Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren are starring together in “The Last Station,” wonderful combination, which starts shooting April 7 in Germany. They replace previously announced Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep in the roles of Tolstoy and his wife, Sofia.
Other key cast include James McAvoy, great actor, and Paul Giamatti. The film, based on Jay Parini’s 1990 novel, explores the turbulent final year in the life of the Russian writer and philosopher and his troubled marriage. According to Variety, Giamatti plays Tolstoy’s trusted follower Chertkov, a supporter of the writer’s nonviolent socialist Christian movement who becomes Sofia’s cunning adversary, while McAvoy plays a naive private secretary sent by Chertkov to work for Tolstoy. British actress Anne-Marie Duff, who is married to McAvoy, stars as Tolstoy’s daughter Sasha. Â
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