Jude Law 'looks like a lady!'
In his upcoming movie Rage, Law dons dresses and eyeliner to play a transgender supermodel. When I first saw the news, I was shocked. Jude Law is a very good looking man, why would he want or need to dress up like a lady for a role? I think it has something to do with expanding his horizons as an actor.
"Jude, whose beauty has sometimes been held against him as an actor, made the courageous decision to accept the role and took on a kind of hyper-beauty for this persona, a 'female' beauty which gradually unravels as the story unfolds," said Rage director Sally Potter in a Press Association article.
"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."
After my Jude Law discovery, I begin to wonder how many other celebs have donned drag for a role. Apparently, playing a different sex is in vogue. Here are some famous drag roles:
- Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire
- John Travolta, Hairspray
- Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
- Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
- Patrick Swayzee, Wesley Snipes: To Wong Foo
- Eddie Murphy, Norbit and the Nutty Professor movies
- Martin Lawrence, Big Momma's House
- Johnny Depp, Before Night Falls
- Guy Pearce, Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion
- Dustin Hoffmann, Tootsie
- Nathan Lane, The Birdcage
- Jack Lemmon, Some Like it Hot
- And many more!
If you are interested in testing your knowledge about drag roles, check out the Men in Drag Movies Quiz. Or check out these photos of famous faces in drag.
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