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Jude Law is taking on the role of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming film,The Wizard of the Kremlin. The film will have Law in a supporting role whileThe Batmanstar Paul Dano will play the lead.The Holidayactor shared that he had a lot more preparation to do before actually portraying Putin.
Law was last seen in the action filmThe Order. He appears in a supporting role alongside Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Vanessa Kirby in the survival thriller,Eden, which premiered at TIFF. He also ventured into the world ofStar Warswith the lead role in the show,Skeleton Crew.
Jude Law is portraying Vladimir Putin in The Wizard of the Kremlin
French filmmaker Olivier Assayas foundJude Lawthe perfect actor to portrayVladimir Putinin his project,The Wizard of the Kremlin. According toDeadline, Law will play Putin at the“beginning of his governing career.”Playing the Russian President is one of the biggest challenges that Law has ever undertaken.
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He told Deadline that he had yet to start filming the movie and that a mountain of preparation work was ahead of him. He also added that he is almost regretting the decision to say yes to the role after seeing the workload. However, he shared that he would eventually manage to sort it out. He shared with the outlet:
I haven’t really started work on it yet. 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. I was going, ’Oh God, how am I going to do this?’ But anyway, that’s for me to sort out.
The Wizard of the Kremlinis an adaptation of Giuliano da Empoli’s best-selling novel of the same name.Varietyreported the film back in May 2024, even mentioning Law among the cast alongsidePaul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Zach Galifianakis, and Tom Sturridge. However, the roles of the actors weren’t revealed at the time.
Dano will play a young TV producer, Vadim Baranov, who unexpectedly becomes an advisor to Putin as he ascends to power. The synopsis of the film, according to Variety, read:
Working at the heart of Russian power, Baranov blurs truth with lies, the news with propaganda, directing the entire society like one great reality show. Only his love for the magnetic, free-minded Ksenia can turn him away from this dangerous game.
Director Assayas and Emmanuel Carrère have co-written the film and it looks to launch at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Gaumont and Curiosa Films will serve as the production houses behind the film.
Jude Law provides an update on another role that fans want to see him in
Robert Downey Jr.and Jude Law perfectly captured the two iconic characters inGuy Ritchie’sSherlock Holmesin 2009 and its sequel in 2011. The success of the films warranted a third film which had been in development for many years. Ritchie has exited the franchise, sharing that he left it up to Downey Jr. (via Collider).
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Filmmaker Dexter Fletcher revealed that he worked with Downey Jr. for some time on the project before COVID-19 interrupted the project. In November 2024, Law gave apromising update about the filmin his interview withThe Playlist. He shared:
There’s a great will to make it. And a great will amongst us all to get it right to do it, to find the time, to find the right team… the hope is we’re still going to do it. I think there’s a new iteration of the script I haven’t yet read. And then there’s a case of, ‘How expensive is it? And can we get it made?’
According toThe Numbers,Sherlock Holmesmade nearly $500 million in worldwide gross and the sequel made $535 million surpassing its predecessor. The box office numbers clearly show that Warner Bros. should put every effort into getting Downey Jr. and Law on board and greenlight the threequel project immediately.
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