Jude Law ‘excited’ to work with Ritchie

Jude Law doesn’t see his King Arthur character as a villain.

The actor will be teaming up with his director friend Guy Ritchie for the third time on upcoming film Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur.

And Jude admits he is more than a little eager about starting the shoot.

“I’m very, very excited to work with Guy again,” Jude told Variety. “I don’t see my character as a villain. You can’t go in and say, ‘I’m the villain’ and start twirling your moustache. But he’s got bad elements.”

Jude is currently doing the promo rounds for his newest offering, Black Sea.

The film tells the story of a retired captain who puts together a team to launch a treasure hunt for a submarine loaded with gold.

And as soon as he saw the script for Kevin Macdonald’s film, Jude knew it was something he wanted to be involved in.

“This was a role that I had never done before and it was challenging,” the 42-year-old told the outlet prior to the film’s screening at the Landmark. “I was immediately fascinated by my character’s complexity. He’s a man torn between revenge and reclaiming his dignity. He wasn’t a hero, but more of an anti-hero

“Everything just turned me on, the whole idea of the film and the film’s message, that greed does not win out — (greed,) which is deep in all our desires.”

The movie was shot in a water tank at Pinewood Studios, as well as on an actual Black Widow submarine on the Medway River in England.

And Jude revealed that working on such an enclosed set was incredibly challenging.

“I had to get used to not hitting my head. When you stand up quickly, you meet with something sharp and hard,” he said. “We all did get a few bumps on the head. First aid was brought in because someone had opened their skull on a piece of metal.”