Jude Law made ‘blood, fecal matter and sweat’ perfume to play Henry VIII

Jude Regulation put blood, sweat and . . . poop . . . into his newest position.

Regulation, 50, performs King Henry VIII in “Firebrand,” a historic drama that follows the wedding of the monarch and Queen Catherine Parr, his sixth and remaining spouse — performed by Alicia Vikander.

With the intention to get into the position, the actor had a repulsive fragrance blended from “blood, fecal matter and sweat” specifically made to put on whereas capturing the film.

“I learn a number of attention-grabbing accounts that you could possibly scent Henry three rooms away. His leg was rotting so badly. He hid it with rose oil,” Regulation mentioned at a press convention Monday on the Cannes Movie Pageant, according to Variety. “I assumed it could have a fantastic impression if I smelt terrible.”

The king infamously suffered from a leg ulcer following a jousting accident that he suffered from for the rest of his life, and Regulation went to a fragrance specialist to create the nasty eau de bathroom for him.

“She makes fantastic scents, and she or he additionally makes terrible scents. She someway got here up with this extraordinary number of blood, fecal matter and sweat,” he shared.

Regulation began off frivolously making use of the fragrance, however as filming went on, it turned a “spray fest.”

“When he walked in on set, it was simply horrible,” director Karim Aïnouz admitted.

Though Regulation performs a monarch within the interval drama, he doesn’t care a lot for gossip surrounding the crown — and even laughed when a journalist requested him for his ideas on the royal household.

“I sort of see it like theater, though I’m barely extra obsessed by theater,” Regulation shared. “However I’m not one for gossip. I don’t actually get pleasure from it. I discover little interest in it, and I don’t actually get pleasure from following tittle-tattle tales.”

Nonetheless, he did have ideas on the coronation of King Charles III, including: “There was one thing outstanding about wanting on the photographs of this medieval ceremony and the way it utilized to at the moment made me really feel very trendy.”

“Firebrand” — tailored from Elizabeth Fremantle’s 2013 novel “Queen’s Gambit” — had its premiere on the Cannes Movie Pageant final weekend and was met with an eight-minute standing ovation.