Jude Law Says ‘Alfie’ Was “Bad Move” After Oscar Noms
Jude Law Says 'Alfie' Was "Bad Move" After Oscar Noms: "I Was Probably Paid Too Much" https://t.co/CdiNd53IUO
- Deadline (@DEADLINE) November 14, 2024
2x Oscar nominee, Jude Law, recently reflected on director Charles Shyer’s 2004 remake of Alfie as a bad move for his career following Academy Award-nominated performances in Cold Mountain (2003) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
“I was in a really strong position [at that time] because I’d just had another [Oscar] nomination on the back of Cold Mountain, and for Alfie to be the film I chose to do quite soon after that, I think was a bad move,”
Michael Caine portrayed the titular playboy in the original 1966 film, followed by Alan Price in the 1975 sequel Alfie Darling, Law was left underwhelmed by an early screening of his own rendition.
“I just felt it hadn’t elevated [the material] and felt a little light, a little too cheesy. I think it was made for too much money, and I was probably paid too much money, which I underestimated at the time. I kicked myself that I’d done something that was leaning into the heartthrob and the charismatic lead and it hadn’t worked.”
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