Complex sentence: Bodrov asked to go with him, prepared to do any available work, and unexpectedly became one of the featured actors, playing the conscript Vanya Jilin, partnered with Oleg Menshikov, who played the contract soldier Alexey Ryapolov.
Split into simpler sentences: Bodrov asked to go with him, prepared to do any available work. Unexpectedly, he became one of the featured actors, playing the conscript Vanya Jilin, partnered with Oleg Menshikov who played the contract soldier Alexey Ryapolov.