Best actress nominee Mikey Madison plays Ani, a stripper who takes up with a hard-partying man-child from Russia named Ivan (played by Mark Eydelshteyn, whom Borisov encouraged to audition).

Borisov also suggested casting another Russian actor, Mark Eydelshteyn, as Ivan, nicknamed Vanya, the oligarch's son and Ani's immature husband. Baker says getting both actors to the U.S. was ...