Jude Law brings psychiatrist role to Berlin film festival

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BERLIN (AP) -- Jude Law says his biggest challenge in preparing for Steven Soderbergh's new thriller "Side Effects" was psychological: convincing himself that he could play a psychiatrist properly.

The movie has its premiere Tuesday at the Berlin film festival. British actor Law plays a psychiatrist who prescribes a new drug he's testing out as part of a deal with a pharmaceutical giant.

Law told reporters he was faced with "overcoming the reality that I wasn't going to be able to go to medical school in the time it took to prepare for the part."

He added: "I didn't have a huge relationship with pharmaceuticals or an understanding of them."

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