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Alicia Vikander on Working With an Unrecognizable Jude Law in ‘Firebrand’ and Why It’s Taken 10 Years to Reunite on Screen With Husband Michael Fassbender in ‘Hope’


'Firebrand' star Alicia Vikander talks about seeing Jude Law as King Henry VIII for the first time, working with husband Michael Fassbender and HGTV.

“I must confess, I almost felt a bit embarrassed when I was sent the script because I think if I knew anything, it was probably more about the wives that didn’t make it,” the Oscar winner tells me on a new episode of the “ Just for Variety ” podcast. While Law wasn’t Method in his work, Vikander explains, “I think he stayed within that character a bit more in the beginning, the first week maybe, to just feel what it’s like… The beard, too — that takes up a big space. Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender made a rare public appearance at the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 18.

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