Alex Ritman “Unexpected, very loud, a little bit scary… but good!” is how “Anora” star Mark Eydelshteyn rather delightfully describes the last few months since Sean Baker’s wildly entertaining strip-club rom-com won the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival.
Thankfully for the 22-year-old Russian — playing Ivan, a loveably hyperactive goofball and filthy-rich oligarch’s son who marries Mikey Madison’s Brighton Beach sex worker — he’s been “going through this journey” alongside his co-star, friend and fellow countryman Yura Borisov.
The two have been serving as each other’s personal “Inception”-style “spinning tops,” he says in his accented and slightly broken English, to “understand that it’s actually happening and not just a dream.” “We’re in America, right?” says Borisov, 31, with a smile as the two speak to Variety on a cloudy L.A.
morning. With Neon now widening “Anora’s” release across the U.S. as it rides a wave of goodwill that many expect could carry over into a fruitful awards campaign, the duo’s double act is only getting stronger. “Doing all this together has been so much better than alone,” Borisov says.
Read more on variety.com
Get the latest stars news and celebrity rumours with exclusive stories, photos, videos and interviews.
Breaking up, scandals, engagements, divorces, gossip – all you need to know about the private lives of your favorite celebs.
Get to know the latest showbiz news along with exclusive interviews and even more. All this is waiting for you on the main page 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Who, where, when, with whom, how, why and for what!? Stay tuned to know first!
Just follow us daily and we will provide you with the current news from the life of famous stars and celebrities.
Owner: SNOWLAND s.r.o.
Registration certificate 06691200
Address:
Snowland s.r.o.
16200, Na okraji 381/41, Veleslavín, 162 00 Praha 6
Czech Republic
©2024. All rights reserved.