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Jude Law Says ‘Alfie’ Was “Bad Move” After Oscar Noms: “I Was Probably Paid Too Much”
The 2004 remake of 'Alfie', in which Jude Law took over as Michael Caine's titular playboy, grossed $35 million worldwide on a $60 million budget.
The 2x Oscar nominee recently reflected on director Charles Shyer’s 2004 remake of Alfie as a “bad move” for his career following Academy Award-nominated performances in Cold Mountain(2003) and The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999). “I was in a really strong position [at that time] because I’d just had another [Oscar] nomination on the back of Cold Mountain, and for Alfie to be the film I chose to do quite soon after that, I think was a bad move,” Law told British GQ. After Michael Caine portrayed the titular playboy in the original 1966 film, followed by Alan Price in the 1975 sequel Alfie Darling, Law was left underwhelmed by an early screening of his own rendition.
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