Jude Law has certainly transformed his image over the past few years with careful film choices such as SHERLOCK HOLMES, CONTAGION and ANNA KARENINA. Now the first stills have been released from Kevin Macdonald’s (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) BLACK SEA, in which Jude Law will star. In the film Law has once again changed his image from what audiences have become accustomed to from the talented actor, by bulking up and sporting a buzz cut.
Here is the plot for forthcoming film from Macdonald:
‘In Black Sea, Law’s character Robinson is definitely down on his luck. He’s been kicked out of the British Navy. He loses his job at marine salvage, too. But then, Robinson discovers a Russian U-boat that he believes to contain Russian gold sent to Hitler as a bribe — and he has his mission’.
He also had this to say:
‘I wanted somebody in their middle age and who was British and who could convincingly be a blue-collar guy. If you look around Hollywood, there aren’t very many who look like that and certainly not stars. I went to see him thinking ‘well Jude Law is great, but he’s not really him”.
In discussing films set on submarines, Macdonald stated:
‘They’re incredibly tense, exciting films because of the claustrophobia and the sense that you’re somewhere you shouldn’t be. Like in space, if something goes wrong, you’re dead’.
‘It’s about those people fighting back, the people who have been laid off and lost their jobs and blamed the big corporations and blame the establishment and the political system for the sh– lives that they’ve got. This is a way not only to get revenge but to get rich’.
The film is currently still shooting but is expected to be released sometime in 2014, check back with us for more updates on BLACK SEA.
Source: EW
