Cannes Film Festival
Sandra Hüller on the pressure on the film set – Jude Law as the king
Actress Sandra Hüller (l) with director Justine Triet in Cannes. photo
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Actress Sandra Hüller (“Toni Erdmann”) has two films in the Cannes competition. The Briton Jude Law plays King Henry VIII – and sees the monarchy as a “big theatre”.
Not all filmmakers work appropriately on set, according to actress Sandra Hüller. Asked about her collaboration with director Justine Triet on Monday in Cannes, the 45-year-old said: “Justine didn’t put any pressure on it, which I think is a really good way of working. Some people could take an example from that… yes, really .”
Huller is the protagonist in Triet’s competition film “Anatomy of a Fall”. She plays the author Sandra, who has to answer in court after the death of her husband. The psychological justice drama is not primarily about clarifying what happened. Instead, it’s about the line between fiction and reality and the failure of a marriage.
Jude Law as King Henry VIII in Cannes
Actor Jude Law sees “a kind of theater” in the British monarchy. That’s what the 50-year-old said at the Cannes Film Festival. “I don’t really follow it. I find it kind of fascinating as a chapter in the story. But I’m not a fan of gossip.”
Actor Jude Law at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival.
Law can be seen as King Henry VIII (1491-1547) in the competition film “Firebrand” (director: Karim Aïnouz). Among other things, he is known for having two of his six wives executed. It was remarkable to look at this medieval story “and see how it can be applied to the present day,” Law said.
“Firebrand” is primarily about Catherine Parr (1512-1548), the last wife of King Henry VIII. She is played by Alicia Vikander. The historical drama follows Parr and her beliefs, which have not always been the same as her husband’s. She was well read, is said to have lovingly looked after Heinrich’s children from previous marriages and also wrote herself: She was the first woman to publish an English book under her own name. She also had sympathies for Protestant reformers. This put her in great danger. For Henry was essentially Catholic, although he himself had rejected the authority of the pope. Protestants were persecuted as heretics.
At the end of his life, King Henry VIII suffered from a badly injured leg, the decomposition process of which is shown in great detail in the film. Law said on Monday he had a perfume created specifically to mimic that smell – and delighted his film crew on the set with it.
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