Jude Law makes rare remark about his REAL name that he doesn't want people to call him
Jude Law has insisted he's never been called by his real name of David - which is actually his first name - and he's always gone by his middle name of Jude
British actor Jude Law has made it crystal clear that the name 'David' is nowhere to be found in his day-to-day life, despite it being his birth name.
The 51 year old silver screen icon, known for his role in 'Sherlock Holmes', insists that even his parents have never used his first name, David. Speaking to the Guardian newspaper, Jude shared his amusement over a peculiar nickname given by the paparazzi: "I didn't know the paps call me Celebrity Dave!
"If they do, it's probably because the name in my passport is David Jude as opposed to Jude David." He continued to set the record straight, saying, "No one's ever called me David. My mum and dad called me Jude. It was just one of those odd things they did."
When quizzed about whether he's tired of the Beatles hit 'Hey Jude', the actor expressed nothing but love for the tune: "Not at all. I love that song. Thank God it's such a wonderful song. I have a very personal attachment because it's a song my mum loved, so in truth it reminds me of her." He added, "I think it's a brilliant song and I'm glad I have any kind of association with it. Do people sing it at me when I walk into the room? They will now."
Reflecting on his rise to fame in the late '90s after starring in 'The Talented Mr. Ripley', Jude told PEOPLE magazine that he believes he managed the pressures of fame quite adeptly: "I look back now - my eldest son is 27, and I wasn't much older. And honestly, I look back and I'm really proud. I think I handled it pretty well."
Jude, father to Rafferty, 27, Iris, 23, and Rudy, 21, with former wife Sadie Frost whom he parted ways with in 2003, confessed that achieving Hollywood fame was "everything" he had ever wished for.
He went on to say: "It was just a wonderful period of my life. It felt like everything I'd hoped acting and that career could provide was happening ... The success, or the response it ['The Talented Mr. Ripley'] got, was life-changing. Really. .. I think there was an expectation suddenly and attention to choices I was making, like who was I working with? And then ultimately what was going on in my private life was scrutinised too. And all of that was quite a lot. I was so young."
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