Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and 7 more actors who transformed into politicians
Jude Law looks totally unrecognisable as Russian president Vladimir Putin in the new movie, The Wizard of Kremlin, which recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival
Jude Law looked completely unrecognisable as he transformed into Russian president, Vladimir Putin, for Olivier Assaya's new drama The Wizard of the Kremlin. The movie, which recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival, was adapted from Giuliano da Empoli's bestselling 2022 novel of the same name.
The 52-year-old actor ditched his cropped brown hair for Putin's short blonde hair. He took on the Russian president's serious persona for the new movie and wore prosthetics for his transformation. Jude isn't the first actor to shock fans with their portrayal of real-life politicians.
Just last year, Sebastian Stan was nominated in the Best Actor category at the Oscars for his portrayal of a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice. He lost out to Adrien Brody in The Brutalist. Josh Brolin, who is also a Marvel star alongside Sebastian, once transformed into George W. Bush in W.
Other stars taking on the difficult roles of impressively mimicking politicians include Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, Christian Bale as former US Vice President Dick Cheney and Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.
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1 of 16 Jude Law's new movie recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival
Jude Law
(Image:Corbis via Getty Images)2 of 16 Jude as Vladimir Putin
He looked unrecognisable as the Russian president alongside Paul Dano as Vadim Baranov
(Image:AP)3 of 16 Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan is known for his role as Bucky Barnes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
(Image:Getty Images for Disney)4 of 16 Sebastian as POTUS in The Apprentice
He swapped playing a former spy and assassin for taking on a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice
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5 of 16 Christian Bale
The Batman actor often goes to extreme lengths in his dieting and exercising for his movies
(Image:Getty Images for 20th Century St)6 of 16 Christian as Dick Cheney
In 2018, he took on the role of former US Vice President Dick Cheney in black comedy movie, Vice
7 of 16 Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep has been in endless iconic movies, such as The Devil Wears Prada, Sophie's Choice, and Into The Woods
(Image:Getty Images for FLC)8 of 16 Meryl as Margaret Thatcher
In The Iron Lady, Meryl transformed into Margaret Thatcher and won an Oscar for the role
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9 of 16 John Lithgow
John isn't the only person to transform into Winston Churchill for a role
(Image:Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)10 of 16 John as Winston Churchill
In the first series of The Crown, John had a huge transformation for his role as Churchill
(Image:Daily Record)11 of 16 Gary Oldman
Gary's role as Winston Churchill was for the big screens
(Image:Apple TV+ via Getty Images)12 of 16 Gary as Winston Churchill
He put on the famous round-rimmed glasses for The Darkest Hour
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13 of 16 Daniel Day Lewis
Daniel won many awards for his iconic roles over the years, including Oscars for My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln
(Image:Getty Images for National Board of Review)14 of 16 Daniel as Abraham Lincoln
Daniel won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and a SAG for his role as the US president Abraham Lincoln
(Image:Publicity Picture)15 of 16 Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin, who is in Marvel movies with Sebastian, was unrecognisable in W.
(Image:AFP via Getty Images)16 of 16 Josh as George W. Bush
Josh transformed into former president George W. Bush for 2008 movie, W.
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