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We\u2019ve seen Jude Law take on many looks over the years, starring in the Sherlock Holmes<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Fantastic Beast<\/em>\u00a0franchises, along with everything from\u00a0The Talented Mr. Ripley<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0The Young Pope.<\/em>\u00a0But audiences have never quite seen him like this.<\/p>\n As his new film\u00a0Firebrand<\/em> debuts at the Cannes Film Festival,\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/em> has the first look of Jude Law<\/strong> in his transformative role as Henry VIII in an exclusive image and video.<\/p>\n The competition film centers on King Henry VII\u2019s sixth and final wife, Katherine Parr, played by Oscar winner\u00a0Alicia Vikander.<\/strong>\u00a0 Law plays the increasingly ailing and paranoid King, who returns from fighting overseas to see that his Queen is attempting to transform the court based on her radical Protestant beliefs. Tensions rise between the pair, as seen in the short clip below.<\/p>\n Directed by Brazilian artist\u00a0Karim A\u00efnouz<\/strong>,\u00a0Firebrand<\/em>\u00a0is described as a reimagining of a period film, more closely resembling a psychological horror film or a political thriller. It is based on\u00a0Elizabeth Fremantle<\/strong>\u2019s novel\u00a0The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em>, and centers on the ambitious Parr, the queen who survived. Law captures Henry at the end of his life, when his physical strength was waning and influencing his mental state in dark ways. It\u2019s a visceral, menacing performance, along with a transformation we haven\u2019t seen from Law before.\u00a0<\/p>\n