Jude Law required an ‘enormous’ bum double for a sex scene as Henry VII in new movie Firebrand it’s been revealed.
The actor, 51, was too slim to properly portray the 28st King during his later years and marriage to sixth and final wife Katherine Parr, played by Alicia Vikander, forcing bosses to hire former IT manager Dale Farrow from Lincolnshire as his stand in.
However Dale has now admitted he too struggled to put on enough weight for the part so the crew resorted to tricking the camera.
During an appearance on WTF podcast he said the script described the King’s bottom as ‘enormous rolling buttocks’.
Dale confessed: ‘In the time I had there was just no way I was going to be able to put on that weight’.
Jude Law, 51, required an ‘enormous’ bum double for a sex scene as Henry VII in new movie Firebrand it’s been revealed (Jude pictured in the film)
The actor was too slim to properly portray the 28st King during his later years and marriage to sixth and final wife Katherine Parr, played by Alicia Vikander, forcing bosses to hire former IT manager Dale Farrow from Lincolnshire hired as his stand in
However Dale has now admitted he struggled to put on enough weight for the part so the crew resorted to tricking the camera (Jude pictured)
‘We gained weight in another way. The clothes were so huge, they were voluminous’.
He continued: ‘We put on weights and padding and all sorts of things to create the scale and presence of the man.’
Before saying of the saucy scene: ‘You don’t see anything you wouldn’t on Skegness beach.’
It comes after Jude said he tried to play against his good looks in his early twenties, joking that now he is in his fifties, he regrets not ‘playing them up’.
The actor earned a reputation as a heartthrob and shot to global fame playing a slew of classically handsome characters.
He famously starred as the charming playboy Dickie Greenleaf in 1999’s The Talented Mr Ripley, while playing romantic leads in films like The Holiday.
But his latest role in Firebrand, has seen him looking a world away from his usual attractive self, as he transformed into the repellent King.
Appearing on the June issue of DuJour magazine, Jude said that he found it ‘satisfying’ playing the royal, instead of his typical roles.
It comes after Jude said he tried to play against his good looks in his early twenties, joking that now he is in his fifties, he regrets not ‘playing them up’
He famously starred as the charming playboy Dickie Greenleaf in 1999’s The Talented Mr Ripley (pictured) while playing romantic leads in films like The Holiday
But his latest role in Firebrand, has seen him looking a world away from his usual attractive self, as he transformed into the repellent King (pictured in film left and earlier this year right)
Katherine Parr is played in the movie by Oscar winner Alicia Vikander
The Oscar nominee added that he had tried to play less attractive roles in his younger years, claiming he couldn’t now as he was ‘saggy and balding’.
He said: ‘I didn’t feel like I really ever leaned into playing handsome, but there were roles that required an attractive energy.
‘I was trying to play against my looks in my early 20s, and now that I’m saggy and balding, I wish I had played it up.’
Recently he has taken on different roles that ‘“have not leaned in to any sort of attraction’.
Jude admitted: ‘It’s been satisfying not having to turn that switch on.’
He previously revealed that he doused himself in an ‘awful’ bespoke scent during filming to play Henry VIII, made of ‘blood, fecal matter and sweat‘.
He said: ‘I read several interesting accounts that you could smell Henry three rooms away. His leg was rotting so badly. He hid it with rose oil. I thought it would have a great impact if I smelt awful.’
He enlisted the help of a specialist parfumier, with Jude saying: ‘She makes wonderful scents, and she also makes awful scents.
‘She somehow came up with this extraordinary variety of blood, fecal matter and sweat. Initially, I used it very subtly. But then it became a spray fest.’
Director Karim admitted the effort was effective, saying: ‘When he walked in on set, it was just horrible.’