The famous British actor Ralph Fiennes, who played the wicked wizard in the Harry Potter series, has arrived in Russia.

      The actor is in Novospassky Village of the Smolensk Region, where he will take part in shootings of Vera Glagoleva's new movie Two Women based on Ivan Turgenev's book.

      The director of the movie Vera Glagoleva shared with Life News that she does not see the necessity of understudying Ralph Fiennes’ role.

      “Ralph knows Russian at a sufficient level. Of course, he has a slight accent, but we are working on it. His original voice will be in the movie”, - the film director points out.

      Ralph Fiennes has been studying Russian with a teacher in Russia since May 2013. He likes walking with Ivan Turgenev’s book in local parks and a greenhouse.  According to the actor, this is where he tries to comprehend that mysterious Russian soul.