Be thankful the days of Smell-O-Vision are behind us Jude Law wore a fecal matter perfume on the set of Henry VIII drama Firebrand.

Be thankful the days of Smell-O-Vision are behind us. When Jude Law signed on to play Henry VIII in Firebrand, he took his dedication to the subsequent level by commissioning a specific perfume with notes of puss, blood, sweat, and fecal matter. Lovely.

Firebrand requires location in the course of Henry VIII’s final years when the King was suffering from festering wounds and ulcers. The foul scent that followed him was legendary, even though each he and the court would pretend it wasn’t there. While speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Jude Law explained the fecal matter perfume.

“It was a very sensory set,” Law stated. “What I imply by that is [director] Karim [Aïnouz] had such a distinctive viewpoint of history and how to build an genuine court. Being from Brazil, he truly wanted it to really feel human and tangible. So, he would leave the windows open in this castle that we filmed in, and we’d have fires going and lots of animals about. There was the smell of animals, but equally he would have the sage and rosemary scent made use of to clean the rooms. And then there was meals everywhere.“

Law continued: “The scent that I wanted to bring in was just a reminder that there was also this repellent. There was this rancid presence, which everyone had to pretend wasn’t really there because it was the king. It seemed like such an interesting addition to all these sensory elements that Karim was already using to create the right mood to perform in.”

Alicia Vikander, who stars in Firebrand as Katherine Parr, Henry’s sixth and final wife, was shocked by the scent. “It was a physical shock,” Vikander stated. “The first time he opened this horrific box that everyone dreaded, it definitely brought something new to the scene. Smell is a very direct way into an emotional state.” Much like the King himself, Law got made use of to the smell. “I got very used to it,” he stated. “It was definitely repulsive, but they became pretty familiar to me, as did the costumes and several pads and weights that I wore to take on the posture and the size of it. Putting on the garments was placing on the smell, which was placing on the king.“

Firebrand premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and is now playing in theaters.