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Jude Law is looking to "relax" as he stars in the re-make of British classic "Alfie".

17:13 31 March 2004

Jude Law is looking to "relax" as he stars in the re-make of British classic "Alfie".

Following his Oscar nomination for his role as a taciturn romantic in US civil war drama "Cold Mountain", Law is looking forward to people's reactions to his role as a womaniser in the re-make of the 1966 Brit-flick.

"I was ready to relax," he told Empire magazine.

"I'd done this batch of dark, spiritually searching roles. I was completely up to play a philanderer, a guy who is out for himself."

His last three roles were as WP Inman in "Cold Mountain", Maguire in "Road to Perdition", and a robot in "Artificial Intelligence: AI".

The re-make of Michael Caine's iconic film is updated for the 21st Century according to Law.

"He's blatantly honest about women," says Law of his Alfie character. "A great face, a great body, beautiful breasts - that's what interests him. It's what a lot of men feel."