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Fresh Air

Jude Law

Fresh Air

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4.434.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Jude Law's new Netflix series Black Rabbit with Jason Bateman follows two brothers in New York City, one a successful restaurateur, the other on the run and in debt.  He spoke with Tonya Mosley about the series, using a perfumer to get into character to play Henry VIII and why he almost turned down his break-out role in The Talented Mr. Ripley. 

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0:00.0

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0:06.3

but this moment didn't begin with President Trump's second inauguration, or even his first.

0:12.6

A series from ThruLine about how immigration became political and a cash cow.

0:19.1

Listen to Thuline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:24.3

This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley.

0:27.0

And my guest today is award-winning actor Jude Law.

0:30.5

In his new Netflix series, Black Rabbit, he plays the owner of one of New York's most exclusive restaurants,

0:37.0

a man who is magnetic and successful,

0:39.4

but also deeply compromised. His judgment clouded, his loyalties divided. His name is Jake Freakin,

0:46.6

and when his estranged brother, played by Jason Bateman, returns with dangerous debts,

0:52.2

the world he's built begins to fall apart.

0:55.3

Here's how we first meet Jake, describing his restaurant with a tense foreshadowing of what's to come.

1:01.4

I want to say something quick.

1:04.2

For those of you don't know who I am, get the fuck out.

1:08.2

No, I'm Jake.

1:12.3

Yeah, yeah. I own the f*** out. No. I'm Jake. Uh, yeah, yeah.

1:13.6

I own the place.

1:17.3

All right, all right.

1:18.7

Wow.

1:21.5

This is the kind of party Black Rabbit.

1:23.3

It was built for.

1:25.6

Yeah, yeah, baby.

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