Jude Law Misses Era Of Mid-Budget Movies: “The Heart Of Filmmaking”
deadline.comDespite roles in such major franchises as Harry Potter, MCU and most recently, Star Wars, Jude Law is nostalgic for a bygone era of Hollywood.
The 2x Oscar nominee, whose Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres Monday, recently reflected on his early years as an actor making mid-budget films, which he says currently represent “a gaping hole” in the entertainment industry. “I mean, I feel very lucky that when I came into this business, they were making [mid-budget films],” Law told the Associated Press. “And some of those first films that I got to make with people like Anthony (Minghella), looking back now, it’s remarkable that we were allowed to get away with that.
But it’s also an era, it’s a type of film and type of storytelling that I think we miss. Giving the correct kind of budget and time and patience to stories like that is absolutely at the heart of filmmaking, and I think it’s a gaping hole at the moment.” Minghella directed Law on The Talented Mr.
Ripley (1999), Cold Mountain (2003) and Breaking and Entering (2006), earning Oscar nominations for the actor on the first two collaborations.
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