Jude Law Does Drag
Jude Law, who is currently filming scenes as Dr. Watson in the Guy Ritchie-directed film Sherlock Holmes, will be featured in a new film directed by Sally Potter titled Rage. In Rage, Jude plays a drag queen named Minx … and here is our first look at Jude Law in all his Minx-y glory:
The image above features Jude Law, a male actor, who will be seen later this year in Sherlock Holmes alongside Robert Downey Jr. Jude Law plays a character called Minx in a film called Rage, directed by Sally Potter. Part of the subject matter of RAGE is the ugly use of beauty in the pursuit of profit. Drugged by Marketing, sapped by fear of aging, conned by the cult of celebrity… image becomes all. Jude Law, whose beauty has sometimes been held against him as an actor, made the courageous decision to accept the role of Minx – a “celebrity super-model” and took on a kind of hyper-beauty for this persona… a ‘female’ beauty which gradually unravels as the story unfolds. Strangely, the more he became a ‘she’, coiffed and made-up – the more naked was his performance. There was great strength in his willingness to make himself vulnerable. It was an extraordinarily intense part of the shoot. Okay then. I know this film must have an ‘artsy’ ‘depper meaning’ thing going on but that image scares me a little. Other cast members include Judi Dench, Steve Buscemi and Eddie Izzard. RAGE is a tragicomedy seen through the eyes of a boy who becomes a player in a high fashion murder investigation when interviews for his website start to spiral into catastrophe.
My first thought when I saw this pic was that Jude in drag looks a lot like Gael García Bernal in drag, particularly in the movie La Mala Educación (Bad Education). My second thought was that Jude makes a fugly woman (unlike Bernal who actually looked very pretty in La Mala Educación). Personally, I think I much prefer Jude lookin’ hairier … all this make-up just doesn’t really work on him. That said, I am very curious about this movie role and I am very much looking forward to seeing if Jude’s got the acting chops to play a believable drag queen. What do y’all think? Does Jude make a pretty woman and do you y’all think he can handle a role like this?
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February 4th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
oh dear…he looks like Ramona the Pest…Ramona in her 50’s mind you with a 2 day a pack habit.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
2 pack a day…geesh
February 4th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
at least it doesn’t show his balding hair
February 4th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
omg i actually thought it was a real woman before i read the description. i think he makes a good looking woman! lol.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I think he looks like Nina from Seasons 1-2 of 24!!!
February 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
It doesn’t even look like him! I am not quite sure I believe it is. Blah, he sure is no TOOTSIE:)!!
February 4th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
His expression is hilarious – I don’t know if he is trying for “artistically pained” or something, but he looks downright miserable..hehe more like “ouch my toe hurts, mami” than “deep meaningul existential angst”
February 4th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
hahah he looks like a bitch, like one of those girls that are gonna make your life a living hell hahaha! He looks pretty.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I think he would make a great drag queen…
February 4th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
i don’t think jude law is attractive– drag or no. he’s a balding womanizer. ew.
February 4th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
He doesn’t look as bad as the “broads” from “To Wong Fu…”
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/ivanhater/B00009QNY8.jpg
Still, doesn’t make him cute.
February 4th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I thought it was Courtney Cox at a first glimpse.
February 4th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I thought it was Taryn Manning……
February 4th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Shizz he looks like the singer from Tokyo Hotel… I actually looked up that band and found out it’s a guy, and apparently he doesn’t dress in drag (on purpose). He looks scary, though.
February 4th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Well actually I thought he’d make a prettier girl. I don’t think he looks too cute in drag. I’m kind of disapointed. lol ; )
February 4th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I think he looks good!
February 4th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Hey looks like a pretty Noel Fielding from the Mighty Boosh.
February 4th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
i think he looks Hot.
February 4th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Noel Fielding is cuter :P
To me, he looks like Gael Garcia Bernal.
February 4th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Hahahahaha I totally thought it was Gael Garcia doing drag again when I first saw the pic in another website. I was surprised to see who it really was.
February 4th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Wooops! I though it was Chris Crocker with his new hairdo.
February 4th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
@Luli:
Blergh, Noel was cute in the first series, when he was all modded out like Rod Stewart, but not so much after that.
February 4th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I think Jude Law looks like a good looking lady. Go him!
February 4th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Lol, if it wasn’t for the chin he might pull it off…
February 4th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! why did they do that to such a beautiful face!!!!!!!!
February 4th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I think it fits him well.
cute
February 4th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Naw way! Nobody beats Cillian Murphy in Breakfast On Pluto:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d131/Sythrenal/BOP.jpg
February 4th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
I think he looks exactly like Peaches.
February 5th, 2009 at 12:28 am
OMG = I would still jump his craziness. Perfect. I hope he reads your site.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:24 am
hes so…. Pretty wow!
February 5th, 2009 at 8:49 am
LOL Jessica!! He does look like Taryn Manning!!
February 7th, 2009 at 9:32 am
So, I’m a straight girl who really likes how Jude looks as a girl. Am I a lesbian now?
Damn you, you beautiful bastard! In and out of drag, you turn me on!