This is Jude Law, dressed in drag.
Sadly it's not a new Lifestyle Choice for the British actor - he's dressed this way because he's taken the role of a female in a new film called
Rage.
He's been cast in the role of Minx, a “celebrity super-model”, in a piece directed by
Sally Potter. And I may be a terrible cynic, but it smells like SOMEONE is having a mad crack at winning an Oscar.
We're struggling to make sense of the plot. It sounds WAAAAAAY arty and highbrow.
On
Filmonic, the director described it like this:
"Part of the subject matter of RAGE is the ugly use of beauty in the pursuit of profit. Drugged by Marketing, sapped by fear of aging, conned by the cult of celebrity… image becomes all. Jude Law, whose beauty has sometimes been held against him as an actor, made the courageous decision to accept the role of Minx - a 'celebrity super-model' and took on a kind of hyper-beauty for this persona… a ‘female’ beauty which gradually unravels as the story unfolds. Strangely, the more he became a ‘she’, coiffed and made-up - the more naked was his performance. There was great strength in his willingness to make himself vulnerable. It was an extraordinarily intense part of the shoot."Yes, but WILL THERE BE CHOC-TOPS? And what flavours will be available?
Rage is set for release later this year. It also stars model
Lily Cole,
Steve Buscemi,
Eddie Izzard,
John Leguizamo,
Judi Dench,
Dianne Wiest.Check out the photos above for some more cast shots.