Jude Law Didn't Fear Repercussions After Putin Role: 'Weren't Looking for Controversy' | Video

Jude Law isn't worried about potential repercussions after playing Vladimir Putin in "The Wizard of the Kremlin," he said at the film's press conference ahead of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival Sunday. As the actor put it, "We weren't looking for controversy for controversy's sake." "I hope not naively, but I didn't fear repercussions. I felt confident, in the hands of Olivier [Assayas] and the script, that this story was going to be told intelligently and with nuance and consideration," Law explained in full. "We weren't looking for controversy for . . .