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 Jude Law
Interview By: Ray Dademo
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Does anyone else feel slightly bombarded by Jude Law this fall? After all,
it's not such an outlandish question to be asking. The two-time Oscar
nominee is popping up on more movie screens than that "Inconsiderate Cell
Phone Man" I hate so much. By the time New Years Eve rolls around, 2004
will have brought us six Jude Law flicks (not to mention countless hours
of coverage on Access Hollywood). Is this some sort of epidemic? Should
Law be worried about his adoring public overdosing?
Whether he should or shouldn't is fodder for the pundits. As for Law
himself, he isn't remotely shaken. In his own words, "I could let myself
get way down with a cynical view that these films that took me two years
to make have all come out or will come out in period of about five months
-- but that is the reality of the situation, and I have to look at that
positively rather than negatively."
Well, if Jude Law wants the positive, than Jude Law shall get it. The
truth is that all of his six films represent vastly different facets of
Law's talent. His roles stretch from the polished (I Heart Huckabees) to
the plucky (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow); the debonair (The
Aviator) to the dashing (Alfie). He, himself, will be the first to
acknowledge all the inherent variation in his work: "I chose them because
they all offered something completely different. They've all come out as
very different types of film, driven by very different types of director.
I hope people enjoy and recognize their variety rather than the
bombardment. Maybe one or two will step on each other's toes, but...what
can I say? I've got to live with it."
The latest addition to "The Autumn of Law" is Alfie, a remake of the
1966 Michael Caine picture of the same name. Caine's swinging bachelor has
been plucked out of his British surroundings and planted in the center of
present-day Manhattan. Ask Law about it, and he'll beam, as though seeing
it for the first time. "The heart of this film was in New York. I love
this city. Were I following a different path, I'd be living here 10 years
ago." His enthusiasm for the Big Apple is undeniable (he's also very
careful not to alienate his British fans), but what is it that makes a
life-long London denizen so gaga for an alternative? For Law, it's all in
the atmosphere. "You always feel you can stay up a little longer," he
says, half-excited, half-amazed. "You can sleep a little less, you can
squeeze in another gallery or party. It's in the stone."
With Alfie, Law is walking in some pretty daunting footsteps. His
predecessor, Michael Caine was nominated for a slew of awards for his
performance as the titular lady-killer; a role that is considered to be
among his ...
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