Jude Law is playing a Young Putin, in a new film

[arista]

Times Radio DAB
at the Venice Film Festival.
Updated us.


[He has long been considered one
of the leading heart-throbs of the silver screen,
but for his latest role in Olivier Assayas’s
political drama The Wizard of the Kremlin,
Jude Law steps into the shoes of a far more
forbidding figure: Vladimir Putin.

Law has said he was unfazed by the
prospect of playing Vladimir Putin and
that he did not – he hoped
“not naively” – fear any repercussions.

Speaking at a press conference before
the film’s premiere at the Venice film
festival on Sunday, the Bafta-winning actor
said: “I felt confident, in the hands of
Olivier [the director] and the script, that
this story was going to be told intelligently
and with nuance and consideration.

“We weren’t looking for controversy
for controversy’s sake.
It’s a character within a much broader story.
We weren’t trying to define
anything about anyone.”]


https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/31/jude-law-putin-wizard-of-the-kremlin-venice

[Mystic Mock]

It could be good.

But I wish that these Hollywood people could create stories that weren't always based on real life stories again.

Kind of like when they made things like Saw and The Matrix, White Chicks too if you're looking for a good laugh.