Hot or Not? Jude Law's Beach Pope Bod Sent The Internet Into a Frenzy

Guess what? We're just gonna roll that all back, as HBO is teaming up with Law again for the new The New Pope; not much is known about this project, and whether or not it's a sequel to The Young Pope, a spiritual successor, or what. But when Jude Law is trotting down the beach looking like this , none of that really matters. This is a meme-ergency. (Yes, I just coined that term, and no, we will not be accepting workshops of it at this time.)

Rival Actor: Wow, Jude, you're really thinning up top. Jude Law: [becomes amazingly reliable and delightfully strange character actor, and then, as a lark, gets the hottest he's ever looked to play the dang Pope] - Joe Reid (@joereid) April 9, 2019

oh so when jude law struts around in his underwear it's hilarious and a mood but when I do it it's "indecent exposure" and end up being tackled by police - lo(gay)n (@trcinspotting) April 10, 2019

Obviously, the internet reacted to this. Law observers, many of them perhaps unadulterated fans since the days of Gattaca and The Talented Mr. Ripley, chimed in to share takes on the man's latest reaction-inducing look.

For the most part, reaction has been glowingly positive: there was praise for the fact that Law, at age 46, still managed to break the internet just by stripping down to his bare necessities. There was general thirst , as one would expect. There has even already been a backlash-is Law, in fact, not that hot ?

Jude Law seems denser than a person is meant to be? why does he look like hed be inexplicably heavy pic.twitter.com/14JQ3geNry - Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) April 9, 2019

Jude Law showing up to the beach to film 'The New Pope' pic.twitter.com/uUYhBjmlwo - GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) April 9, 2019

I'm so happy that Jude Law is relaxing into his handsomeness again, for a long time he seemed determined to fight it into the grave - the other Daniel Mallory Ortberg (@danielortberg) April 9, 2019

Alas, that is simply not up to us here at Men's Health to decide. All that we can do at this point is join the crowd and wonder what exactly is happening on this beach, with these volleyballs, and how, exactly, John Malkovich will fit into this confusing picture.