Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves will star in a Russian movie about Pippi Longstocking, where he will play the girl's father, the picture's producer told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum.
"[Keanu Reeves will play] one of the leading roles. He is a witch hunter," Alexei Petrukhin said.
He specified that the movie called Pippi, expected to come out in 2019, will not follow her Swedish author Astrid Lindgren's book to a tee but will be based on its plot.
The Matrix star's ties with Russia seem to be burgeoning. In late May, he unexpectedly arrived in Saint Petersburg to shoot a part of Matthew Ross' romantic thriller Siberia, which really pleased his Russian fans. Some even organized a quest game called "Find Keanu in Saint Petersburg".
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