Thirteen Hollywood actors who starred in Russian films

Russian actors occasionally break into Hollywood, and this becomes the number one news. But, as it turned out, Hollywood actors are also not averse to filming in Russian cinema. And there are many such examples, American stars play both major and minor roles. Edition AdMe.ru made a selection of Russian films featuring Hollywood actors.

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Antonio Banderas, Beyond Reality

This film vaguely resembles Inception and The Illusion of Deception. In the center of the plot is a professional swindler Michael (Milos Bikovich), who decides to rob a casino.

At some point, he meets an even more experienced swindler Gordon - he was played by Antonio Banderas. And although the shooting, in principle, went smoothly, Banderas occasionally showed his character, he arranged creative disputes, and once he even got offended and left the set.

Sharon Stone, Love in the City 3

Sharon Stone played the role of Valentine's beloved, played by Philip Kirkorov. At the same time, she liked the process so much that she even submitted several ideas.

It was originally planned that she would play a country singer from Las Vegas, but Stone offered to make her a rock singer with a British accent.

Sharon Stone impressed the entire film crew with her beautiful figure.

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“Stone showed me right in the trailer how great shape she is in. She just took off her robe - underneath there were skinny jeans and a thin, tight T-shirt. I was amazed! Despite her not very young age, she has the body of a 25-year-old girl!” said director Marius Weisberg.

Thomas Kretschmann, "Stalingrad"

Thomas Kretschmann has already starred in Stalingrad, the cult German film of 1993, as Lieutenant Hans von Witzland. In the Russian film by Fyodor Bondarchuk, Kretschmann plays the role of Captain Peter Kahn, whose troops are trying to knock Soviet soldiers out of the house, which they are desperately defending.

The actor was very attracted to his character by the fact that he is a complex, controversial person, crippled by the war. The versatility of the image, to some extent, makes the heroes of the Russian and German films, whom he played, in common.

Malcolm McDowell, The Regicide

British actor Malcolm McDowell became famous for starring in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Many also remember the vivid images of villains from other films.

But few people know that in 1991 he starred in Karen Shakhnazarov's film The Regicide, in which the actor played the role of a patient in a psychiatric clinic.

During the filming, McDowell behaved in a simple way, without stellar habits: he lived in an ordinary Moscow rented apartment and calmly took breaks in the process of work. He himself said that although the atmosphere of Moscow in the 1990s seemed oppressive to him, he thinks that it is in Russia that one can engage in creativity, and not chase after millions. By the way, almost 15 years later the actor came to Moscow again to shoot the film “Mirror Wars. The first reflection. "

Jason Fleming, Wii

Jason Fleming, known for his roles in Guy Ritchie's The Big Jackpot and Lock, Stock, Two Barrels, starred in the Russian film adaptation of Wii. He played the role of cartographer Jonathan Green, who travels from Europe to the east and gets stuck in a Cossack village.

“Before working on the film, I only read the script, the plot of which is a heavily altered plot of Gogol’s story. And he didn't scare me, no. Then I went on YouTube and watched the old Soviet film “Viy” - that’s where the real fear is. Absolutely crazy movie,” said Jason Fleming.

Milla Jovovich, "Freaks"

The famous Hollywood actress of Ukrainian origin, known for the films "The Fifth Element" and "Resident Evil", also starred in Russian cinema. In 2011, in the film "Freaks" she played the role of a Muscovite Nadia. The actress starred with Konstantin Khabensky (Slava Kolotilov, groom) and Ivan Urgant (former boyfriend Danya). According to Jovovich, even though it is a genre of light comedy, during the filming everyone laughed except her - she “fought” with the Russian text.

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“Oh, that’s your word, wink.” It didn’t want to be given to me. There is a moment in the film when I have to say the phrase “Why are you winking at me?” The number of unsuccessful takes with this phrase simply cannot be counted... And another word... Lord, what is it called - orgasm? No! Contagious? Also no. Ah, I remembered, Arzamas. It was with incredible difficulty that I remembered the name of this city,” recalls the actress.

Gerard Depardieu, "Rasputin"

It is not often that the French actor Gerard Depardieu can be seen with a beard, but the film "Rasputin" is just that case. In the historical motion picture, he played a major role. The idea of ​​creating the film belonged to him - the actor has been studying the personality and life of Grigory Rasputin for many years.

“I have been interested in him for a long time. At some point, I felt close to this character. Both my grandmothers were fortune tellers and hypnotists, they cured people. I have seen a lot of "slush" in my life, in various palaces around the world. At the same time, this character is very Russian, idealistic, whole and sometimes too flawless, ”says Gerard Depardieu.

Alain Delon, "Happy New Year, Mom!"

In this film, Delon appeared in an episodic birth, but was still remembered by the audience. After completing his career, the famous French actor played himself in a film novel entitled "See Paris and ..." According to the filmmakers, the actor behaved very simply and unpretentious.

“We had some very funny moments. In one of the shots, the camera was shooting from a lower angle, and Mr. Delon said: "Please ask the operator if it is possible to make the camera shoot a little higher - I still have beautiful blue eyes." At some point, I said that now we are going to shoot him in close-up, to which Alain Delon, the dream of all women, replied: "Oh, maybe you don't need it anymore?" - hinting at your age. Whatever he said, it all sounded subtle and very elegant, ”director Sarik Andreasyan recalls.

Michael Madsen, "Moscow - Russia fast"

Famed actor Michael Madsen, star of Sin City, Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight, plays a cameo as an agent for a Hollywood actress. During filming in the 30-degree heat, he was forced to hide from the sun under an umbrella, because he was not provided with any personal trailer.

Cari-Hiroyuki Tagawa, "Priest-san"

The American actor of Japanese descent is famous for his roles of negative characters, including he starred in the films Pearl Harbor, Mortal Kombat, Memoirs of a Geisha.

In the Russian film Priest-san, he plays Father Nikolai, a priest in the Japanese Orthodox Church who came into conflict with the Yakuza.

For the sake of salvation, he is sent to a remote village in Russia. There he is faced with the harsh conditions of rural life, hostile people and threats from local bandits.

It was difficult for the actor to act in Russia due to the language barrier, but, according to him, all this was compensated by the excellent cast and atmosphere on the set.

Ralph Fiennes, "Two Women"

Turgenev's play "A Month in the Country" became the basis for Vera Glagoleva's film "Two Women", which was released in 2014. Ralph Fiennes played one of the main characters - Mikhail Rakitin, in love with his friend's wife.

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The actor even learned all the words in Russian, but because of the accent he had to be duplicated.

Fiennes was very sociable on the set and immediately became friends with everyone, the language barrier was not felt at all.

Jean-Claude Van Damme, "Rzhevsky against Napoleon"

It is worth noting that Van Dam starred in this film for free. Upon learning that the shooting was taking place in Kiev (one of his favorite cities), he agreed to shoot without a fee, only with payment of hotel accommodation.

Despite such a generous gift, in all other respects Jean-Claude behaved like a real star: he appeared on the set with a personal agent, a personal operator, and also brought his beloved dogs with him. In between filming, I almost did not communicate with other actors.

Mischa Barton, You and Me

During filming, the star of the series “OS “Lonely Hearts” did not live in a trailer or in a hotel, they rented a Moscow apartment specially for her, so that she could get to know the life of the capital from the inside, which she really liked.

The actress said that she really wanted to voice her heroine herself and tried hard to memorize Russian phrases, but because of the accent she was still dubbed.

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