Method acting can lead to all sorts of crazy lengths actors will go to ground themselves in a part. In the case of Jude Law playing King Henry VIII in the 2023 new movie release Firebrand, that madness took form through a choice of some rather interesting scents. Namely, he used a combination of poop, sweat, and more to create a very unique body odor to match that particular king’s history of being not so rosy to smell, which has me feeling rather sick just reading it.
Out of all the places to learn this factoid, Law chose a press conference at this year’s Cannes Film Festival to waft this tale into the air. Here’s how the Peter Pan and Wendy star recalled this inspiration to fake, among other things, perspiration:
