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Cape Town – A-list actor Jude Law is currently in Cape Town filming a TV series, The Young Pope.
In the series he plays the "complicated and conflicted" character Pope Pius XIII.
City Press reported that Law was seen garbed in a white papal robe, pectoral cross, skull cap, red cherry loafers and a tasselled sash around his waist in between shoots in the city.
He is reportedly staying at the five-star Mount Nelson hotel.
The eight part miniseries begun filming on Tuesday and is directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
Filming was mostly done in Italy with a few final scenes being shot in Cape Town.
Diane Keaton is said to star alongside Law as Sister Mary a nun who raised him and helped him reach the papacy.
Watch a teaser here:
