Jude Law Drove an Ice Cream Van to ‘Peter Pan’ Set so Kid Actors Would Like Him After He Never Broke Character as Hook
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jude Law revealed on “The Tonight Show” that he stayed in character as Captain Hook any time he was on the set of David Lowery’s “Peter Pan and Wendy.” The Disney reimagining casts Law as the villainous Captain Hook.
To ensure the child actors on set would be scared of Hook, Lowery instructed Law not to reveal his true self until after filming. “David Lowery had the idea of really trying to encourage them not to see me when I wasn’t Hook,” Law said. “So I just stayed as Hook the whole time, which was an opportunity just to be really scary and mean.
Sounds kind of awful. I didn’t want to be talking to a little 6-year-old dude, and then suddenly, it’s like, ‘Right. You hate me.
I’m Hook. I’m Hook.’ So, instead, I just stuck as Hook. And, yeah, a lot of the reactions you see in the film are their reactions to me for the first time, or as the man himself, you know?” When filming wrapped and Law was ready to reveal his actual self to his young co-stars, he decided ice cream might ease the transition. “They met Jude at the end,” Law said. “And I did what every adult should do to bribe children.
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