{"id":28631,"date":"2025-08-28T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/28631\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:49:09","slug":"first-clip-of-paul-dano-as-putin-advisor-in-the-wizard-of-the-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/28631\/","title":{"rendered":"First Clip Of Paul Dano As Putin Advisor In The Wizard Of The Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> Oliver Assayas\u2019 topical drama The Wizard of the Kremlin<\/a>, revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who smooths Vladimir Putin\u2019s ascent to power in the 1990s, world premieres in Venice<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline can reveal a first clip of Paul Dano<\/a> in the titular role of Vadim Baranov, a former avant-garde artist and reality TV show producer, who becomes the unofficial advisor to ex-KGB agent Putin as rises up the political chain.<\/p>\n

\n\tDano is joined by Jude Law as Putin; Alicia Vikander as Baranov\u2019s beautiful wife Ksenia, who oscillates between a desire for bohemian freedom and wealth and influence, and Will Keen as real-life late oligarch Boris Berezovsky, a former ally of the Russian leader who became an exiled critic. Jeffrey Wright and Tom Sturridge also feature in the cast.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe feature has been adapted by Assayas and award-winning writer Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re from Giuliano da Empoli\u2019s eponymous 2022 novel inspired by the career of Putin\u2019s real long-term adviser and spin doctor Vladislav Surkov.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI knew nothing about the process that brought Putin to power \u2013 and I found it utterly compelling,\u201d says Assayas in his director\u2019s notes.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was unaware of Vladislav Surkov, who served as one inspiration for Baranov, even though the two men cannot be mistaken for one another. Surkov is obnoxious; our Baranov, while complicit in the worst actions of the regime and somewhat perverse, retains a certain humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe director praised Dano\u2019s performance, noting the actor\u2019s nuance and attention to detail.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWith Paul, every take is right \u2013 and in some way, each one tells a slightly different story, as if his work consisted in offering the director a kaleidoscope of choices that spans the entire emotional range of the scene,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Wizard of the Kremlin is produced by Oliver Delbosc (Curiosa Films) and Sidonie Dumas (Gaumont) in coproduction with France 2 Cin\u00e9ma with the participation of France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions and Disney+.<\/p>\n

\n\tGaumont is handling French distribution and international sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Assayas\u2019 topical drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[18,117,19,17,327,22983,550,22984,12876,22985],"class_list":{"0":"post-28631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-paul-dano","14":"tag-russia","15":"tag-the-wizard-of-the-kremlin","16":"tag-venice","17":"tag-venice-film-fesival"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}