Summary: Screenwriter <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612487/">Kieran Mulroney</a> knows the best way to handle a fight with his writing partner <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1802251/">Michele Mulroney</a> (who is also his wife): Michele wins. All kidding aside, when your wife’s your writing partner, how do you deal with a tie break? Michele gives the answer: "We always say the person with the most conviction wins." <br> <br> "That's Michele," says Kieran. They laugh and comment on the immensely fun, but extremely emotional, experience of being a husband and wife writing team assigned to the new action comedy Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (the sequel to the successful 2009 Sherlock Holmes, starring Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr.). The film releases December 16. <br> <br> Script sat down with this witty husband and wife writing team to get some clues on how they wrote one of the most anticipated sequels of the year. <br> <br> Podcast highlights: <br> <br> "There's a burden of expectations ..." <br> "It was a really honest group of filmmakers ..." (Robert Downey Jr., Guy Ritchie) <br> "They gave us full permission to say, 'No,' if we didn't see a way to make their notes work ..." <br> "Your first draft, no matter how long you spend on it, is never as good as you think it is ..." <br> "In a classic Sherlock Holmes story, you have to start at the end and work to the beginning ..." <br> <br> Click below to listen:
