Paul Giamatti has signed on to play Nikita Khrushchev in an HBO biopic about the U.S.S.R. leader’s two-week visit to the United States in 1959, according to Variety. The film, based on the Peter Carlson book K Blows Top, will be exec produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman through their Playtone production company. Giamatti last appeared on HBO two years ago as the title figure in the Playtone miniseries John Adams.
Jul 28
2010
09:45 PM ET
Paul Giamatti to play Soviet leader in HBO biopic
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Great news. This has emmy nods written all over
Will it include the part where Khrushchev tried to visit Disneyland (and was denied)?