Jude Law, the two-time Oscar nominee, has recently reflected on his early days in mid-budget films.

While having a conversation with Associated Press, Law remembered his early days in the world of entertainment by calling them “a gaping hole.”

The 51-year-old actor quipped, “I mean, I feel very lucky that when I came into this business, they were making [mid-budget films].”

“And some of those first films that I got to make with people like Anthony (Minghella), looking back now, it’s remarkable that we were allowed to get away with that. But it’s also an era; it’s a type of film and type of storytelling that I think we miss,” the star of Sherlock Holmes added.

“Giving the correct kind of budget and time and patience to stories like that is absolutely at the heart of filmmaking, and I think it’s a gaping hole at the moment,” Law remarked.

For the unversed, Minghella directed Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Cold Mountain (2003), and Breaking and Entering (2006).

Notably, he secured Oscar nominations for the first two films.

Moreover, the Cold Mountain actor once claimed that he “probably paid too much money” for his 2004 film Alfie.

Law told British GQ that he was in a “really strong position” at the time after earning his second Oscar nomination, but now calls it “a bad move.”

Articulating his thought, he said, “I just felt it hadn’t elevated [the material] and felt a little light, a little too cheesy.”

“I think it was made for too much money, and I was probably paid too much money, which I underestimated at the time. I kicked myself that I’d done something that was leaning into the heartthrob and the charismatic lead, and it hadn’t worked,” Law concluded.

It is noteworthy to mention that Law’s upcoming project is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, a Disney+ series, which will premiere on December 3, 2024.