Jude Law: I had to make Captain Hook a believable killer in a kid’s movie

Jude Law: I had to make Captain Hook a believable killer in a kid’s movie (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Jude Law says he was faced with the challenge of portraying a “believable killer in a kid’s movie” as he stepped into the role of Captain Hook.

The award-winning actor said he had threaded back story into his character to show the fearsome pirate “as a human” and explain his “wrong choices”.