Jude Law took authenticity to a pungent new level while portraying Henry VIII in the film “Firebrand.”
“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,” the 50-year-old actor said at the Cannes Film Festival following the movie’s premiere. “I thought it would have a great impact if I smelt awful.”
Law said he sought a perfume specialist to create a custom blend to resemble the odors emitted from the infamous king. His stench came from leg ulcers he had in the last year of his life.
“She makes wonderful scents, and she also makes awful scents. She somehow came up with this extraordinary variety of blood, fecal matter and sweat,”
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