Prison Break's T-Bag Builds New Character on Russia's President

Society | May 11, 2007, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Prison Break's T-Bag Builds New Character on Russia's President Knepper dressed up for the role of Yuri Markov, a character he based on Vladimir Putin. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

Robert Knepper, best known to the audience as T-Bag from TV Series Prison Break, said for SNA that he is building the character for his new movie - Hitman on Russia's president Vladimir Putin.

I didn't have much time to prepare for the role of the head of Russia's FSB services and I had to keep my hair blond, because of Season 3 of Prison Break, so I decided to base Yuri Markov on Putin, Knepper said.

The actor is in Sofia for the filming of Luc Besson's new movie Hitman, where he portrays a Russian government agent faced with a tough dilemma.

Based on the popular video game by the same name, the film also stars Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, the hitman, and Dougray Scott.

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