Russian TV channel TNT has begun production of a comedy series about US President Joe Biden, scheduled to premiere next year.
The show, titled "The Farewell," revolves around the American leader traveling to Russia "incognito" to find out "why his sanctions aren't working against the Russians," according to a TNT press release.
During the visit, Biden loses his passport and becomes trapped in Russia. He is then forced to live in a Soviet-era apartment building and work as an English teacher to save up for a new passport to return home.
“Meanwhile, CIA agents are taking Russian pensioner Ivanovich, who looks very much like Biden, to the United States,” TNT reports.
The body-swapping comedy is set to premiere in 2025, the same year Biden's presidential term ends. Russian actor Dmitry Dyuzhev, best known for his role as Cosmos in the popular gangster series Brigada, will play Biden.
In photographs taken during the filming of Farewell, Dyuzhev is depicted wearing a silver-gray wig and pearly white dentures.
“I’m very curious to see what comes out of our bold experiment and whether viewers will be able to recognize me in Biden and Biden in me,” the TNT press release quotes the actor as saying.
“Nevertheless, I can guarantee that this will be a kind, life-like and funny story,” Dyuzhev added.
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