Jude Law portrays Russian President Vladimir Putin in The Wizard of the Kremlin, a fictionalized account of Putin's rise in the 1990s adapted from Giuliano da Empoli's novel and directed by Olivier Assayas. Law stars alongside Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander and Jeffrey Wright. Law said he learned judo and that the role was not intended as an impersonation, avoiding prosthetic makeup and using his natural voice rather than a Russian accent. The Independent covers topics from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech, relies on donations to fund on-the-ground reporting, and chooses not to use paywalls.
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Well, I learned judo, so I took my own positive from that, he said, per The Hollywood Reporter. Speaking more on what the goal of his portrayal was, Law said: Olivier and I discussed that this wasn't to be an impersonation of Putin and he didn't want me to hide behind a mask of prosthetics. Jude Law attends the Venice Film Festival (Getty) Law speaks in his natural voice, not a Russian accent, throughout the film.
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