Hundreds of young actors and actresses graduate from theater institutes every year. However, new talents are of little interest to well-known directors and producers. They still rely on proven actors and share the same faces in their films. Even if they don't have genuine talent. We invite you to choose the most overrated Russian actor or actress from our list.
Svetlana Hodchenkova
An ideal figure, chiseled cheekbones, emerald eyes, natural golden curls - but, unfortunately, beauty is not always a guarantee of talent. Sometimes it seems that the actress does not understand at all what to do on the set. In order to somehow get into the character, Svetlana obviously needs a mentor and a strong director. So it was with Govorukhin in " Bless the woman"Or with Valeria Gai Germanika in" A short course for a happy life". Most of Khodchenkova's other works can be safely called a failure.
Danila Kozlovsky
Danila Kozlovsky first appeared on the screen at the age of 14. Since then, his acting has, by and large, changed in no way. Which, of course, cannot be said about the actor's appearance. You involuntarily ask yourself the question: if Danila had not been such a sleek handsome man, would his career in big cinema have been so successful?
Liza Boyarskaya
The career of Elizaveta Boyarskaya is exactly the case when quantity does not turn into quality. The actress is engaged in dozens of projects every year. She works in the theater, acts a lot in films and television series. However, in almost every role, the actress is the same, except that the costumes on her change. Although sometimes there are glimpses in her career - remember the role of Anna Karenina. Perhaps the directors themselves do not really want to reveal the potential of the actress and offer her roles of the same type.
Dmitry Dyuzhev
The shirt-guy - it seems that this image is forever entrenched in the actor. Although for several years in a row Dyuzhev has been actively trying to destroy it. And often quite unsuccessfully: wildly overestimates and admits drama from scratch. The question naturally arises: did the actor have any talent at all?
Alexandra Bortich
Alexandra Bortich is one of the most sought-after young Russian actresses today. In the last two years alone, Bortich has starred in 17 films. But let's be honest, most of this work is hack. So while the only virtue of the young actress is her pretty face. But she's only 24. Let's see what happens next.
Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov had a great start: working with such titans as Alexander Mitta, Nikita Mikhalkov, Stanislav Govorukhin. But, as time has shown, the talent was not enough for a long time. The actor gradually slipped to the role of the permanent host of endless dances and songs on ice.
Marina Alexandrova
Marina Aleksandrova was predicted to have a successful career. Not that the actress did not live up to expectations ... She works a lot in theater, film and television. However, he clearly falls short of serious dramatic roles. The audience remembered her disastrous transformation into the Soviet film star Valentina Serova for a long time. Ill-wishers often reproach Alexandrova for her lack of talent, and believe that the main reason for her rather successful career is her husband and, concurrently, the main director of Channel One Andrei Boltenko.
Mikhail Porechenkov
The language does not turn out to call Mikhail Porechenkov an excellent actor. Sometimes one gets the impression that he always plays the same role. A soldier, a writer, a doctor or a priest - Porechenkov is not saved even by a cardinal change of qualifications on the screen.
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Although in her track record there are many roles in soap operas. But, as you might guess, they all differ little from each other. To date, the ceiling of the actress is the role of Vika's nanny with a memorable Mariupol accent.
Paulina Andreeva
The muse of the most popular Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk is far from perfect, especially when it comes to serious dramatic roles ...
Paulina Andreeva and Danila Kozlovsky not only maintain friendly relations, but have recently been working together. In the film "Status Free" Paulina got a rather important role in which Kozlovsky represented her, because you can instantly believe in her energy and charm.
Paulina and Danila have been friends for five years. They owe their acquaintance to their mutual friend Philip Yankovsky. Danila admits that Paulina belongs to those few people with whom you can always be yourself and feel free. Danila characterizes Polya as real, very beautiful and funny. She doesn't mind laughing at herself. Kozlovsky finds that such a combination is not often found.
Paulina, in turn, calls Danila crazy, very beautiful and responsive. For all his immense popularity and demand, according to the actress, he manages to remain a real person.
They both admit that they are comfortable not only being friends with each other, but also working. Kozlovsky says that when an actress was needed not for the main, but at the same time for an important role in the picture "Status Free", he immediately thought of Paulin.
Hero Kozlovsky Nikita breaks up with his beloved girlfriend, which is accompanied by strong feelings and suffering. As a result, according to the logic of events, after all the trials, he must meet a new girl. It wasn't about a happy ending to the story. The final remains open, but a girl should appear in the life of the protagonist, says Kozlovsky, looking at which the viewer would want to be in the place of his hero.
Paulina says that she met with Kozlovsky in some kind of "public catering", he began to talk about the film and that he had a small role for her, promised to send a script. However, Fields agreed to act without reading the script. The actress has only two scenes in the film, but since she considers herself a friend of Danila, and the film is his production debut, she was simply obliged to support her friend. In addition, Paulina and Danila are united by their love for St. Petersburg, Paulina was born in St. Petersburg, then left for Moscow, and Danila, on the contrary, was born in Moscow, and then moved to St. Petersburg with her family.
Paulina Andreeva considers friendship between a man and a woman beautiful, because there is nothing to share, there is no competition. She just rejoices at the success of her friend in cinema and theater. Danila also admits that after watching the series "Method", he found Paulina's play equivalent to such a great actor as Konstantin Khabensky. Regarding Locust, Kozlovsky expressed admiration for Paulina's courage, since it is not at all easy to play in an erotic thriller.
Kozlovsky admits that there are few films based on parting. And “Status is free” starts with this. Kozlovsky has never played such heroes, so this story interested him so much, and the topic of parting is very painful, sad, but also important, because in life it often happens that you have to let go of another person, while you can maintain friendly relations.
Paulina says that she never seriously thought about her appearance, while Kozlovsky calls her one of the most beautiful women in our country, and this is not only about her appearance.
Paulina took part in Kozlovsky's show "The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man", where with her dances she simply perfectly fit into the style of the 40-50s. When Kozlovsky asked the actress to support him in creating the show, she immediately agreed. They rehearsed a lot and the show was very successful as a result.
But the question is, in what status is Danila Kozlovsky himself, he replies that he has a wonderful girlfriend, and does not want to tell anything else.
Danila Kozlovsky
Family: mother - Nadezhda Nikolaevna, actress; father - Valery Ivanovich, professor of MGIK; brothers - Egor (32 years old), Ivan (29 years old)
Education: Graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts
Career: made his film debut at the age of 13 in the series "Simple Truths". He starred in more than 30 films, including: "Garpastum", "Merry", "Five Brides", "Legend No. 17", "Duhless", "Vampire Academy", "The habit of parting", "Dubrovsky", "Status: Free. " Actor of the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe
Paulina Andreeva
Family: mother - Elena Nikolaevna, businesswoman; father - Oleg Vladimirovich, businessman; brothers - Igor (20 years old), Boris (15 years old)
Education: graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School
Career: starred in films and TV series: "Thaw", "Dark World: Equilibrium", "Gregory R.", "Method", "Locust", "Status: Free". Actress of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov
- Danila, Paulina, how would you describe each other using three epithets?
Danila: (Pause.) Real. Very beautiful. Funny. He often laughs at himself. This combination is rarely seen. Your turn! In the meantime, I'll turn on the camera so that I can show you the recording at the right time! (Laughs.)
Pauline: Crazy. Very beautiful. Responsive. What does not happen so often when, with such demand and popularity, the first places in all sorts of ratings, a person manages to remain human. The task is the most important and difficult to achieve. I am glad that Danila succeeds. Otherwise, I would not be friends with him ...
- I wonder how many readers, looking at this cover, will think that you are a couple?
Danila: Paulina and I have been friends for five years, a mutual friend, Philip Olegovich Yankovsky, introduced us. Fields are one of the few people with whom you can be yourself. That is, next to her, I can be anything and feel free at the same time.
Pauline: We don't need to explain to each other what the joke is.
Danila: Yes! Conventionally, even if one of us joked not funny, we will laugh at how unfunny he joked.
- Being friends and working together is not the same ...
Danila: We are comfortable with both. Therefore, when the need arose for an actress who was supposed to play not the main, but an important role in the film "Status: Free", I proposed to invite Paulina Andreeva. My hero Nikita goes through all the trials associated with parting with his girlfriend, and according to the laws of the genre, he should be rewarded at the end. We are not talking about a happy ending, we do not know what will happen next, but after all the adventures in his life, an important meeting takes place - a new person appears. It was necessary for an actress to appear in the frame, in whose energy and charm you instantly believe, so that the viewer, looking at my hero at that moment, said: "Wow, I want to be in his place!" I called Paulina and asked to read the script. Still, the role is small, our budget, again, is modest - there were a lot of doubts whether he would agree ... But Polya called me back the next day and said that she was with us.
Pauline: It was all wrong! In fact, we met with Danila Kozlovsky in some public catering, and he turned to me with an official intonation in his voice: “Paulina, you know, we have such a story, and I would like to offer you a small role. I will send the script ... "To which I replied:" Danila, I agree to act without reading it. "
- Paulina, I just want to ask: a role with words?
Pauline: Yes! (Laughs.) Though small, two scenes ... On my part, this is also a friendly gesture, because the film "Status: Free" is Danila's producer debut and, since I call myself his friend, I was glad to support him. The same was true of Dani's proposal to appear on the cover of TELEWEEK. He called and busily asked if I would be honored to be with him on the cover. To which I replied that if he didn’t mind being next to me ... (Both laugh.) In fact, it coincided so well that Danya rehearsed Hamlet in St. Petersburg (we are talking about the performance of the Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe. - Approx. “ TN "), I also came to my hometown, so it turned out to combine everything.
- And they also say that acting friendship does not exist ...
Pauline: This is really a rarity among actresses. And the friendship between a man and a woman is wonderful. Because we initially have nothing to share, we have no competition. I can only sincerely rejoice at Dani's success. I like Danila's work in the theater, I adore him in the play "The Cherry Orchard" - he is an enchanting Lopakhin. And I know people who were skeptical of him, looked for some flaws, and then came to the theater and were disarmed by what they saw on the stage.
Danila: And I recently watched several episodes of the TV movie "Method", where such a great and beloved artist as Konstantin Yuryevich Khabensky played. So Paulina paired with him is absolutely equal and complete. I love her small but absolutely wonderful role in Thaw! When Polya and I were in New York (we were studying English at the same language school), she put me to listen to the song "Oh, how I was in love, my friend, and now what ...", which was recorded for the film by Valery Todorovsky. In my opinion, I was one of the first people you gave it to listen to ...
Pauline: Yes, that is right.
Danila: And this is a year, if not more, before the premiere of The Thaw! By the way, the case took place in Central Park, from where the police took us an hour later - for drinking alcohol in a public place. But the most important thing is that when I heard this song, I immediately understood: I have a hit in front of me. It was somehow quite obvious. I say: “This is so cool! Have you sung? " - "Well, yes, but what is it?" Now Paulina will say that in The Thaw she has an episodic role, but the main thing is that she is memorable and very bright. And I say all this not because Polya is my friend, but because she is a very good actress.
- Danila, have you watched the erotic thriller "Locust" with Paulina?
Danila: I will say that I am delighted with my colleagues and friends, that is, Paulina and Petya Fedorov, who played the main roles there. Delighted with their courage. But first of all, it was Paulina, because it is still easier for a man to act in such films. For a young actress to play in an erotic thriller in Russia is a great courage and responsibility. Because for our country this is generally an atypical genre, we have a rather sanctimonious country in this sense.
Pauline: It seems that we still have no sex, and storks bring children ...
Danila: Yes, this genre is, by definition, wary. But it can be a very interesting, sensual story. I saw individual shots - very beautiful. But I didn't watch the whole movie.
Pauline: Why?!
Danila: Unfortunately, there was no time. Throughout December there were rehearsals of Hamlet, then the premiere of our film in Ireland, from today it is going on all over Russia. Now I remembered how Paulina saw our film for the first time. I called her and offered to go to the cinema ... (Laughs.)
Pauline: I ask: "Did you find something good in the poster?" He says: "Yes, you won't regret it."
Danila: And then Polya began to clarify: “Which cinema are you taking me to? Were we there? " I took her to a recording studio near the Kursk railway station. Going there, Polya saw Natasha Anisimova, a wonderful actress who also starred in our film, sound engineers, then director Pasha Ruminov joined ...
Pauline: And we looked at the edited "Status: Free". Danya sat serious throughout the session, all the time making notes in his notebook, but I just didn't have enough popcorn to complete the picture. No fools, I really liked the movie. And I applaud Danila's courage, his production debut. He does not expect ideal proposals, although he has a lot of them, but chooses what is truly interesting to him, creates projects himself, builds his career.
- Danila, the film begins with the heroine of Elizaveta Boyarskaya leaving your character for another man. Someone will think: “They don’t leave such people, it doesn’t happen.” This is what attracted you to the story?
Danila: The topic. We basically have few breakup films. And here the picture really begins with this: my hero Nikita is abandoned by a girl, and he begins to fight for her, he does not agree to let her go to another. There are many funny, ridiculous, sad, charming, touching stories in this story. I have not played such a thing before: the project interested me both as an actor and as a producer. The background is as follows: director Pasha Ruminov, when we were preparing for a completely different film with him, talked about how he broke up with his girlfriend, how he wrote down everything that happened to him at that moment in a notebook ... Listening to him, I somehow immediately I realized that this can be transferred to the screen, that this is a separate movie. The other project for some reason did not work out, but "Status: Free" appeared. It immediately became obvious that the main role, the role of Athena, should be played by Liza Boyarskaya. I sent her a script, after reading which she wrote: “You know, I understand why you sent it to me. Because there are stories that can only be told with people with whom a certain period of life has passed. " Liza and I have really known each other for a long time, from the first year, we, again, do not need to explain some things to each other, we play together on stage ... Liza is my very close friend.
Pauline: So the title for the material is ready: "Danya and his friends"!
Danila: Yes, I have settled well, I am surrounded by such people! (Laughs.) Of course, the topic of parting is painful, sad, but also very important, because the time comes when you need to be able to let go of the other person. There is a wonderful phrase in the film when Lisa says to my hero: "I am not an artificial respiration apparatus, now breathe without me, breathe on your own!" It's sad, but you need to go through this, you need to understand that the relationship has outlived its usefulness, ended. You can't be selfish and consider another as property ... Another good phrase sounds, albeit rude, which her new man says to my hero: "Well, love each other, only you don't get a member." The relationship is over, but you can still remain friends. Of course, breaking up is always difficult. It hurts when they leave you, but it also hurts when you leave.
Pauline: Agree. If they leave you, of course, we are also talking about wounded pride, but only it cannot come to the fore when people were bound by a real feeling, kinship. Here the pain is of a different nature, people write books about it, compose poetry.
- Parting with the city can also be painful in its own way. It turns out interestingly: Danila was born in Moscow, but then moved with his family to St. Petersburg, studied there, now plays in the theater with Lev Dodin. You, Paulina, on the contrary, left for Moscow from St. Petersburg ...
Pauline: From St. Petersburg to Moscow I was led by the desire to get out of my usual comfort zone. Before that, I studied for two years at the journalism department in my native Petersburg. But I quickly realized that I was not doing my own thing, melancholy began to eat me ... I arrived in the capital aiming to win. Despite the fact that she did not know the city. We went on some excursions to Moscow, but this is completely different. My parents, of course, knew about my admission, it was not an escape from home. Moscow drove me crazy and delighted. A huge number of people, a seething subway - I seemed to plunge into the abyss. There was also a feeling of more aggressive energy. But I was also quite aggressive, because I had a clear goal. I can't say that Moscow hurt me or tested me for strength. I was immediately lucky to meet people who helped with important advice. Moscow received me quite friendly. I dreamed of going to the Moscow Art Theater School and entered there, dreamed of working at the Moscow Art Theater, and this dream also came true.
And Petersburg is still my energy base, a place of power - the best city on earth. Every time I come here, the first thing I do is visit my family: parents, grandparents. I go by train. "Peregrine Falcon" is rather a forced measure, I love the night "Red Arrow" - with tea, a rattling glass holder ... In St. Petersburg, I do not function as an actress. Here I am a daughter, sister, granddaughter, friend.
- Paulina, Danila has repeatedly said that the most important person in his life is his mother. Which family member has had a particularly strong influence on you?
Pauline: Whole family. It would be dishonest on my part to single out one person.
I am the eldest, I have two brothers. But I am the only girl, so I probably felt more attention to myself. My parents are young, and they are friends for me first of all. Mom and Dad instilled in me freedom of choice and always repeated that I would succeed. I still feel this support.
At school I was a poor student. Well, a C grade student! Because she was a bully all the time: a typical restless, overly active child. Parents repeated each time: "Well, it’s awkward to go to the parent meeting again!" But there has never been any repression or pressure on this matter. I studied additionally with the teachers to improve the problematic subjects, but I liked to recite: "I am not interested in your physics, I am a humanist!" (Laughs.)
- Paulina, when did you realize that you are good-looking?
Pauline: I never really thought about it. In adolescence, I had a rejection of myself: I could not come to terms with this world, everything in me rebelled, it seemed that everyone around was lying. I looked almost like a kid: sneakers, skateboarding, harsh manners ... I began to accept and understand myself only when I became a student at the Studio School. But this path of knowledge continues to this day.
Danila: Look at her: Paulina is one of the most beautiful women in our country! And believe me, when I say beautiful, I'm not just talking about looks.
- Is that why you invited Paulina to your concert program "The Big Dream of an Common Man"? By the way, why does Paulina dance there, and not sing?
Pauline: Because there is one main character.
Danila: I will explain: “The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man” is not a concert, it is a musical performance. The story of a man who declares his love for the 1940-50s era, the music performed by my beloved and respected Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett. And Paulina, of course, fits perfectly into the style of that time and the drama of my performance, in which I share my feelings and emotions.
When I asked Paul to support me in this crazy adventure with a musical program, she immediately responded. I remember very well our rehearsals at Mosfilm in early April. At some point, we opened the huge gates of the pavilion, turned on the music in full and started dancing right on the street ...
- Danila, returning to the film "Status: Free" ... In what status are you now - free, in relationships, in search? Underline whatever applicable.
Danila: I have a wonderful girlfriend. And I will say nothing more.
Danila Kozlovsky
Family: mother - Nadezhda Nikolaevna, actress; father - Valery Ivanovich, professor of MGIK; brothers - Egor (32 years old), Ivan (29 years old)
Education: Graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts
Career: made his film debut at the age of 13 in the series "Simple Truths". He starred in more than 30 films, including: "Garpastum", "Merry", "Five Brides", "Legend No. 17", "Duhless", "Vampire Academy", "The habit of parting", "Dubrovsky", "Status: Free. " Actor of the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe
Paulina Andreeva
Family: mother - Elena Nikolaevna, businesswoman; father - Oleg Vladimirovich, businessman; brothers - Igor (20 years old), Boris (15 years old)
Education: graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School
Career: starred in films and TV series: "Thaw", "Dark World: Equilibrium", "Gregory R.", "Method", "Locust", "Status: Free". Actress of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov
- Danila, Paulina, how would you describe each other using three epithets?
Danila: (Pause.) Real. Very beautiful. Funny. He often laughs at himself. This combination is rarely seen. Your turn! In the meantime, I'll turn on the camera so that I can show you the recording at the right time! (Laughs.)
Pauline: Crazy. Very beautiful. Responsive. What does not happen so often when, with such demand and popularity, the first places in all sorts of ratings, a person manages to remain human. The task is the most important and difficult to achieve. I am glad that Danila succeeds. Otherwise, I would not be friends with him ...
- I wonder how many readers, looking at this cover, will think that you are a couple?
Danila: Paulina and I have been friends for five years, a mutual friend, Philip Olegovich Yankovsky, introduced us. Fields are one of the few people with whom you can be yourself. That is, next to her, I can be anything and feel free at the same time.
Pauline: We don't need to explain to each other what the joke is.
Danila: Yes! Conventionally, even if one of us joked not funny, we will laugh at how unfunny he joked.
- Being friends and working together is not the same ...
Danila: We are comfortable with both. Therefore, when the need arose for an actress who was supposed to play not the main, but an important role in the film "Status: Free", I proposed to invite Paulina Andreeva. My hero Nikita goes through all the trials associated with parting with his girlfriend, and according to the laws of the genre, he should be rewarded at the end. We are not talking about a happy ending, we do not know what will happen next, but after all the adventures in his life, an important meeting takes place - a new person appears. It was necessary for an actress to appear in the frame, in whose energy and charm you instantly believe, so that the viewer, looking at my hero at that moment, said: "Wow, I want to be in his place!" I called Paulina and asked to read the script. Still, the role is small, our budget, again, is modest - there were a lot of doubts whether he would agree ... But Polya called me back the next day and said that she was with us.
Pauline: It was all wrong! In fact, we met with Danila Kozlovsky in some public catering, and he turned to me with an official intonation in his voice: “Paulina, you know, we have such a story, and I would like to offer you a small role. I will send the script ... "To which I replied:" Danila, I agree to act without reading it. "
- Paulina, I just want to ask: a role with words?
Pauline: Yes! (Laughs.) Though small, two scenes ... On my part, this is also a friendly gesture, because the film "Status: Free" is Danila's producer debut and, since I call myself his friend, I was glad to support him. The same was true of Dani's proposal to appear on the cover of TELEWEEK. He called and busily asked if I would be honored to be with him on the cover. To which I replied that if he didn’t mind being next to me ... (Both laugh.) In fact, it coincided so well that Danya rehearsed Hamlet in St. Petersburg (we are talking about the performance of the Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe. - Approx. “ TN "), I also came to my hometown, so it turned out to combine everything.
- And they also say that acting friendship does not exist ...
Pauline: This is really a rarity among actresses. And the friendship between a man and a woman is wonderful. Because we initially have nothing to share, we have no competition. I can only sincerely rejoice at Dani's success. I like Danila's work in the theater, I adore him in the play "The Cherry Orchard" - he is an enchanting Lopakhin. And I know people who were skeptical of him, looked for some flaws, and then came to the theater and were disarmed by what they saw on the stage.
Danila: And I recently watched several episodes of the TV movie "Method", where such a great and beloved artist as Konstantin Yuryevich Khabensky played. So Paulina paired with him is absolutely equal and complete. I love her small but absolutely wonderful role in Thaw! When Polya and I were in New York (we were studying English at the same language school), she put me to listen to the song "Oh, how I was in love, my friend, and now what ...", which was recorded for the film by Valery Todorovsky. In my opinion, I was one of the first people you gave it to listen to ...
Pauline: Yes, that is right.
Danila: And this is a year, if not more, before the premiere of The Thaw! By the way, the case took place in Central Park, from where the police took us an hour later - for drinking alcohol in a public place. But the most important thing is that when I heard this song, I immediately understood: I have a hit in front of me. It was somehow quite obvious. I say: “This is so cool! Have you sung? " - "Well, yes, but what is it?" Now Paulina will say that in The Thaw she has an episodic role, but the main thing is that she is memorable and very bright. And I say all this not because Polya is my friend, but because she is a very good actress.
- Danila, have you watched the erotic thriller "Locust" with Paulina?
Danila: I will say that I am delighted with my colleagues and friends, that is, Paulina and Petya Fedorov, who played the main roles there. Delighted with their courage. But first of all, it was Paulina, because it is still easier for a man to act in such films. For a young actress to play in an erotic thriller in Russia is a great courage and responsibility. Because for our country this is generally an atypical genre, we have a rather sanctimonious country in this sense.
Pauline: It seems that we still have no sex, and storks bring children ...
Danila: Yes, this genre is, by definition, wary. But it can be a very interesting, sensual story. I saw individual shots - very beautiful. But I didn't watch the whole movie.
Pauline: Why?!
Danila: Unfortunately, there was no time. Throughout December there were rehearsals of Hamlet, then the premiere of our film in Ireland, from today it is going on all over Russia. Now I remembered how Paulina saw our film for the first time. I called her and offered to go to the cinema ... (Laughs.)
Pauline: I ask: "Did you find something good in the poster?" He says: "Yes, you won't regret it."
Danila: And then Polya began to clarify: “Which cinema are you taking me to? Were we there? " I took her to a recording studio near the Kursk railway station. Going there, Polya saw Natasha Anisimova, a wonderful actress who also starred in our film, sound engineers, then director Pasha Ruminov joined ...
Pauline: And we looked at the edited "Status: Free". Danya sat serious throughout the session, all the time making notes in his notebook, but I just didn't have enough popcorn to complete the picture. No fools, I really liked the movie. And I applaud Danila's courage, his production debut. He does not expect ideal proposals, although he has a lot of them, but chooses what is truly interesting to him, creates projects himself, builds his career.
- Danila, the film begins with the heroine of Elizaveta Boyarskaya leaving your character for another man. Someone will think: “They don’t leave such people, it doesn’t happen.” This is what attracted you to the story?
Danila: The topic. We basically have few breakup films. And here the picture really begins with this: my hero Nikita is abandoned by a girl, and he begins to fight for her, he does not agree to let her go to another. There are many funny, ridiculous, sad, charming, touching stories in this story. I have not played such a thing before: the project interested me both as an actor and as a producer. The background is as follows: director Pasha Ruminov, when we were preparing for a completely different film with him, talked about how he broke up with his girlfriend, how he wrote down everything that happened to him at that moment in a notebook ... Listening to him, I somehow immediately I realized that this can be transferred to the screen, that this is a separate movie. The other project for some reason did not work out, but "Status: Free" appeared. It immediately became obvious that the main role, the role of Athena, should be played by Liza Boyarskaya. I sent her a script, after reading which she wrote: “You know, I understand why you sent it to me. Because there are stories that can only be told with people with whom a certain period of life has passed. " Liza and I have really known each other for a long time, from the first year, we, again, do not need to explain some things to each other, we play together on stage ... Liza is my very close friend.
Pauline: So the title for the material is ready: "Danya and his friends"!
Danila: Yes, I have settled well, I am surrounded by such people! (Laughs.) Of course, the topic of parting is painful, sad, but also very important, because the time comes when you need to be able to let go of the other person. There is a wonderful phrase in the film when Lisa says to my hero: "I am not an artificial respiration apparatus, now breathe without me, breathe on your own!" It's sad, but you need to go through this, you need to understand that the relationship has outlived its usefulness, ended. You can't be selfish and consider another as property ... Another good phrase sounds, albeit rude, which her new man says to my hero: "Well, love each other, only you don't get a member." The relationship is over, but you can still remain friends. Of course, breaking up is always difficult. It hurts when they leave you, but it also hurts when you leave.
Pauline: Agree. If they leave you, of course, we are also talking about wounded pride, but only it cannot come to the fore when people were bound by a real feeling, kinship. Here the pain is of a different nature, people write books about it, compose poetry.
- Parting with the city can also be painful in its own way. It turns out interestingly: Danila was born in Moscow, but then moved with his family to St. Petersburg, studied there, now plays in the theater with Lev Dodin. You, Paulina, on the contrary, left for Moscow from St. Petersburg ...
Pauline: From St. Petersburg to Moscow I was led by the desire to get out of my usual comfort zone. Before that, I studied for two years at the journalism department in my native Petersburg. But I quickly realized that I was not doing my own thing, melancholy began to eat me ... I arrived in the capital aiming to win. Despite the fact that she did not know the city. We went on some excursions to Moscow, but this is completely different. My parents, of course, knew about my admission, it was not an escape from home. Moscow drove me crazy and delighted. A huge number of people, a seething subway - I seemed to plunge into the abyss. There was also a feeling of more aggressive energy. But I was also quite aggressive, because I had a clear goal. I can't say that Moscow hurt me or tested me for strength. I was immediately lucky to meet people who helped with important advice. Moscow received me quite friendly. I dreamed of going to the Moscow Art Theater School and entered there, dreamed of working at the Moscow Art Theater, and this dream also came true.
And Petersburg is still my energy base, a place of power - the best city on earth. Every time I come here, the first thing I do is visit my family: parents, grandparents. I go by train. "Peregrine Falcon" is rather a forced measure, I love the night "Red Arrow" - with tea, a rattling glass holder ... In St. Petersburg, I do not function as an actress. Here I am a daughter, sister, granddaughter, friend.
- Paulina, Danila has repeatedly said that the most important person in his life is his mother. Which family member has had a particularly strong influence on you?
Pauline: Whole family. It would be dishonest on my part to single out one person.
I am the eldest, I have two brothers. But I am the only girl, so I probably felt more attention to myself. My parents are young, and they are friends for me first of all. Mom and Dad instilled in me freedom of choice and always repeated that I would succeed. I still feel this support.
At school I was a poor student. Well, a C grade student! Because she was a bully all the time: a typical restless, overly active child. Parents repeated each time: "Well, it’s awkward to go to the parent meeting again!" But there has never been any repression or pressure on this matter. I studied additionally with the teachers to improve the problematic subjects, but I liked to recite: "I am not interested in your physics, I am a humanist!" (Laughs.)
- Paulina, when did you realize that you are good-looking?
Pauline: I never really thought about it. In adolescence, I had a rejection of myself: I could not come to terms with this world, everything in me rebelled, it seemed that everyone around was lying. I looked almost like a kid: sneakers, skateboarding, harsh manners ... I began to accept and understand myself only when I became a student at the Studio School. But this path of knowledge continues to this day.
Danila: Look at her: Paulina is one of the most beautiful women in our country! And believe me, when I say beautiful, I'm not just talking about looks.
- Is that why you invited Paulina to your concert program "The Big Dream of an Common Man"? By the way, why does Paulina dance there, and not sing?
Pauline: Because there is one main character.
Danila: I will explain: “The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man” is not a concert, it is a musical performance. The story of a man who declares his love for the 1940-50s era, the music performed by my beloved and respected Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett. And Paulina, of course, fits perfectly into the style of that time and the drama of my performance, in which I share my feelings and emotions.
When I asked Paul to support me in this crazy adventure with a musical program, she immediately responded. I remember very well our rehearsals at Mosfilm in early April. At some point, we opened the huge gates of the pavilion, turned on the music in full and started dancing right on the street ...
- Danila, returning to the film "Status: Free" ... In what status are you now - free, in relationships, in search? Underline whatever applicable.
Danila: I have a wonderful girlfriend. And I will say nothing more.
- Danila, Paulina, how would you describe each other using three epithets?
Danila: (Pause.) Real. Very beautiful. Funny. He often laughs at himself. This combination is rarely seen. Your turn! In the meantime, I'll turn on the camera so that I can show you the recording at the right time! (Laughs.)
Pauline: Crazy. Very beautiful. Responsive. What does not happen so often when, with such demand and popularity, the first places in all sorts of ratings, a person manages to remain human. The task is the most important and difficult to achieve. I am glad that Danila succeeds. Otherwise, I would not be friends with him ...
- I wonder how many readers, looking at this cover, will think that you are a couple?
Danila: Paulina and I have been friends for five years, a mutual friend, Philip Olegovich Yankovsky, introduced us. Fields are one of the few people with whom you can be yourself. That is, next to her, I can be anything and feel free at the same time.
Pauline: We don't need to explain to each other what the joke is.
Danila: Yes! Conventionally, even if one of us joked not funny, we will laugh at how unfunny he joked.
- Being friends and working together is not the same ...
Danila: We are comfortable with both. Therefore, when the need arose for an actress who was supposed to play not the main, but an important role in the film "Status: Free", I offered to invite exactly. My hero Nikita goes through all the trials associated with parting with his girlfriend, and according to the laws of the genre, he should be rewarded at the end. We are not talking about a happy ending, we do not know what will happen next, but after all the adventures in his life, an important meeting takes place - a new person appears. It was necessary for an actress to appear in the frame, in whose energy and charm you instantly believe, so that the viewer, looking at my hero at this moment, said: "Wow, I want to be in his place!" I called Paulina and asked to read the script. Still, the role is small, our budget, again, is modest - there were a lot of doubts whether he would agree ... But Polya called me back the next day and said that she was with us.
Pauline: It was all wrong! In fact, we met in some public catering, and he turned to me with an official intonation in his voice: “Paulina, you know, we have such a story, and I would like to offer you a small role. I will send the script ... "To which I replied:" Danila, I agree to act without reading it. "
Danila: I invited Paulina to the film "Status: Free". It was necessary for an actress to appear in the frame, in whose energy and charm you instantly believe. Photo: Andrey Fedechko
- Paulina, I just want to ask: a role with words?
Paulina: Yes! (Laughs.) Though small, two scenes ... On my part, this is also a friendly gesture, because the film "Status: Free" is Danila's producer debut and, since I call myself his friend, I was glad to support him. The same was true of Dani's proposal to appear on the cover of TELEWEEK. He called and busily asked if I would be honored to be with him on the cover. To which I replied that if he didn’t mind being next to me ... (Both laugh.) In fact, it coincided so well that Danya rehearsed Hamlet in St. Petersburg (talking about the Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe performance. TN "), I also came to my hometown, so it turned out to combine everything.
- And they also say that acting friendship does not exist ...
Paulina: It's really rare between actresses. And the friendship between a man and a woman is wonderful. Because we initially have nothing to share, we have no competition. I can only sincerely rejoice at Dani's success. To me
I like Danila's work in the theater, I adore him in the play "The Cherry Orchard" - he is an enchanting Lopakhin. And I know people who were skeptical of him, looked for some flaws, and then came to the theater and were disarmed by what they saw on the stage.
Danila: And I recently watched several episodes of the television movie "Method", where such a great and beloved artist as. So Paulina paired with him is absolutely equal and complete. I love her small but absolutely wonderful role in Thaw! When Paul and I were in New York (we were studying English at the same language school), she put me to listen to the song "Oh, how I was in love, my friend, and now what ...", which was recorded for the film by Valery Todorovsky. In my opinion, I was one of the first people you gave it to listen to ...
Pauline: Yes, that is right.
Danila: And this is a year, if not more, before the premiere of The Thaw! By the way, the case took place in Central Park, from where the police took us an hour later - for drinking alcohol in a public place. But the most important thing is that when I heard this song, I immediately understood: I have a hit in front of me. It was somehow quite obvious. I say: “This is so cool! Have you sung? " - "Well, yes, but what is it?" Now Paulina will say that in The Thaw she has an episodic role, but the main thing is that she is memorable and very bright. And I say all this not because Polya is my friend, but because she is a very good actress.
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Paulina: Friendships between actresses are rare. And the friendship between a man and a woman is wonderful. We have nothing to share, we have no competition. I can only sincerely rejoice at Dani's success. Photo: Andrey Fedechko
- Danila, have you watched the erotic thriller "Locust" with Paulina?
Danila: I will say that I am delighted with my colleagues and friends, that is, Paulina and Petya Fedorov, who played the main roles there. Delighted with their courage. But first of all, it was Paulina, because it is still easier for a man to act in such films. For a young actress to play in an erotic thriller in Russia is a great courage and responsibility. Because for our country this is generally an atypical genre, we have a rather sanctimonious country in this sense.
Pauline: It seems that we still have no sex, and storks bring children ...
Danila: Yes, this genre is, by definition, wary. But it can be very interesting, sensual
history. I saw individual shots - very beautiful. But I didn't watch the whole movie.
Pauline: Why?!
Danila: Unfortunately, there was no time. Throughout December there were rehearsals of Hamlet, then the premiere of our film in Ireland, from today it is going on all over Russia. Now I remembered how Paulina saw our film for the first time. I called her and offered to go to the cinema ... (Laughs.)
Pauline: I ask: "Did you find something good in the poster?" He says: "Yes, you won't regret it."
Danila: And then Polya began to clarify: “Which cinema are you taking me to? Were we there? " I took her to a recording studio near the Kursk railway station. Going there, Polya saw Natasha Anisimova, a wonderful actress who also starred in our film, sound engineers, then director Pasha Ruminov joined ...
Pauline: And we looked at the edited "Status: Free". Danya sat serious throughout the session, all the time making notes in his notebook, but I just didn't have enough popcorn to complete the picture. No fools, I really liked the movie. And I applaud Danila's courage, his production debut. He does not expect ideal proposals, although he has a lot of them, but chooses what is truly interesting to him, creates projects himself, builds his career.
- Danila, the film begins with the heroine of Elizaveta Boyarskaya leaving your character for another man. Someone will think: “They don’t leave such people, it doesn’t happen.” This is what attracted you to the story?
Danila: The topic. We basically have few breakup films. And here the picture really begins with this: my hero Nikita is abandoned by a girl, and he begins to fight for her, he does not agree to let her go to another. There are many funny, ridiculous, sad, charming, touching stories in this story. I have not played such a thing before: the project interested me both as an actor and as a producer. The background is as follows: director Pasha Ruminov, when we were preparing for a completely different film, told about how he broke up with his girlfriend, how he wrote down everything that happened to him at that moment in a notebook ... Listening to him, I somehow
I immediately realized that this can be transferred to the screen, that this is a separate movie. That other project for some reason did not work out, but "Status: Free" appeared. It immediately became obvious that the main role, the role of Athena, should be played by Liza Boyarskaya. I sent her a script, after reading which she wrote: “You know, I understand why you sent it to me. Because there are stories that can only be told with people with whom a certain period of life has passed. " Liza and I have really known each other for a long time, from the first year, we, again, do not need to explain some things to each other, we play together on stage ... Liza is my very close friend.
Pauline: So the title for the material is ready: "Danya and his friends"!
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Danila: the topic of parting is painful, sad, but also very important. There comes a time when you need to be able to let go of another person. Photo: Andrey Fedechko
Danila: Yes, I have settled well, I am surrounded by such people! (Laughs.) Of course, the topic of parting is painful, sad, but also very important, because the time comes when you need to be able to let go of the other person. There is a wonderful phrase in the film when Lisa says to my hero: "I am not an artificial respiration apparatus, now breathe without me, breathe on your own!" It's sad, but you need to go through this, you need to understand that the relationship has outlived its usefulness, ended. You can't be selfish and consider another as property ... Another good phrase sounds, albeit rude, which her new man says to my hero: “Well
and love each other, only you don’t get a member ”. The relationship is over, but you can still remain friends. Of course, breaking up is always difficult. It hurts when they leave you, but it also hurts when you leave.
Pauline: Agree. If they leave you, of course, we are also talking about wounded pride, but only it cannot come to the fore when people were bound by a real feeling, kinship. Here the pain is of a different nature, people write books about it, compose poetry.
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Paulina: when they leave you, of course, we are talking about wounded pride, but only it cannot come to the fore if people were bound by a real feeling, which we call love. Photo: Andrey Fedechko
- Parting with the city can also be painful in its own way. It turns out interestingly: Danila was born in Moscow, but then moved with his family to St. Petersburg, studied there, now plays in the theater with Lev Dodin. You, Paulina, on the contrary, left for Moscow from St. Petersburg ...
Paulina: From St. Petersburg to Moscow I was led by the desire to get out of my usual comfort zone. Before that, I studied for two years at the journalism department in my native Petersburg. But I quickly realized that I was not doing my own thing, melancholy began to eat me ... I arrived in the capital aiming to win. Despite the fact that she did not know the city. We went on some excursions to Moscow, but this is completely different. My parents, of course, knew about my admission, it was not an escape from home. Moscow drove me crazy and delighted. A huge number of people, the seething metro - I seemed to plunge into the abyss. There was also a feeling of more aggressive energy. But I was also quite aggressive, because I had a clear goal. I cannot say that Moscow hurt me or tested me for strength. I was immediately lucky to meet people who helped with important advice. Moscow accepted me enough
friendly. I dreamed of entering the Moscow Art Theater School and entered there, I dreamed of working at the Moscow Art Theater, and this dream also came true.
And Petersburg is still my energy base, a place of power - the best city on earth. Every time I come here, the first thing I do is visit my family: parents, grandparents. I go by train. "Peregrine Falcon" is rather a forced measure, I love the night "Red Arrow" - with tea, a rattling glass holder ... In St. Petersburg, I do not function as an actress. Here I am a daughter, sister, granddaughter, friend.
- Paulina, Danila has repeatedly said that the most important person in his life is his mother. Which family member has had a particularly strong influence on you?
Paulina: The whole family. It would be dishonest on my part to single out one person.
I am the eldest, I have two brothers. But I am the only girl, so I probably felt more attention to myself. My parents are young, and they are friends for me first of all. Mom and Dad instilled in me freedom of choice and always repeated that I would succeed. I still feel this support.
At school I was a poor student. Well, a C grade student! Because she was a bully all the time: a typical restless, overly active child. Parents repeated each time: "Well, it’s awkward to go to the parent meeting again!" But there has never been any repression or pressure on this matter. I studied additionally with the teachers to improve the problematic subjects, but I liked to recite: "I am not interested in your physics, I am a humanist!" (Laughs.)
Danila: we have few breakup films. And here the picture begins with this: a girl throws my hero, and he begins to fight for her. Photo: Film Company "Leopolis"
- Paulina, when did you realize that you are good-looking?
Paulina: I never thought about it seriously. In adolescence, I had a rejection of myself: I could not come to terms with this world, everything in me rebelled, it seemed that everyone around was lying. I looked almost like a kid: sneakers, skateboarding, harsh manners ... I began to accept and understand myself only when I became a student at the Studio School. But this path of knowledge continues to this day.
Danila: Look at her: Paulina is one of the most beautiful women in our country! And believe me, when I say beautiful, I'm not just talking about looks.
- Is that why you invited Paulina to your concert program "The Big Dream of an Common Man"? By the way, why does Paulina dance there, and not sing?
Paulina: Because there is one main character.
Danila: I will explain: "The Big Dream of an Common Man" is not a concert, it is a musical performance. History of a man
which declares his love for the era of the 1940-50s, the music performed by my beloved and respected Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett. And Paulina, of course, fits perfectly into the style of that time and the drama of my performance, in which I share my feelings and emotions.
When I asked Paul to support me in this crazy adventure with a musical program, she immediately responded. I remember very well our rehearsals at Mosfilm in early April. At some point, we opened the huge gates of the pavilion, turned on the music in full and started dancing right on the street ...
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Paulina: I applaud Danila's courage. He does not wait for ideal proposals, but chooses what is really interesting to him, creates projects himself, builds his career. Photo: Andrey Fedechko
- Danila, returning to the film "Status: Free" ... In what status are you now - free, in relationships, in search? Underline whatever applicable.
Danila: I have a wonderful girlfriend. And I will say nothing more.
Danila Kozlovsky
Family: mother - Nadezhda Nikolaevna, actress; father - Valery Ivanovich, professor of MGIK; brothers - Egor (32 years old), Ivan (29 years old)
Education: Graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts
Career: made his film debut at the age of 13 in the series "Simple Truths". He starred in more than 30 films, including: "Garpastum", "Merry", "Five Brides", "Legend No. 17", "Duhless", "Vampire Academy", "The habit of parting", "Dubrovsky", "Status: Free. " Actor of the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe
Paulina Andreeva
Family: mother - Elena Nikolaevna, businesswoman; father - Oleg Vladimirovich, businessman; brothers - Igor (20 years old), Boris (15 years old)
Education: graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School
Career: starred in films and TV series: "Thaw", "Dark World: Equilibrium", "Gregory R.", "Method", "Locust", "Status: Free". Actress of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov
