amid Russia’s full-scale invasion. Now, thousands fans are calling for a film about the 44-year-old politician to be produced by Hollywood, and are urging actor Jeremy Renner, 51, to be cast in the lead role. “Is it obvious to everybody else that Jeremy Renner is the only logical option to play Zelensky in the biopic screenwriters are almost certainly drafting already?” one asked on Twitter, sharing side-by-side images of the two men.
Indeed, Zelensky and Renner bare striking similarities to one another. The Ukrainian president, who is 5 feet 7 inches tall, is a touch shorter than the actor, who stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall — but the pair both possess deep-set eyes, short brown hair and an almost identical jawline.
Renner has previously played a war hero in the action flick “The Hurt Locker,” with many sharing screenshots of the actor in the movie alongside photos of Zelensky taking to the streets to defend Kyiv. “Zelensky”, the new biopic starring Jeremy Renner pic.twitter.com/spRECW8waB“‘Zelensky,’ the new biopic starring Jeremy Renner,” another fan enthused.
However, the fan-casting quickly caused backlash, with many reminding Twitter users that Ukraine was in the midst of war. “Ukrainians are losing their lives and having their homes/businesses destroyed and we really have people tweeting ‘Jeremy Renner should play Zelensky in the movie about this!!'” one blasted. “That’s the most pathetic and tasteless thing you could possibly be thinking about right now.”A second detractor raged: “There are people tweeting about whether Jeremy Renner should play Volodymyr Zelensky in a movie about the Ukraine war.
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