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<\/a><\/p>\nSat in the regal surroundings of the Cipriani Hotel in Venice drinking whisky on the rocks, Jude Law and I are separated by a glass-encased bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. \u201cI\u2019m sorry I can\u2019t see you,\u201d laughs Jude. \u201cIf I look as weird as you do through this bell jar, it\u2019s like a Francis Bacon!\u201d The quintessential English gentleman, every word he speaks is perfectly articulated, soft and endearing. It\u2019s no surprise that when the whisky powerhouse were looking for a noble gent to take the lead in their latest promo film The Gentleman\u2019s Wager,<\/i> Law was the obvious choice.<\/p>\n
Co-starring Italian actor and director Giancarlo Giannini, the film tells the tale of two men sat above deck on an exquisite handcrafted yacht docked in the Caribbean. Well traveled, finely educated and impeccably dressed, the men strike up a bet to win the vessel. \u201cIt was a long way to go for a couple of days, but once you got there it was spectacular,\u201d he japes. \u201cThe treat of spending a day on that boat was extraordinary and of course the most important thing was the company \u2013 really nice people.\u201d<\/p>\n
To prepare for the short, which sees Law dance to pounding music with a throe\u00a0of well-healed women, he had to polish his \u2018floor moves. \u201cI had a wonderful teacher who choreographed the whole thing,\u201d Law recalls. \u201cI\u2019d worked with her before actually, on A.I. <\/i>where I play a dancing robot.\u201d Gigolo Joe, the dancing robot in question, was programmed with the intimate ability to mimic love, seducing every woman he encounters.<\/p>\n
Adopting exotic new skills, and practically overnight, is something Law is known for. For his character in The Talented Mr<\/i> Ripley<\/i>,he had to learn the saxophone. \u201cI had four months prep, so I thought I would basically learn the sax and be able to play anything, but the man teaching me was quick to say: \u2018No, no, no, Jude you\u2019re not going to be a fluent saxophonist by the end!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Next up for the star, who was Oscar nominated for his part in 2003\u2019s Cold Mountain<\/i>, is December\u2019s Black Sea<\/i>. Directed by The Last King of Scotland\u2019s <\/i>Kevin Macdonald, Law plays a rogue Scottish submarine Captain, hell-bent on retrieving Hitler\u2019s lost gold from a sunken U-boat \u2013 a mission that turns deadly when greed, desperation and power override sanity. With a short back and sides and a gruff Aberdonian accent, it could quite possibly be one of Jude\u2019s most endearing characters to date. Was he always this gushingly confident? \u201cWe all go through periods of self-doubt,\u201d he admits. \u201cPart of the challenge of performing is trying to embrace that fear, choosing parts that are going to push the limits of your own ability or confidence. It\u2019s what make you feel alive as a performer.\u201d That, and a helping of Johnnie Walker.<\/p>\n