JANE KRAKOWSKI Q&A:
On Jude Law:
I think it’s really hard to find the right person to play Alfie. Everyone has to love him in the audience, men have to admire him and think he's cool, and woman have to be attracted to him. But he also can’t come off as being a complete cad, or otherwise why would you want to spend time with him? When I heard they hired Jude Law, I thought, “He's perfect!”
On Jude Having an Edge:
He's the perfect guy to do this. He's English, so he has that English sensibility, the English charm, and obviously, the English accent, but also he's someone you know could get away with it, and girls would still love him. Jude has this edge that I didn’t really know would come into his characterization of Alfie. He's sexy, but there’s also a dark side to his sexiness, and that’s even more attractive to woman.
On Charles Shyer:
Charles is just so cool! From the minute I met him we had some sort of connection. I thought it was so easy and effortless to talk with him and to play the character, to just jump right in. He’s got such a huge heart. There’s something about him that you don’t feel insecure doing anything in front of him because his heart is on his sleeve, and you know he's going to be kind and you know that he’ll always take care of you.
Q&A courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
