When I first read this story at the New York Post, I misread it and thought it was a story about Jude Law moving into a freshman dorm at NYU. I thought to myself “that’s strange” and “New York real estate is crazy” and “ten freshman girls will be pregnant by December”. But the actual story is about Jude moving into an apartment right next to a freshman dorm. Hm… why do I still think some freshman girls are going to get knocked up? Anyhoodle, Jude is living next to the dorm, and the kids are going crazy for him whenever they see him on his patio of working out or anything. They yell at him, and he throws oranges. Real mature!

When Jude Law moved in next door to an NYU freshman dorm, he didn’t realize he’d be giving away front-row seats to every performance — and he’s hardly pleased with his “audience.”

Star-struck students say they race to their dorm windows whenever the actor sets foot on his Washington Square balcony, as seen above in photos taken by one of the kids.

“There is pretty much chaos on every floor when he comes out,” said Priya Vij, 18, who has a direct view of Law’s balcony from her Hayden Hall window.

“People start screaming, ‘Hey, Jude’ — and it’s clear he can hear us.”

Erica Rose, 18, keeps a pair of binoculars at the ready.

“We have the best view on the floor,” she said. “It is exciting to have a celebrity living right next to you. He is really attractive. He’s rugged and scruffy.”

The star of Broadway’s “Hamlet,” who uses the balcony to play with his son and work out with his personal trainer, apparently does not appreciate the attention.

In Shakespeare’s day, audience members heckled actors by hurling rotten fruit. But a few weeks ago, when Law’s yoga session was interrupted, the fruit flew in the opposite direction.

“He noticed we were there and we started waving at him. Then he went inside and came back with two oranges,” freshman Neha Najeeb told The Post. “He threw them at our window, but he missed.” Law then went back inside and returned with two additional oranges, she said.

“This time, he hit the windows — there was orange pulp on the glass for a week — and then he went back to working out,” she said. “Now we don’t like Jude Law anymore.”

Law couldn’t be reached for comment.

Naheeb’s roommate, Kaitlin Coari, said Law should stick to throwing the slings and arrows of his “Hamlet” role instead of produce.

“We couldn’t believe it when the orange hit the window,” she said. “I’m supposed to go see ‘Hamlet’ with my sister this Saturday. It’s awkward — I should bring some oranges, I guess.”

[From The New York Post]

I would feel for Jude, but I don’t. I kind of wonder if he likes the attention. It must be funny to hear catcalls from dozens of 18-year-old girls every time you scratch your ass on your patio. What’s with the throwing oranges thing? What would I do if my neighbor was catcalling and yelling at me? Well, I wouldn’t throw oranges. I’d be clever and load up one of those big water guns with something really gross and sticky yet viscous, like a mixture of syrup and soda, and Super-Soak all of the windows I could hit. And why not move as well? Maybe Jude didn’t want to bother, since his play only runs through next month.

Here’s Jude, looking pretty good, at the ‘Only Make Believe’ 10th Anniversary Celebration in New York on November 2, 2009. Credit: WENN