Talk about committing to a role. In the thriller Firebrand, the great Jude Law wanted to make his performance of the aging Henry VIII so believable that he resorted to unconventional methods. After researching the 16th-century king, infamously known for beheading two of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, he discovered that upon returning from war to his sixth wife, Katherine Parr (Alicia Vikander), his wounds and venous ulcers could not go unnoticed.
The Firebrand star says the director inspired him to realistically capture the ‘repulsive’ king by smelling as terrible as possible. Read More