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The actor is grateful to fate, which gave him the opportunity to try many professions

30.04.2016, 07:45

He can safely be called one of the most sought-after actors in modern Russian cinema. He is successfully given both comedic and dramatic roles. There are already more than 130 of them! Recently launched with success at STS new series“Eternal Vacation”, where Yan Tsapnik plays the father main character. And in May, viewers will enjoy another sitcom on the same channel with the participation of this actor - “Pushkin”.

On the way to acting career Ian changed several professions - from a handball player to a pastry chef - and even managed to serve in airborne troops Oh.

In an interview that the leading actor in the films “Gorko!”, “Gorko!-2” and “Ghost” gave to journalists from the news agency “Capital”, Ian spoke about his hobbies, new roles, tender feelings for his daughter and annual trips with his family to China.

GOOD COP

— Ian, tell me, where are you filming now?

— Filming of the series “Pushkin” is underway, where I play a police major. My hero loves his job very much. This comes from Soviet Union. And the concept of honor and what is good and what is bad was hammered into him from school. This is what distinguishes him from many of the young heroes who are also present in the film. But when this whole story with Pushkin begins ( In the film, this is not a poet, but a pickpocket - Prim. auto), played by the wonderful actor Sasha Molochnikov, then fate and life begin to make their own adjustments. The major becomes more flexible and even kind... I look forward to the release of the wonderful film “Partner”, which also stars Seryozha Garmash, Ksenia Lavrova-Glinka, Lizochka Arzamasova and others. The entire film has not yet been assembled, as there is a lot computer work. But I hope that it will be a bright and good movie. And soon I’ll start filming the “Ice” project.

ZIGZAGS OF DESTINY

- It is known that you have a very difficult biography: first sports, then special forces, and then theater institute. Why is there such a spread, what is this connected with?

- Let me tell you in order, and you will understand everything. My dad is an actor, and my mother is an athlete. Therefore, my mother dreamed of me becoming an actor, and my father an athlete. ( Smiling.) And I didn’t have a childhood in the usual way: I either played the violin in a music school, or played the roles of boys in the theater, until I grew out of all the costumes. Then he studied at the Olympic Reserve School, became a master of sports in handball and played in the reserve league. I wanted to enter the Lesgaft Institute of Physical Education and Sports and become a coach. But at that time I already had various injuries, and I understood that professional sports would not lead me to anything good. I worked as a third-class pastry chef at a clothing factory for the deaf and dumb, this was also useful to me in life... Yes, I learned many professions! I even wanted to become a pilot. But since I studied in a sports class and for two last year I was in school for only six months, and spent the rest of the time in competitions, then there was no question of passing mathematics and other subjects with excellent marks. Therefore, besides the theater institute, I had no other path. ( Smiling.) So I entered there, even before the army, in 1985. And after the second year he left to serve.

— And then, when you served, you were restored?

- Not certainly in that way. It turned out that I was passing through St. Petersburg and the patrol chief got to the bottom of my landing uniform. He got in chest, and I had to run away. And when I was running along Mokhovaya, I saw the theater institute. And I thought: why should I go to Sverdlovsk, where my course is already finishing, when I can study here? Just as I was in shape, I went to college. And I was lucky: the master said that he was recruiting great course. I was asked to read something. I remembered the program with which I entered for the first time, I read everything the same. The master asked me to play the instrument, and there was a violin lying there... So they took me.

“THE ACTOR IS A PERSON, NOT AN ANSWERING VEHICLE”

— As I understand it, when creating the image of the paratrooper stepfather in the film “Gorko,” you were a consultant. After all, you know firsthand what airborne troops are.

- Well, a consultant is a strong word. But the people who wrote the script did not serve in special forces. And sometimes the director and one of the screenwriters, Andrei Nikolaevich Pershin - aka Zhora Kryzhovnikov - allowed me to add something of my own.

- For example?

- Oh, now I don’t remember everything. One of the jokes I suggested was: “The main one doesn’t open, don’t bother pulling the spare one.” It's about a parachute. This is all from the army, from my life!

— Do you miss army times?

— People always miss their youth. I was young then, and life was great and comfortable for me. And in the army I fulfilled my duty to the Motherland, which I am still proud of.

— In general, do you often suggest adding something to the script, to your characters?

— I’m still a product of the old school - I served for 14 years at the Bolshoi Drama Theater of St. Petersburg, where I had five leading roles and six reprimands for carelessness. I believe that an artist is, first of all, a person, and not an answering machine! True, there are others: they wrote to him, he learned and went. But this is not my way! Yes, I offer directors hundreds and even thousands of different options, but they already say: this is necessary, but this is not. Fortunately, the directors tolerate this, and I am very grateful to them for that. This is what a real actor is, not an answering machine.

FAVORITE CHINA

— Ian, you are in great demand now, and of course, shooting takes up most of your time. But at least sometimes there are weekends? What do you do on days like these?

— Of course, I have days off. But they often take place far from your family and look something like this: you sleep in a hotel until one o’clock in the afternoon, sleeping off the entire previous week. If you get up, your head hurts. Get dressed and go out to eat. Then you return to the hotel, read the script, watch a good movie on your tablet and go to bed.

- What about vacation?

— And on vacation, which usually falls from December 25 to January 14, our whole family goes to China. We relax, swim, go for massages and acupuncture.

— Why exactly to China?

— My wife is an orientalist, candidate of sciences, knows Chinese. So for our family, China is our everything!

— And when did you visit there for the first time?

- In 2007. And when I saw South China, I was in culture shock! High-speed roads, trains that rush at 400 kilometers per hour or more. Quality products - no matter what they say. And man is brother to man. There are a lot of nationalities and cultures there... You can study China all your life. With every trip I discover something new about it. It's amazing!

HOBBIES

— In one interview, you said that you spent part of your first fee on buying tin soldiers. Do you continue to collect them?

- No, I don’t collect them anymore. I love edged weapons, knives. I really like to shoot. True, now I rarely do this, because with age my vision has become worse. I love the sea. If possible, I always go somewhere to fly and taxi.

— So, you sit at the helm yourself?

- Exactly. At the helm of an airplane and helicopter. However, no one lets me plant them. But I fly as a co-pilot. And I get incredible pleasure.

DAUGHTER

— And your daughter Lisa, in whose footsteps does she want to follow: yours or her mother’s?

“She took all the best from both my mother and me.” Mom knows languages ​​well - and her daughter speaks English and French quite well. And Lisa took my “trouble” from me: she goes to drama school. True, I haven’t acted in a movie yet, but in China they say very well about this: “Nothing happens sooner or later - everything always happens on time.”

- How old is Lisa?

— 14. She was born on May 16th. And every month on the 16th I definitely congratulate her. It doesn’t matter where she is on this day, flowers are always delivered to her from me. Recently she came from St. Petersburg with classmates to Moscow. And then she stayed with me for a few more days. And a bouquet of flowers was already waiting for her at my hotel.

Valery LeontyevPerhaps the most stellar representative of the Airborne Forces is Valery Leontyev. There is little information on this matter on the Internet, but users of “landing” forums are proud to call the artist one of their own and even know the number of the unit where he served.

Fedor Dobronravov

"Matchmaker of All Rus'"

Fedor Dobronravov

knows firsthand about skydiving. The artist admitted that his service made him disciplined, efficient and... romantic.

a lot of romance. She is in the service, and in weapons, in guys like you, in

in the sky, in the Motherland that you defend. We call up our colleagues,

We meet and congratulate each other on this day,” the “Evening” quotes the actor

Moscow". By the way, in the fourth part of "Matchmakers", where Dobronravov

played main role, for the first time the phrase “Whoever served in the army

he doesn't laugh at the circus."

Vladimir Tishko

Vladimir Tishko honestly “rewinded his footcloths” for two years

83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade. The service was not easy: he was afraid of heights, but he jumped, like everyone else. The presenter remembered that the slings

injured his neck, but noted that all these are trifles, because service in the airborne

the troops tempered him.

Alexander Pyatkov

Star of the film "Collective Farm Entertainment" Alexander Pyatkov after

the first parachute jump he wrote a song that he now calls an unofficial march

landing troops. When the composition went to the people, the commander of the Airborne Forces, General Shpak, handed Alexander a watch from his own hand.

In the film about paratroopers "In the Zone" special attention"The actor played the fearless captain Zuev. This role is considered

one of best works Pyatkova.

Ivan Demidov

TV presenter Ivan Demidov also gave two years to the landing. In 1981-1983 he served in one of the military units

Jan Tsapnik

The actor who played the entrepreneur Arthur in "The Brigade", an excellent physical fitness obliged, including the Airborne Forces. Jan Tsapnik served in

special intelligence platoon, but the day of the blue berets is fundamentally not

notes.

"The holiday unfolds according to the same scenario:

a touching beginning, laying flowers, and in the finale a showdown and

brawl. I'm a little old for all this. . . By the way, to St. Petersburg

I first came to the theater academy wearing a blue beret,” he admitted in

one of the interviews.

The “Winged Infantry,” or “blue berets,” as the Airborne Forces are called, celebrates its main holiday.

August 2, 1930 is considered the birthday of the Airborne Forces. At that time, parachute landing was carried out for the first time in the Soviet Union. There are legends about how “Uncle Vasya’s troops”, as they are also jokingly called, celebrate their holiday. On Airborne Forces Day, the site finds out which of the stars actually served in the Airborne Forces, which means they have every right to swim in fountains and do other crazy things.

Jan Tsapnik

Like his hero in the film “Bitter!”, the actor served in the Airborne Forces. Yan Tsapnik, a former professional handball athlete, joined the army after his second year at the Sverdlovsk Theater Institute and ended up in a special intelligence platoon. After being demobilized in 1989, he transferred to the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography.

As the actor later recalled, the first time he came to LGITMiK in a blue beret, he went to exams in a paratrooper uniform. True, Tsapnik is not celebrating Airborne Forces Day now. “I’m too old for this,” admitted the actor, who will turn 50 in August, in one of his recent interviews.

Fedor Dobronravov

Private bussiness

The star served in Azerbaijan. In 1978, after school, Dobronravov wanted to enter the clownery department of the Moscow Circus School - but then young men were accepted there only after the army. The future actor was a strong guy, since childhood he played a lot of sports - boxing, basketball, swimming (he had a second adult category in diving and jumped with a parachute three times).

“Serving in the Airborne Forces attracted me with its romance since childhood, so long before conscription, I firmly decided to give two years to the “winged guard,” he later said. Fyodor Dobronravov has the warmest memories of the army: as the actor admits, there was so much romance in his life then that everything negative was forgotten over the years. He still calls his former colleagues; on August 2, they congratulate each other on their “professional holiday” - Airborne Forces Day.

Ivan Demidov

For the TV presenter, director and producer, August 2 is also a personal holiday. In the early 80s, the future presenter of MuzOboz served in military service. airborne troops in Lithuania, served in the 285th UPDP. In the early 90s, he once appeared in “Muzoboz” on August 2 in a vest and an Airborne beret; for many viewers this was a novelty: in those years, the paratroopers had not yet organized such a large-scale celebration as they do today.

“It’s very difficult to forget this,” Ivan Demidov recalled about his time serving in the Airborne Forces. A year ago, he admitted that he “doesn’t particularly celebrate Airborne Forces Day,” but he doesn’t see anything reprehensible in the fact that his “brothers in arms” are bathing in fountains.

Maxim Drozd

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While still in school, the actor began to seriously engage in boxing; by the end of school, Drozd was already a master of sports. Having failed to enter a theater university the first time, Maxim joined the army. At the recruiting station he was assigned to the Airborne Forces, he served in a reconnaissance company. Subsequently, Maxim Drozd admitted that his army experience was very useful to him in life. “Every man must do military service,” says the actor.

Vladimir Tishko

Therefore, during the filming of the film, it was not difficult for him to realistically perform the song “The Blue Splashed” together with the paratroopers. The actor admits that he owes his good physical shape to his service in the Airborne Forces - in a special intelligence platoon. And although Ian came to the St. Petersburg Theater Academy for the first time wearing a blue beret, he himself is not particularly fond of Airborne Forces Day. “The holiday unfolds according to the same scenario: a touching beginning, the laying of flowers, and in the end a showdown and a scuffle. I’m a little old for all this,” admits the actor.

Still from the film “Bitter!”

Fedor Dobronravov

The broken, cheerful fellow Ivan Budko from the TV series “Matchmakers” is a stern man in life, who received real army training in the Airborne Forces. In 1978, Dobronravov came to Moscow to enter the circus school in the clownery department. But then young men who had not served in the army were simply not accepted into the school. And the future artist was offered to return after demobilization, in two years. According to distribution, Fedor ended up in Azerbaijan, in airborne troops, where he served from 1979 to 1981. He later admitted that military service made him disciplined, efficient and romantic. “There is a lot of romance in the army. It is in service, and in weapons, in guys like you, in the sky, in the Motherland that you defend. We call our colleagues, meet, congratulate each other on this day,” Dobronravov said. “During my service, I learned to follow orders, which is very good for an artist.”

Still from the TV series “Matchmakers”

Vladimir Tishko

TV presenter Vladimir Tishko. Photo: Global Look Press

The TV presenter honestly served for two years of his life in the 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. Vladimir admits that it was the army that strengthened him and made him a man. Despite his fear of heights, he jumped with a parachute along with the others. “Wonderful feelings remained, although the service was not easy,” recalls Vladimir. “Once the parachute lines injured my neck. But these are trifles, because service in the Airborne Forces has become the best school life."

Maxim Drozd

As a boy, he dreamed of continuing family tradition and become an actor. But Maxim failed to follow in the footsteps of his father, Georgy Drozd, who was a People’s Artist of Ukraine, immediately after school. Having failed exams at a theater school, Maxim went into the army. He got into the Airborne Forces thanks to his youthful hobby - while still at school, he began to seriously engage in boxing and even became a master of sports. The athletic and strong guy was quickly assigned to the paratroopers.

After the service, Drozd fulfilled his dream and entered the theater. According to him, army experience has been useful to him more than once in acting profession: “And not only in work, but also from an everyday point of view, the army gave me a lot. I served in a reconnaissance company because I was a sporty guy with good reactions. You understand that in reconnaissance you need to think and act quickly and accurately. I believe that every man should undergo military service. Such experience is simply necessary: ​​not enough sleep, not enough food in the name of a serious man’s business. I have great respect for service people who take an oath and then follow their duty, no matter what the cost.”

Still from the film"Late Repentance"

Alexander Pyatkov

In the film about paratroopers “In the Zone of Special Attention,” the actor played one of his best roles- the fearless captain Zuev. This year the film turns 40 years old.

“I will never forget that time, and I always say that the birthday of the airborne troops is both my birthday as a citizen and as an actor. And Vasily Margelov, commander of the USSR Airborne Forces, is mine Godfather, says the artist. “He sent me straight from the service to shoot the film “In the Zone of Special Attention.” I consider it a great blessing that I got this role then, and I will be forever grateful for it. Winged Infantry there are no equals in the world. I congratulate everyone with the words with which we, paratroopers, usually begin to greet each other: “Glory to the Airborne Forces!”

After his first parachute jump, Pyatkov wrote a song that he now calls the unofficial march of the airborne troops. When the composition became truly popular, the commander of the Airborne Forces, General Shpak, gave the actor a watch from his own hand.

Actor Alexander Pyatkov. Photo: Global Look Press

Ivan Demidov

The famous TV presenter also gave two years to the airborne assault. And this despite the fact that Ivan’s father had the position of Deputy Minister of Communications of the USSR; in 1981, he sent his son to the army. Conscript service Demidov took place in airborne units in Lithuania, where he received the rank of junior sergeant.

TV presenter Ivan Demidov. Photo: Global Look Press

Evgeniy Sidikhin

As a child, the future actor dreamed of becoming a sailor, and as he grew up, he ended up in Afghanistan. A talented first-year student acting department Leningradsky state institute theater, music and cinematography were unexpectedly drafted into the army due to shortages. He even asked for Evgeniy National artist Russia Igor Vladimirov (husband of Alisa Freindlich): I went to the military commissar, and he promised that the guy would study.

“Then, apparently, some kind of check came upon them, and naturally, as a “thieve,” they first of all took me away for two years,” recalls Sidikhin. - We were sent first to the Turkestan Military District, and then distributed to Afghanistan. I served there for a year, it was in 1983-1984. I fell ill with typhus and was admitted to the hospital. However, Afghanistan seemed to me a very worthy place.”

In Afghanistan, Sidikhin had to take part in hostilities. Having been demobilized in 1985, Evgeniy reinstated himself at the institute, enrolling in Lev Dodin’s course, where he studied until his successful graduation in 1989.

Still from the movie "Viking"

Valery Leontyev

Perhaps the most stellar representative of the Airborne Forces is Valery Leontyev. There is little information on this matter on the Internet, but users of “landing” forums are proud to call the artist one of their own and even know the number of the unit where he served.

Fedor Dobronravov

“Matchmaker of All Rus'” Fedor Dobronravov also knows firsthand about skydiving. The artist admitted that his service made him disciplined, efficient and... romantic.

“There’s a lot of romance in the army. It’s in the service, and in the weapons, in guys like you, in the sky, in the Motherland that you defend. We call our colleagues, meet, congratulate each other on this day,” - quotes the actor "Evening Moscow". By the way, in the fourth part of “Matchmakers,” where Dobronravov played the main role, the phrase “Who served in the army does not laugh in the circus” was uttered for the first time.

Vladimir Tishko

Vladimir Tishko honestly “rewinded his footcloths” for two years in the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade. The service was not easy: he was afraid of heights, but he jumped, like everyone else. The presenter remembered that the slings injured his neck, but noted that all these were trifles, because service in the airborne forces had tempered him.

Alexander Pyatkov

The star of the film "Collective Farm Entertainment" Alexander Pyatkov, after his first parachute jump, wrote a song that he now calls the unofficial march of the airborne troops. When the composition went to the people, the commander of the Airborne Forces, General Shpak, handed Alexander a watch from his own hand.

In the film about paratroopers "In the Zone of Special Attention" the actor played the fearless captain Zuev. This role is considered one of Pyatkov's best works.

Ivan Demidov

TV presenter Ivan Demidov also gave two years to the landing. In 1981-1983 he served in one of the military units of Lithuania.

Jan Tsapnik

The actor who played the entrepreneur Arthur in “The Brigade” owes his excellent physical shape to the Airborne Forces. Yan Tsapnik served in a special intelligence platoon, but as a matter of principle he does not celebrate Blue Beret Day.

“The holiday unfolds according to the same scenario: a touching beginning, the laying of flowers, and in the finale a showdown and a fight. I’m a little old for all this... By the way, I first came to the St. Petersburg Theater Academy wearing a blue beret,” he admitted in one of interview.

Maxim Drozd

Maxim Drozd, who recently starred in the new version of the film “The Dawns Here Are Quiet,” was recruited into the Airborne Forces thanks to his youthful passion. While still in school, he started boxing and eventually became a master of sports. The fit and strong guy was assigned to the paratroopers. After service, Drozd fulfilled his dream and entered the theater, and his army experience more than once came in handy in his acting profession.