Matthias schoenaerts on being compared to putin and working with. Thomas vinterbergs kursk starring matthias schoenaerts. The man photographed on the russian capital citys underground railway is a dead ringer for the. Jun 20, 2019 the kursk incident was an early humiliation for vladimir putins government, showcasing officials stasis and carelessness, and revealing that the countrys poverty extended to its military. Thomas vinterberg on life, death and cutting out putin.
Apr 20, 2016 top 10 books on vladimir putin s russia. Thomas vinterbergs new movie relives the sinking of the russian submarine kursk. Following boris yeltsins sudden resignation from the office on december 31, 1999, putin, the prime minister and a popular leader, became acting president. Matthias schoenaerts talks about being compared to president putin and working with jennifer lawrence at red sparrow european premiere. The film stars jennifer lawrence, joel edgerton, matthias schoenaerts, charlotte rampling, marylouise parker, and jeremy. Am i the only one who thinks he looks like vladimir putin. He made his film debut at the age of in daens 1992, which was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film.
The former second president and current prime minister of russia as well as chairman of united russia and chairman of the council o. Critics and the audience have noted that belgian actor matthias schoenaerts bears a striking resemblance to russian president vladimir putin in the movie. Matthias schoenaerts plays uncle vanya, a highranking russian svr agent, and his menace is not at all diminished by the fact that he bears some resemblance to a young vladimir putin. More humanly centered than his other wellknown work, war and peace, tolstoy makes it clear that life is far too complicated for easy handouts of mercy or judgment. Hollywood studios edit vladimir putin out of two major movies get in touch.
Vladimir putin character cut from luc bessons russian. Red sparrow director on jennifer lawrences racy scenes and why. The actor may be making a name for himself as a screen hunk, but. Matthias schoenaerts talks about reuniting with vinterberg, and how the. Jennifer lawrence plays tinker tailor soldier sexpot in a suspensefree spy caper. Discover the books that shaped the thinking of vladimir putin. Producer luc bessons disaster movie starring lea seydoux, matthias schoenaerts, and colin firth, out on friday, depicts the tragic accident that cost the lives of 118 russian sailors in 2000. Top 10 books on vladimir putin s russia i used fiction to depict the catastrophe that the president has inflicted on russia, but these terrifying stories about him include much nonfiction michael. May 24, 2011 while the world awaits confirmation as to whether vladimir putin will challenge, or push aside, his protege dmitry medvedev and run for a third presidential term, weve been enjoying the odd. Matthias schoenaerts in the command, directed by thomas vinterberg. British naval officer blames vladimir putins pride for kursk. Vladimir putin lookalike becomes the butt of online jokes after stunned passengers spot him on russian metro and share his photograph. The film stars jennifer lawrence, joel edgerton, matthias schoenaerts, charlotte rampling, marylouise parker, and jeremy irons.
Then her uncle, ivan egorov, intensely played by schoenaerts as a vladimir putin lookalike, takes a hand. Dozens of books try to explain putin and his russia. Russian president lookalike spotted on a moscow underground. Imdb, the worlds most popular and authoritative source for movie, tv and celebrity content. Matthias schoenaerts on his harrowing new movie kursk the last. He intends to redraw the map of europe and will go to impossible extremes to realize his fantasies including shooting down a civilian airliner packed with tourists bound for china. Mar 01, 2018 the rest of the cast is right there with them. The book was released on june 4th, 20, and the movie was due to open on. Matthias schoenaerts talks about being compared to president putin and working with jennifer lawrence at red sparrow european premiere at vue west end on february 19, 2018 in london, england. The interview was recorded in the kremlin on march 1, 2018, and in kaliningrad on march 2, 2018. The 35yearold has sparked rumours shes secretly dating belgian actor matthias schoenaerts, 41, following a series of conspicuously flirtatious social.
Red sparrow is a painfully unsexy thriller the only way to make sense of this thudding, cliched movie is to think of it as an unintentional comedy, writes critic caryn james. An astonishingly frank selfportrait by russias president putin, vladimir, gevorkyan, nataliya, timakova, natalya, kolesnikov, andrei on. Matthias schoenaerts on starring on red sparrow and. Putin has confounded world leaders and defied their assumptions as they tried to figure him out, only to misjudge him time and again. Red sparrow is a 2018 american spy thriller film directed by francis lawrence and written by justin haythe, based on the 20 novel of the same name by jason matthews. Critics and the audience have noted that belgian actor matthias schoenaerts bears a. British naval officer blames vladimir putin s pride for kursk submarine disaster in 2000. Red sparrow uses female empowerment as an excuse to abuse jennifer lawrence. Apr 26, 2016 vladimir putin lookalike becomes the butt of online jokes after stunned passengers spot him on russian metro and share his photograph. Vladimir putin lookalike becomes causes social media frenzy. Curiously, its another controversial leader, russias vladimir putin, that schoenaerts has more connection to right now. Heyuguys sat down with matthias schoenaerts to talk about his role in red sparrow and how is characters resemblance to vladimir putin is purely coincidental. Francis lawrence, matthias schoenaerts, jennifer lawrence, joel edgerton and jeremy irons, red.
The book describes the mundane aspects of the intelligence field, the techniques it employs, and red sparrows unique ability to discern the nature of people by seeing their emotions in colors through. The putin mystique takes the reader on a journey through the russia of vladimir putin, named by forbes magazine in 20 as the most powerful man in the world. Perhaps thats one reason the film, based on a 2002 book by the journalist. Red sparrow is a novel written by jason matthews, a former central intelligence agency cia operative, published by scribner on june 4, 20. The sadism and the protagonists efforts to stand up to it end up looking exaggerated and pornographic. Her uncle ivan matthias schoenaerts, who looks, we realize with a shudder, exactly like vladimir putin is top brass in russian intelligence and offers continued medical care for her poor mother. Matthias schoenaerts is a virile yet sensitive soldier who takes a security job in this patchily skilful drama the seemingly ubiquitous belgian actor and allround arthouse studmuffin matthias schoenaerts whose virile yet sensitive mug was recently seen in a bigger splash, the danish girl and a little chaos stars here as a virile yet. In corrupt russia, an erratic vladimir putin is determined to forge his country into a formidable superpower once again. The sleazy cold warera thriller red sparrow may be an adaptation of jack matthews 20 source novel, the first in a trilogy about russian. That kind of changes with his latest, the earnest and wellintentioned misfire, kursk starring the international cast of matthias schoenaerts, lea seydoux, and colin firth, a conventional, bythebooks basedonatruestory disaster melodrama. The kursk incident was an early humiliation for vladimir putins. Russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart recep tayyip erdogan shake hands during a joint press conference following their talks in the black sea resort of sochi on october 22.
Mar 10, 2018 full unedited interview to american tv channel nbc. In my novel, the senility of vladimir p, i have tried to convey some sense of the catastrophe that putin has inflicted on russia. If you like red sparrow central rappahannock regional library. Top 10 books on vladimir putins russia the guardian. Jan 04, 2000 russian president vladimir putin has enjoyed swift upward mobility within the ranks of the kremlin that is perhaps only possible in the kremlin. Russian president vladimir putin is a key figure in the book on which the. Red sparrow uses female empowerment as an excuse to abuse.
Jul 11, 2018 culture film features matthias schoenaerts on new film racer and the jailbird, terrence malick, and why he wont leave antwerp. Usually, the actor wears an impressive beard and long hair which makes him look nothing like vladimir putin. Meet matthias schoenaerts, antwerps answer to tom hardy. Not actually a still from the movie though if the red sparrow movie is anything like what ive heard and read of its source material, its going to be farfetched, sexdrenched, blackandwhite, and russophobic as st. Red sparrow latest news, breaking stories and comment. Jul 14, 2017 dozens of books try to explain putin and his russia. The kursk disaster by british investigative journalist and. I want to thank you so much to the followers stefania, massimiliana and federica for the video. The 2014 novel on which the film is based, also titled red sparrow, earned author jason matthewsa former cia man himselfan edgar edward.
Red sparrow latest news, breaking stories and comment the. Dominika runs into uncle johns trap starring matthias schoenaerts a high. Yet, some of schoenaerts roles required a clean shaven face and a. He made his film debut at the age of in daens 1992, which was nominated for the. Nov 28, 20 moscow the government of russian president vladimir putin has stoked fears that it is resorting to soviet techniques to stifle criticism by rewriting the countrys history text books. Vladimir putin in one of the interviews named leo tolstoy among one of his two favorite authors and included anna karenina in his book recommendation list.
Mar 15, 2017 vladimir putin character cut from luc bessons russian thriller. I want to be bad matthias schoenaerts, who has elicited comparisons to marlon brando, is about to hit the big time. Its a dreadridden slippingoutofthemiddleclass scenario, and it spurs her to take up the offer of her uncle, ivan matthias schoenaerts, gleaming like vladimir putin s bureaucrat. It stars matthias schoenaerts, colin firth, lea seydoux, peter simonischek. By the way, schoenaerts is taller than vladimir putin, and doesnt take his shirt off as much, but i suspect the strong physical resemblance is entirely intentional. Matthias schoenaerts on new film racer and the jailbird.
Exclusive full unedited interview of putin with nbcs megyn. The film follows the 2000 k141 kursk submarine disaster and the. Matthias schoenaerts, joel edgerton, charlotte rampling, jeremy irons, marylouise parker. Meet matthias schoenaerts, antwerps answer to tom hardy the actor may be making a name for himself as a screen hunk, but hes no interest in the hollywood lifestyle and even worries europe is. But according to director francis lawrence, schoenaerts was not intentionally cast due to his resemblance to putin, and the director only realized the similarity between them on set. Russian president vladimir putin and his confidants deal readily in the dark arts. The kursk incident was an early humiliation for vladimir putin s government, showcasing officials stasis and carelessness, and revealing.
Matthias schoenaerts on new film racer and the jailbird, terrence. On 15 march 2017, it was reported that vladimir putins character had been. Watch the trailer for the film adaptation of jason matthews spy thriller, red. Vladimir putin news, research and analysis the conversation. Jun 09, 2016 vladimir putin at an iceskating event in sochi, russia, before the olympics, april 20. I just looked him up and his name is matthias schoenaerts and apparently he was. Jeremy irons, marylouise parker, and matthias schoenaerts who looks scarily like vladimir putin round out the cast. Like brad pitt s character in interview with the vampire, vladimir putin has been walking the earth for centuries until he finally became russias president, it claims.
Vladimir putin lookalike becomes causes social media. How the media became one of vladimir putins most powerful. Apr 21, 2015 how the media became one of putins most powerful weapons. Get inspired and find your next great book to read. Matthias schoenaerts talks about being compared to president putin and working with jennifer lawrence at red sparrow european premiere at vue west end on february 19, 2018 in london. Matthias schoenaerts on being compared to putin and. The 2000 kursk submarine tragedy was a key moment for vladimir putin s fledgling russian government, and the fight to save the sailors.
Jul 07, 2019 but putin had just come to power, and he misjudged the crisis. The 35yearold has sparked rumours shes secretly dating belgian actor matthias schoenaerts, 41, following a series of conspicuously flirtatious social media exchanges between the pair. Heyuguys sat down with matthias schoenaerts to talk about his role in red sparrow and how is characters resemblance to vladimir putin is purely. Of all the things a thoughtful filmmaker like thomas vinterberg is capable of, hes hired to. Based on the book by former cia officer jason matthews, red sparrow. Russian president vladimir putin, who appears in the novel, was also cut. A vladimir putin lookalike has become an internet celebrity after being spotted by a fellow passenger on the moscow metro. After decades of wielding sovietstyle hard power, russia is developing a subtler form of influence.