"I was in a really strong position [at that time] because I'd just had another [Oscar] nomination on the back of ‘Cold Mountain,'" Law said, "and for ‘Alfie' to be the film I

The 2004 remake of 'Alfie', in which Jude Law took over as Michael Caine's titular playboy, grossed $35 million worldwide on a $60 million budget.

"I think it was made for too much money, and I was probably paid too much money," he says of the 2004 box office bomb.