Jude Law has been enjoying the Roman life since working on Paolo Sorrentino?s upcoming eight-hour television series The Young Pope, a joint production of Sky, HBO and Canal+. Law plays Lenny Belardo, the fictional Pope Pius XIII, the first American Pope in contemporary times, and a very conservative one at that.
While Law wouldn?t reveal too many details on the production ? under strict Sorrentino orders ? Monda did press him on the most difficult aspect of playing a Pope.
"At the moment, it?s that I can only sit on a very uncomfortable sort of stool because they don?t want my papal robes to get creased," said Law. "So I have to sort of hitch them up and put them over the stool and perch. So once I put the robes on, I usually spend the day, 14 hours, whatever, unable to sit. So I look great, but I?m very uncomfortable."
