Jude Law plays the English King Henry VIII at the end of his life in The Queen's Game, by Karim Aïnouz. The actor transformed himself into a miserable and obese old man.
He delivers a dazzling performance opposite Alicia Vikander. “I started with the idea of what I thought I could achieve and then I scratched, investigated… Historical research gave me a basis from which I could create a physical form,” Law says. The story also resonated with our contemporary times; it was an opportunity to highlight domestic violence.