ALISON BOSHOFF: Jude Law set to play an eccentric German doctor with STEEL teeth in new movie

He’s been a playboy and a pope, and now Jude Law will play an eccentric German doctor: a steel-toothed nudist with a penchant for Nietzsche.

The actor, 50, has been cast in Origin Of Species, director Ron Howard’s next film.

It tells the stranger-than-fiction true story of lust and murder in a community of eccentrics living in the Galapagos Islands in the 1930s. . . think Darwin meets Hitchcock.

Bond and Knives Out star Ana de Armas plays Law’s girlfriend and Alicia Vikander plays a German baroness who shows up on the remote archipelago with two boyfriends.

In real life, Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Recht) and his lover Dore Strauch arrived in 1929 on the southern island of Floreana, a former penal colony. environment, where fresh water was scarce.

They sent letters about their life as castaways back to a German newspaper, which caused a stir. This led to the arrival of more Germans, including the self-proclaimed Baroness Wagner de Bosquet. Not interested in Nietzsche, she planned to build a five-star hotel in paradise.

After making numerous enemies, the Baroness disappeared amid rumors of foul play. In another twist, Ritter died and cursed his lover with his last breath. It is clear that the script is based on the memories of two of the remaining settlers.

The project is being sold in Cannes by AGC, the superindie of British Stuart Ford (Moonfall). He will be toasted tonight by Variety magazine as a “billion dollar producer” at a cocktail event. Filming will begin in Australia at the end of this year.

Elsewhere, Jude recently explained why he stayed in character as Captain Hook while filming Peter Pan & Wendy on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The actor said he decided it would be better to stay as Hook all the time around the child actors he worked with on the Disney+ film.

“A lot of the reactions you see are their reactions to me for the first time,” Jude said.

Jimmy, 48, asked if the kids ever met Jude.

“They met Jude at the end and I did what any adult should do to bribe kids, I rented an ice cream truck,” Jude said. “I drove him to the spot.”

New project: The actor, 50, has been cast in Origin Of Species, director Ron Howard’s next movie (pictured this month)

Co-star: Bond and Knives Out star Ana de Armas (pictured) plays Law’s girlfriend, and Alicia Vikander plays a German baroness who shows up on the remote archipelago with two boyfriends

Jude said the script for the live-action reimagining of Peter Pan included more of Hook’s backstory.

“You understand a little more why Hook is the way he is,” Jude said. ‘How he came to Neverland, his and Peter’s relationship and how it really began. And so you really get into… a little bit of the damage done to him, and why he’s as horrible as he is.”

Jude said he had to learn sword fighting with his left hand for the film. He also kept the hook on all day and milked it.