US actor John Malkovich approached for role of Andrei Sakharov
14:27, 29 July 2011
ASTANA. July 29. KAZINFORM Russian film director Yuri Kara wants US actor John Malkovich to play the role of Soviet nuclear scientist-turned- dissident Andrei Sakharov in an upcoming film, Moscow media reported Friday, dpa reported. Kazinform refers to Trend News.
The reports cited Kara as saying he had completed the script for the film and had spoken to Malkovich, 57, to take the lead role of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Sakharov (1921-1989).
"To me, Sakharov is the Don Quixote of the 20th century," Kara said about the man who had helped build the ex-Soviet Union's first hydrogen bomb, only later to become an enemy of the Kremlin when he began to campaign for human rights.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975 but was not permitted to travel to Oslo to accept it. His wife Yelena Bonner, a fellow human rights campaigner, read his speech at the Oslo ceremonies. Kazinform cites Trend News. See www.en.trend.az for full version