Who watches Jude Law when he's in a comic shop?

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Friday, August 13, 2004
Source: Empire Online

Jude Law wants to play the smartest man in the world, and he's got a tattoo to show he can do it. Law spoke recently with Empire Online and revealed that not only is he a comic book fan, he's got a desire to play one of the parts in Darren Aronofsky's WATCHMEN movie.

Surprisingly, Law didn't know that the director of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and PI was now developing the Alan Moore comic book as a potential movie. "Darren Aronofsky? I'm on the phone NOW!" Law exclaimed to Empire, his fanboy roots showing. Then, to prove he knows his source material the actor tossed out the name of Ozymandias, the former superhero-turned-billionaire in the WATCHMEN world: "Adrian Veidt, King of Kings!" And to top it off, Law then told the Empire reporter that he sports a tattoo of Rorschach, WATCHMEN's anarchistic vigilante that wears an ever-changing inky mask.

Sounds like all Aronofsky has to do is call Law up and he'll be in. Who knows how many other Hollywood celebrities harbor secret loves for comics?


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