Jude Law Was Willing To Smell Terrible To Nail His Henry VIII Character In 'Firebrand'

"Firebrand" star Jude Law wanted his Henry VIII to be as historically accurate as possible, right down to the king's famously foul body odor. Stick around for more with Jude Law and catch the film in theaters starting tonight!
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[Geo_Babe]

I saw FIREBRAND last night in the cinema and my jaw was on the FLOOR - he was so damn good as HVIII. This man has had an illustrious career, with some of his best work in the latter half but THIS performance ? For me, the BEST of his career. Hands down. He is stunning in firebrand, horrifying, complex, multi layered - just as the real Henry was (Tudor historian, here!) ❤

[lazyperfectionist]

You say he had wounds that hadn't healed in _years?_ Things like that make me glad _I_ don't live back then. Even the wealthiest were not really very well off.

[beeman]

My favourite of Jude's roles is still his performance as Jerome in Gattaca - but goodness he's inhabited a lot of vastly different characters exceptionally well in his career.

[ravikurup]

Some people look better when they age. Jude is one of them.

[cloud__]

It’s so weird to see Jude without the Dumbledore beard again it’s like they’re two different people 😅 Love him, so kind and ridiculously talented!

[mariavictor]

I love Period movies and Jude Law is one of the better actors in these types👌🏽💙

[MrMarkOlson]

This clip of Jule Law performing so marvelously has me NEEDING to see this film!

[COO]

Jude got my attention and I became a fan after his role a contract killer in "The Road to Perdition". Of course, you had some heavy weights there too: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman & Daniel Craig.

[slyasleep]

Jude Law in Ripley is one of the best movie acting performances of all time.

[davidfranklin]

Sounds like he put the privy in Privy Chamber!

[ernestomarcos]

I was confused when he called Catherine "his latest wife" because I thought Catalina de Aragón was his first wife (so the one Henry broke up with the Church to divorce). Went to check and there were two other Catherines later on lol, seems he liked the name more than the women.

[meshzy]

Make him win an Oscar please, for once. Such an underrated talent!

[nightowlslounge]

He’s so handsome. I can’t believe that’s him as King Henry! Wow!

[texasbluebonnet]

Henry the Viii I am I am ! So he was, and he played the part well . Trump is a stinky version of Henry.

[nobodyhere-etpk]

Jude Law despite the beautiful face played great characters with depth. He's British, and most Brit actors are theater-trained, and smart.

[annamcuthbert]

This was filmed at Haddon Hall Bakewell Derbyshire. I saw film trailers in the car park ( Hall closed during filming of course) it was very impressive site .This is on my way to Bakewell. Look forward to watching the film. 😊

[prairiedogsareextant]

How in the hell did the open sores he had for ten years not get infected, especially in those days.

[Bduh]

Wow! What an incredible transformation into King Henry VIII !! Magnificent makeup job there.

[ttfnow]

Jude is such an amazing actor. He has such range and I’m looking forward to seeing his newest movie.

[druidictroy]

I'm sure this is a good movie BUT if you want the best depiction of Henry the Eighth then you need to watch the series Tudors!