--- title: Jude Law Meets Fan After Causing Security Scare description: The 'Young Pope' actor's solo movie date ended up with a thoughtful email exchange with a theater employee who slipped him a note. canonical: https://time.com/4941849/jude-law-movie-theater/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-14T18:52:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:15.827Z og:title: Jude Law Made a New Friend After Causing Security Scare og:description: But first, security thought he was a concern because of his incognito behavior og:url: https://time.com/4941849/jude-law-movie-theater/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42e7b6393a19462e/6988ddd54ee2626b9630eff0/jude-law.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4956 og:image:height: 2788 og:image:alt: HBO Winter TCA 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jude Law Made a New Friend After Causing Security Scare twitter:description: But first, security thought he was a concern because of his incognito behavior twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42e7b6393a19462e/6988ddd54ee2626b9630eff0/jude-law.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Incognito Jude Law Made a New Friend After Causing a Security Scare > Sponsored content. 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But it all started after the staff began monitoring him for suspicious activity, [the _Guardian_ reports.](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/13/jude-law-causes-security-scare-after-undercover-visit-to-bath-cinema) The [_Young Pope_ ](http://time.com/4785118/best-tv-shows-2017-so-far/item/the-young-pope-hbo/)star was just popping by the Bath’s Odeon theater for a showing of Kathryn Bigelow’s [_Detroit_](http://time.com/4882143/detroit-movie-algiers-motel-incident/) on Wednesday, working a classic movie star disguise of a dark hoodie and full beard to cover his distinctive Hollywood features. But instead of realizing the solo moviegoer was a famous face seeking some anonymity, security was concerned he was “acting suspiciously” during his outing. “The man \[Law\] spent a good 10 minutes just standing around on the phone, then he came and bought a ticket from one of my colleagues and my colleague who served him the ticket did not recognize him,” ticket-taker Connor Walter [told the BBC. ](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-41252146) But when Walter looked into Law’s famous blue eyes he realized the truth of his identity. He played it cool, though: he took a subtle snap with the star following the movie — and slipped a fan note into Law’s pocket. The best part of the story: Law then sent an email to Walter thanking him personally. Now that’s serious commitment to fan interaction. “From one movie madman to another… thanks for your kind note,” Law wrote in the email. “Sorry I ran off. I am always aware of making a scene in public. Hence the hood! I’m a huge film obsessive too. I love them. Nice to hear someone else does.” Just a reminder: if Jude Law can take himself to the movies alone, we all can do it, too. Law is currently in the U.K. filming the next installment of [_Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_](http://time.com/4738270/fantastic-beasts-jude-law-dumbledore-internet-reactions/), in which he plays a younger version of beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4941849/jude-law-movie-theater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4941849/jude-law-movie-theater/"},"headline":"Incognito Jude Law Made a New Friend After Causing a Security Scare","datePublished":"2017-09-14T18:52:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:15.827Z","description":"The 'Young Pope' actor's solo movie date ended up with a thoughtful email exchange with a theater employee who slipped him a note.","url":"https://time.com/4941849/jude-law-movie-theater/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42e7b6393a19462e/6988ddd54ee2626b9630eff0/jude-law.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42e7b6393a19462e/6988ddd54ee2626b9630eff0/jude-law.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"HBO Winter TCA 2017","caption":"HBO Winter TCA 2017","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4941849/jude-law-movie-theater/","name":"Incognito Jude Law Made a New Friend After Causing a Security Scare"}}]}] ```