‘The New Pope’: Paolo Sorrentino on Jude Law’s Return and His ‘Crazy’ Idea for Another Season

Don’t be alarmed.

Yes, those keeping up with “The New Pope” are now looking at Lenny Belardo, the so-called young pope played by Jude Law, alive and in the flesh.

Yes, there’s a lot of flesh, since he’s only wearing white swim briefs, and yes, he’s wet and winking.

Doubt, if you must, his impossible fitness — after being comatose for a year, only divine intervention could maintain those abs — but do not doubt what matters most: He is risen.After six episodes of spiritual apparitions and twitching fingers, Lenny finally woke from his 12-month coma.

But one of the most notable scenes, and certainly the most internet famous, takes place in between the land of the living and the world of the dead.

Jude Law’s beachside emergence — the one that kicks off the episode, and yes, the one used in early promos for “The New Pope

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