Jude Law gorged on “late-night pasta and ice cream” to play Henry VIII. The 51-year-old actor didn’t have much time to prepare for his portrayal of the Tudor king in ‘Firebrand’ – which focuses on the monarch’s final years with sixth wife Catherine Parr (Alicia Vikander) – but managed to “eat loads” in order to transform the shape of his face. He told the Sunday Times Culture magazine: “It was a process. Like Charlie Chaplin or Father Christmas, Henry has a familiar silhouette, so if you get that shape, the brain fills in a lot of the gaps. “So I grew a beard. I had bodysuits, clothes, weights…