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Law reportedly donned a special perfume that stank of rotting flesh to play Henry VIII in Karim Aïnouz’s Firebrand, a nod to an open wound that went unaddressed for the Tudor king’s last decade IRL. He disappears within the hulking monarch, all while cleverly avoiding caricature. It’s a gross performance—his version of Henry cannot keep his hands to himself, poking and prodding at the orifices aplenty—and one that feels impressively distinct from anything Law had done before.
