The Young Pope: Will Jude Law's 'sexy pontiff' cause offence?

Law's chain-smoking 'Don Draper style' pope offers an irreverent peep behind the doors of the Vatican

The Young Pope

The Young Pope, a new television drama starring Jude Law as a fictional American pontiff, has been causing a buzz – but will this mischievous take on a taboo subject cause outrage?

The series from Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, Il Divo, Youth) caught the attention of critics at the Venice International Film Festival in September.

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