Jude Law in Zurich on Oct. 3, 2024; Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2024.Photo:Andreas Rentz/Getty; Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty
Andreas Rentz/Getty; Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty
Jude Lawhas a big challenge ahead for his newest role.
In an interview withDeadlinepublished Thursday, Jan. 9, the 52-year-old actor revealed that he will play Russian PresidentVladimir Putinin an upcoming film titledThe Wizard of the Kremlin.
“I haven’t really started work on it yet,” Law told Deadline before clarifying, “I mean, I have, but at the moment it looks like an Everest to climb, so I’m in the foothills looking up thinking, ’Oh Christ, what have I said?’ "
“That’s often how I feel whilst I say yes,” he added. “I was going, ’Oh God, how am I going to do this?’ But anyway, that’s for me to sort out.”
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Vladimir Putin in Shanghai on Oct. 19, 2001.LIU JIN/AFP via Getty
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The Wizard of the Kremlinwill also starPaul Dano,Alicia VikanderandZach Galifianakis, according toVariety, which reported on the film in May 2024.
“Only his love for the magnetic, free-minded Ksenia can turn him away from this dangerous game,”adds the synopsisfromVariety.
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Paul Dano; Alicia Vikander; Zach Galifianakis.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis; Karwai Tang/WireImage; David Livingston/Getty
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Law most recently appeared the 2024 action-thriller filmThe Order, and can be seen on the new seriesStar Wars: Skeleton Crewairing on Disney+.
The two-time Oscar nominee received astar on the Hollywood Walk of Famein December 2024, where he told PEOPLE his mother Margaret, who died recently, was on his mind.
“I found out and was originally going to have the [ceremony] a couple of weeks back,” Law said of the moment he found out he’d receive a star on the iconic Los Angeles street. “And actually, I lost my mom. So we had to delay it. But in a very odd way as a kind of final gift, it meant that a few more of my family could actually be here.”
“Honestly, the whole event has been quite an emotional experience, and obviously just a very personal occasion and really touching,” he added of the ceremony.
source: people.com
