Perhaps similar to Breaking Bad's 'Better call Saul'. Could start with the break-up of the Soviet Union, to the gang wars of the '90's, the oil boom, Crimean crisis and Ukrainian disintegration. Would be a good extension of the original House of Cards!
Posted Mar 2, 2015, 8:09 PM UTC · edited
Better Call Petrov
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... so he can hang up on you :)
House of Czars
All I can say is the Mikkelsen family has a knack for playing charming yet threatening psychopaths.
I found the character really awkward and uninspired. It's an obvious Putin knockoff in a character-driven show that is not really meant to parallel reality and the character suffers from some very predictable cliches. You could plop this character down in a late '80s Bond film and he would fit right in.
That's the thing though: Vladimir Putin is a Bond villain. Why make an original character when you can just bring one in from real life?
He truly is. Many people believe Putin was behind the Russian apartment bombings in 1999, which was used as a casus belli for the second Chechen war. Talk about ruthlessness! Frank Underwood doesn't even approach it, by far.
He was portraying a Russian president. If he behaved any other way, viewers would find it strange.
fuck yes
I would love to see it, but it would have to be in Russian for it to work. I hate reading subtitles, so that would be a drawback. I thought his character was well written and the actor's performance was superb.
You mean victor putin?
Its not as interesting when the protagonist kills EVERY obstacles they have
Hell yeah!
Boy, if you reckon American politics are murky, imagine* plot lines coming out of the Kremlin.
"Crimean crisis", "Ukrainian disintegration". What are you, another dumb kremlin troll?
Petrov was my favourite part of this season. Every time he was on screen I found myself paying way more attention and taking in every word. I think the actor did a wonderful job and I hope we see more of Petrov for sure.
The actor is Mads Mikkelsen's brother, AKA Hannibal Lecter.
Oh really? That's awesome. He was in Sherlock too, but I didn't like him much in that.
Oh shit, you're right! Damn, mediocre Season 3s on both accounts in my opinion.