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Jude Law: ‘The persona built on stuff written about me is not me, it’s this other guy’

The actor on 90s nostalgia, how exhaustion helped with his latest role, and his guilt at revealing the truth about Christmas classic The Holiday

His breakthrough role in The Talented Mr Ripley earned him a Bafta, an Oscar nomination and enduring tabloid attention. Directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Zach Baylin, it’s an action film with a political message, anchored in the true story of a white supremacist terror group’s downfall. If I look back at the actors who inspired me, it was people who were playing different types of roles – Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth.

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