Jude Law reveals “too cheesy” film role that was a “bad move”

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Jude Law has revealed the film in his career that he feels was “too cheesy” and that he now considers was “a bad move” to have made.The two-time Oscar nominee spoke to GQ recently, where he was asked about one particular entry in his extensive filmography that he now feels less than enthusiastic about.Law played the title role in the 2004 romance Alfie, a remake of the 1966 film of the same name with Michael Caine.

Written and directed by Charles Shyer, it was a box office failure, making back just over half of its £45million budget and being critically panned.“I was in a really strong position [at that time] because I’d just had another [Oscar] nomination on the back of Cold Mountain,” he said. “For Alfie to be the film I chose to do quite soon after that, I think was a bad move.”“I just felt it hadn’t elevated [the material] and felt a little light, a little too cheesy,” he added. “I think it was made for too much money, and I was probably paid too much money, which I underestimated at the time.

I kicked myself that I’d done something that was leaning into the heartthrob and the charismatic lead and it hadn’t worked.”He admitted that the role “probably did” knock his confidence, “It also made me aware that, when you are fresh out of the gate, everyone is intrigued and everyone wants a piece of you.