84 year old Russian actor marries his 24-year-old fiancée and plan on starting a family

An 84-year-old Legendary Russian actor  Ivan Krasko, famous for more than 140 roles in Soviet and Russian films has married his 24 year old fiancée Natalia Shevel who used to be one of his student, in a secret ceremony attended by family and very few friends.

He announced that he plans to start a family with his new wife as soon as possible.

Despite criticism from many, the pair described their relationship in an interview with Russian media as a 'match made in heaven'.

Mr Krasko, a father of 6 who has been married 3 times before, will turn 85 in two weeks and added that the relationship prior to their marriage had remained platonic, but he now hopes they will have a family together as they 'both wanted children' and that there was a mutual attraction between them both

 

The grandfather-of-three said: 'Naturally she has some worries about the future, but for me this is an exciting new time in my life.'

He said he had not yet met her family, although she had been introduced to his sons.