Cumberbatch plays super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes in the hit British television show, and Freeman has the role of his sidekick Dr Watson. The series has had fun about their supposed bromance.
Reports surfaced last month that a scene involving the two characters surrounded by topless men in a gay nightclub at Watson's bachelor party had been left on the cutting-room floor.
"I regret there was one bit of that drunk stuff that was missing, and that was the gay club scene - when we were absolutely mullered (drunk) in the gay club!" Freeman said.
"There were lots of topless men going past, and (we) are just like, 'Why are we here?'"
Cumberbatch added, "I (as Sherlock) had no idea why they didn't have their clothes on, and eventually it dawned on me, and my grounding shook."
* Sherlock is shown in Australia on the Nine Network.
