The Life and Many Romances of Jude Law

In 1997, he appeared in Gattaca, a science-fiction drama about genetics, identity, ambition, and the pressure to appear perfect. Law played Jerome Eugene Morrow, a man whose body and future have both been shaped by the film’s strict world of engineered possibility.

The movie was not a huge blockbuster at first, but it later gained a strong reputation as one of the more thoughtful sci-fi films of its era. For Law, it helped introduce him to wider international audiences, just as another 1997 role added to his growing reputation.