United Kingdom, Sept. 11 -- Jude Law has likened acting to "playing a sport".

The 52-year-old actor stars alongside Jason Bateman in Netflix's Black Rabbit, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Jude has opened up about his relationship with his co-star, explaining that they tried to "raise their game" for the mini-series.

Speaking about their on-screen dynamic, Jude told People: "It's very hard to describe. It's like you're playing a sport, but you're not trying to beat the other person, but you're trying to raise their game.

"And you are pushing the practice thinking, 'If I go this far, am I allowed to do this? Are you allowed to do that?' It was pretty clear, pretty quickly that we were on the same...