Jude Law is dedicated to his craft!
The 50-year-old actor revealed in a new interview that he stayed in character as Captain Hook the entire time that Peter Pan & Wendy was filming.
Keep reading to find out more…
During his appearance on The Tonight Show this week, Jude explained to host Jimmy Fallon that he was encouraged by director David Lowery to stay in character, even when he wasn’t filming, in front of his young co-stars.
“David Lowery had the idea of really trying to encourage them not to see me when I wasn’t Hook,” he shared. “So I just stayed as Hook the whole time, which was an opportunity just to be really scary and mean.”
Jude adds that it “sounds kind of awful. I didn’t want to be talking to a little 6-year-old dude and then suddenly it’s like, ‘Right. You hate me. I’m Hook. I’m Hook.’ So, instead, I just stuck as Hook. And, yeah, a lot of the reactions you see in the film are their reactions to me for the first time, or as the man himself.”
At the end of the film shoot, that’s when he became himself again and wasn’t just Hook.
“They met Jude at the end,” he says. “And I did what every adult should do to bribe children. I hired an ice cream van and I drove it on-site and gave out ice cream. Nothing like chocolate ice cream to persuade a child you’re alright.”
Peter Pan & Wendy is out now, and streaming on Disney+. If you didn’t see it, watch the trailer!
