Steve Buscemi Landed His Dream Role: Nikita Khrushchev

'The Death of Stalin' star Steve Buscemi has ties to Russia.

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[wratched]

My biggest fear walking into this movie was "How are they going to make Beria funny?" And I gotta give this movie credit; they managed to make him funny whilst at the same time not shying away from what a monster he was.

[namirxia]

I saw the Death of Stalin. He was so great as Krushchev.

[CSLucasEpic]

Jason Isaacs kills it in the movie as Zhukov. He owns every scene he is in, all the time.

[mcj]

Honestly Steve Buscemi was so good as Khrushchev in _The Death of Stalin_ that I now just want a bigger biopic of Khrushchev starring Steve Buscemi lol

[MisterTingles]

one of the most stellar, charismatic and still woefully underrated actors in my opinion.

[pollynazaro]

I am Russian, I saw this movie . I can say 'The Death of Stalin' its fantastic ! Steve Buscemi is a great actor and his Nikita Khrushchev is amazing!

[NxDoyle]

From a historical perspective, Khrushchev is hard to pin down. It's reasonably common knowledge that Stalin and others used to make fun of and prank him. You would be forgiven for thinking that Khr was merely a play toy.

But he not only won the post-Stalin power struggle, he did it so covertly that Lavrenti Beria never knew what hit him.

[platobach]

Steve Buscemi has performed some outstanding roles. He was brilliant in Death of Stalin, even though Jason Isaacs had the greatest scenery-chewing lines. It was great to see him give props to Tarantino for ensuring that actors received name recognition.

But the thing that impresses me the most about him is that, on 9/11, he went to the fire house where he worked previously as a firefighter, and suited up.

Legend.

[dtegg]

I was a bartender in NYC's West Village for many years. Steve Buscemi would be come in for lunch at least once a week, newspaper under his arm. Not only is he a great actor, but he's an extremely down to earth, friendly, and normal guy, despite being so recognizable and famous. After a while, he was a just another guy coming in for lunch and the staff loved him for it.

[NorybDrol]

I have massive respect for Buscemi's loyalty to New York and their firefighters. The fact he returned to his old fire department to work rescue after the 9/11 attacks cements my respect for Buscemi.

[MisterT]

I watched The Death of Stalin last year. I can't believe it's only coming out in the US now. I thought it would be an Oscar contender.

[carlpeng]

I love how Nikita was portrayed by Steve: the clown of the group, but ended up to be a master political player who managed to outmaneuver Stalin's monster.

[MisterPrince]

Severely underrated actor, he made some of the movies he was in.

[HokkaidoTramp]

I never get tired of seeing movies with Stever Buscemi in them. Amazing actor. A real actors actor. True talent.

[myndwork]

I literally just watched the film. It was amazing. Very very dark humor. Funny, but really dark and really sad undertone. Great acting overall, fantastic cast, even the extras were fantastic in this movie, huge attention to detail. Instant classic in my opinion.

[WaddIes]

the older he gets.. the more normal he looks.. :(

[DJBFAD]

"Death Of Stalin" was an unexpectedly great movie, hilarious & interesting! Buscemi rocked as usual...

[bee_Frank]

“That animal, Blundetto”...

A great and underrated talent. Very versatile.

[MrBoudreaux]

HAHAHA "How can you run and plot at the same time?" I just finished watching this wonderful film and it is full of so many great one liners and moments like this both hilarious and profound.

[IlyaKokoev]

"I didn't think they get this show there, but people knew who i was"

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