From Ben Stiller to Jessica Chastain, celebrities have embraced Ukraine’s president and offered support to the country’s war effort
Volodymyr ZelenskiyStiller is one in a line of stars from the entertainment world who made the long journey to Kyiv to meet Zelenskiy – himself a former actor and comedian. A journey that involves an overnight train journey from Poland as commercial flights – let alone private jets – cannot fly in Ukraine’s airspace for safety reasons., who has visited three times since the invasion, and is making a documentary about the war, in which Zelenskiy will no doubt feature.
“I feel terrible. This is for you. It’s just a symbolic silly thing, but if I know this is here with you then I’ll feel better and stronger for the fight,” Penn told Zelenskiy in November. Angelina Jolie and the 1980s action star Jean-Claude Van Damme, who did shoots in Kyiv for a Netflix production two years ago, have also visited Ukraine to meet refugees and troops. Van Damme posed for videos with Ukrainian soldiers in December, giving the traditional Ukrainian war cry, “Glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes.”And there are many more celebrities who have yet to make the visit to Ukraine but have been using their platforms to raise funds.
According to those who have followed and been involved in Zelenskiy’s communications efforts, it was the president who kept Hollywood following events after the initial media spike subsided. “He’s a natural at orating because of his background,” said Nikki Fowler, the president of the Hollywood critics’ association, who is also half-Ukrainian. “I think that resonates with a lot of celebrities.”
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