Jude lays down the Law (with help from a big tash) in his new historical crime thriller film The Order
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Jude Law has brought the '70s back!
The usually clean-shaven English actor, 51, adopted a bushy moustache for his new historical crime film The Order.
The thriller premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August and will be available to watch on Prime Video.
Jude's performance as Terry Husk, a washed-up FBI agent who goes up against real-life white supremacist group The Order, received a seven-minute standing ovation at the Festival.
He said of his character: 'There was a sort of lived-in quality to him that I enjoyed.
Jude laid down the Law (with help from a big tash) in his new historical crime thriller film The Order which premiered in August at the Venice Film Festival
Jude's performance as Terry Husk, a washed-up FBI agent who goes up against real-life white supremacist group The Order, received a seven-minute standing ovation at the Festival
Jude pictured looking dapper in all-black at the film's August 31 Venice premiere - with not a facial hair in sight
'There was a lot of discussion about facial hair, but every agent I interviewed had a moustache, so it was just a given that I had to grow one.'
Also starring are Alison Oliver, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, and Nicholas Hoult.
Nicholas plays The Order leader Bob Mathews, an American neo-Nazi who led the white supremacist group in 1983.
Nicholas revealed that the film's director Justin Kurzel gave each actor a 'manifesto' for their character, including tasks for them to complete.
'I just found out on the boat here – one of Jude's tasks was to follow me for a day!' he said.
'He was trailing me for a day when I landed in Calgary.'
The Order is based on the 1989 biography The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt.
It was written by Zach Baylin and distributed by Prime Video (though Amazon MGM Studios).
Though a Prime Video film, Vertical acquired partial rights to the film, and will release it on December 6, 2024, in a limited theatrical release.
The Order cast. Left to right: Matias Garrido, Nicholas Hoult, Jurnee Smollett, director Justin Kurzel, Jude, Tye Sheridan, and Philip Lewitski
At The Order's Venice Film Festival press conference, Jude spoke about the importance of the film at a time when far-right ideologies are rising again.
'Sadly, the relevance speaks for itself,' he said. 'It felt like a piece of work that needed to be made now. It’s always interesting finding a piece from the past that has some relevant relationship to the present day.”
Director Justin agreed with Law, adding that the film’s parallels with today’s world were what made it so interesting to make.
It’s always an extraordinary thing when you find a piece of writing or event from the past that has some sort of perspective that can have a conversation with today’s politics. That’s a rare gem. So, we felt that there was a lot that was being said about today.
