After making pop culture history, Jude Law compares working in Star Wars with Marvel and Harry Potter: "They've all got their own particular way of making the magic happen"
Dec. 2, 2024Exclusive: Skeleton Crew’s Jude Law talks stepping into a galaxy far, far away after stints in the Wizarding World and the MCU
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Until this point, only David Tennant – Jessica Jones' Killgrave, Harry Potter’s Barty Crouch, Ahsoka’s Huyang – had appeared in all three iconic franchises, but Law is the first to appear on-screen in each of Marvel, Harry Potter, and Star Wars.
On how they compare, Law told GamesRadar+: “They do it all differently. They’ve all got their own particular way of making the magic happen.”
What stood out on Star Wars for Law, though, was its trademark puppetry – a tradition that continues into the Goonies-style adventure of Skeleton Crew.
“I think what I loved was the discipline of working with puppets and these incredible animatronic experts who would manipulate and make the faces and masks move,” Law says. “The on-camera work [with puppets] was a real challenge and something new for me. I found it very, very enjoyable.”
Joining Jude Law in Skeleton Crew are four child actors – Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy Smith – who end up lost in a “strange and dangerous galaxy.”
As per the synopsis, Skeleton Crew follows “the journey of four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, then get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home – and meeting unlikely allies and enemies – will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.”
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Skeleton Crew hitsDisneyPlus in the US on December 2 and in the UK on December 3. For more, check out theSkeleton Crew release scheduleand guide toupcoming Star Wars shows and movies.
I’m the Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, focusing on news, features, and interviews with some of the biggest names in film and TV. On-site, you’ll find me marveling at Marvel and providing analysis and room temperature takes on the newest films, Star Wars and, of course, anime. Outside of GR, I love getting lost in a good 100-hour JRPG, Warzone, and kicking back on the (virtual) field with Football Manager. My work has also been featured in OPM, FourFourTwo, and Game Revolution.
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