Breaking Baz: Jude Law Portrays Much-Married Henry VIII As A Murderous Monarch With Sore Legs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Early one morning up in Haddon Hall, a grand Tudor hall in Derbyshire, England, this corpulent, menacing-looking man swathed in a richly brocaded tunic trimmed with fur shuffled over to have a chat with filmmaker Karim Aïnouz and the Oscar-winning actor Alicia Vikander.
I had no idea who he was. We were on the set of Firebrand, about Henry VIII’s marriage — his sixth and final one — to Katherine Parr.
Jude Law was supposed to join them. “Where is he?” I asked Gabby Tana, Firebrand’s producer. “He’s in front of you talking to Karim,” Tana responded. “That’s Jude Law?” I blurted.
Jude Law is bemused when I recount the story He’s calling me from New York, and when he realizes that I’m in Beverly Hills, his voice breaks as he mentions that he’s been in touch with friends “who have lost everything” in the wildfires that have raged through LA county. “I’ve heard awful stories,” he adds, clearly shaken.
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