Actor Maxim Matveev: “My wife is my main adviser. Elizaveta Boyarskaya's husband - Maxim Matveev Boyarskaya and Matveev husband wife

Maxim Matveev is a maximalist and has no intention of changing. The actor longs to overcome difficulties in the profession, to do what is unusual, to create an image in which the public does not expect to see him.

When agreeing to a role, he looks at how exceptional the proposed character is. Maxim cultivated his own ideal of an artist, a person, in achieving which he is immersed in working on himself. And he enjoys it.

Childhood and youth

Maxim Matveev, a successful theater and film actor, was born on July 28, 1982 in the Kaliningrad region, in the city of Svetly. My mother is a philologist by training. The actor did not know his father until he was 10 years old. Then stepfather Alexey Matveev appeared, who served in navy. His parents had nothing to do with art, and young Maxim himself could not make a decision about his future for a very long time.

Since childhood, Matveev was attracted to the profession of a surgeon, then he thought about a career as a sports fencer. At the same time, he always liked theatrical creativity. Also in childhood Maxim Matveev began going to art school and an extracurricular acting club. However, despite his hobbies, the young man never seriously considered a career as an actor. The fact that Matveev did not become a doctor was decided by chance.

During a school concert, Maxim Matveev was noticed by a theater teacher. He invited the young man to enter the Saratov Conservatory.

Having received the offer, the guy was surprised, since he did not consider himself talented in this field, but still took the documents to the theater university, where, based on the exam results, the young man was accepted into the 2nd year. Matveev studied with excellent teachers and quickly developed acting. His diploma works included leading roles in the plays “Don Juan” and “God’s Clown”.

Despite the successes in Saratov Conservatory, Maxim considered that this education was not enough. The young man went to Moscow and entered the Moscow Art Theater School. The course was led by Sergey Zemtsov and.

Simultaneously with his studies, Matveev began serving in the theater. He played the knight Jorpheus in the sensational production of “The Piedmontese Beast”, and after a while - in the play “The Last Victim”.

Films and theater

After graduating from university in 2006, Matveev went to work at the theater named after. For several years the actor played a large number of roles. Thus, among Maxim’s works, critics highlight the productions “The Artist”, “King Lear”, “The Cabal of the Holy One”. But most of all positive feedback collected the role of Goring in the play " Ideal husband"based on the work.

For the sake of his role in the play “Kinaston,” Maxim lost 20 kg. The appearance of the emaciated actor, who was already fit at 187 cm tall, caused concern among fans and gave rise to rumors of illness. The production took place on the theater stage, and the master explained that there was nothing to worry about. Matveev, according to his colleagues, ate fruits, vegetables and fish and visited Gym. And extreme slimness was needed for the image of a male actor playing.

In 2007, Matveev began acting in films. The first work was the drama "Vise". After this, Maxim was often invited to other projects.

Maxim Matveev in the film “Hipsters”

It is noteworthy that there are no episodic roles in Matveev’s cinematic biography. He stepped into big cinema and began to get leading roles. Maxim starred in the popular films “”, “Thank you for the love”, “New Year’s Tariff”, “Exchange Wedding”, “On the Hook”. The actor constantly starred in box-office projects, which attracted the attention of more and more directors.

In addition to working in cinema and theater, Maxim Matveev is a well-known activist in the field of charity. He became one of the first organizers of the hospital clowning movement. Since 2007, the actor has worked absolutely free of charge as a clown doctor at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital. Since 2013, Matveev joined the board charitable foundation"Doctor Clown"

Maxim Matveev in the film “Yalta-45”

Soon in creative biography Several more iconic paintings appeared from Maxim, of which it is worth noting “August the Eighth”, “Fort Ross”, “Weekend”.

In 2014, Maxim Matveev starred in the film adaptation of The Heifers, about a journalist whose carefree life goes downhill after his girlfriend is diagnosed with HIV. In the same year, a romantic film with Maxim in the title role was released - the comedy “Loves Not Loves”. Main female image in the film she embodied, which journalists often call the sex symbol of Russian cinema.

At the very end of 2014, the actor participated in the filming of a short film with unusual name"Such a Mood, Bach's Adagio and a Small Fragment from the Life of the Girl Lena" by the director, which was subsequently sold at a charity auction. This painting was given first main role to the young actress who played Maxim’s on-screen lover. After purchasing the film, the copyright holders approved its free showing on the Internet.

In 2016, the artist appeared on the big screens in the role. Maxim Matveev played the main role in the non-standard film adaptation of the world famous novel Anna Karenina. The film was directed by, and the main female role was played by Matveev’s wife.

Victoria Isakova, Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maxim Matveev in the film “Anna Karenina”

Maxim received a place in the cast of the film on the 6th attempt, and after the first auditions, Shakhnazarov completely crossed the candidate off the list, considering the actor’s performance weak. However, subsequent viewings dispelled doubts, and he said that he did not see anyone else in the role of Vronsky.

Matveev received an invitation in a kind of continuation of the story about tragic love - in the drama “Anna Karenina. The story of Vronsky." This time, fate brings Vronsky together with the son of his beloved woman in a military hospital.

In the same year, Maxim starred in the international series "", about which he soon spoke about his work in the First Channel entertainment show "Evening Urgant".

Maxim Matveev on the project “Evening Urgant”

The film about the dancer-adventurer was shot with the participation of American and French filmmakers. Matveev lived in San Diego for a month, where he improved his English at a language school. Upon completion of his studies, the actor received a certificate and showed off the corresponding photo on social networks. But the Japanese neighbor and the family that hosted Maxim never found out that they lived in the same house with the Russian film star.

In 2010, the couple legalized their relationship, and in 2012, Lisa gave birth to a son, Andrei. Maxim Matveev and Liza Boyarskaya were considered one of the most exemplary and touching couples in Russian show business, but in 2016 a rumor appeared that the actors had not been living together for several months and were preparing for divorce.

The press referred to an anonymous source in the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater, who claimed that the love in the married couple had come to naught. The same rumors were confirmed by the Moscow Art Theater, where Maxim plays, and they even complained about his worries due to problems in the family.

Elizaveta Boyarskaya openly said that the rumors were not plausible, but refrained from further comments. The situation was clarified by relative Ekaterina Boyarskaya. The woman told the press that doubts about the marriage of Matveev and Boyarskaya arise due to the fact that the actors live in 2 cities, because Elizaveta works at the MDT in St. Petersburg, and Maxim works at the Moscow Art Theater in Moscow.

Spouses see each other infrequently and it happens that they do not live together, but not because of faded feelings, but because of a busy work schedule.

“Lisa has a lot of baggage, which is difficult for her to shed and move to Moscow. And I’m a man, and for me work is even more important than for a woman. That's why we promised ourselves not to give up anything. Well, then, we understand that each of us has ambitions that are difficult to give up, and there is no need to do this.”

In their spare time, Lisa and Maxim go to see each other and spare no money or time for this.

According to Ekaterina, the couple is not only not divorcing, but is also seriously thinking about a second child, because, as time has shown, children do not at all interfere with the creative growth of actors. And indeed, in the fall of 2018, Maxim’s wife went to maternity leave. It is known that the family is expecting the birth of a second son.

Maxim Matveev now

In the historical drama "Union of Salvation" Matveev appears in the image of the founder of the eponymous secret society, the future Decembrist Sergei Trubetskoy. The producer of the film set out to tell not about the events on Senate Square familiar from textbooks, but about what motivated the representatives of the noble class who risked speaking out against the Tsar. He starred in the role of the latter.

The biographical film “Together with, Maxim appeared in the film almanac “About Love. For adults only”, which closed the Kinotavr festival. Matveev had the opportunity to play a star whose fanatical fan wants to have a child. The woman’s husband is not against it either, and no one asks the main character’s opinion. The actor, by his own admission, gladly participated in a project that parodied the behavior of celebrities.

In the summer of 2018, Maxim’s filmography was replenished with the main role in the crime drama “The Player”. Matveev’s character is a talented mathematician, whose gift is not used for the benefit of science: the man developed a scheme to defraud the casino. The hero falls into the hands of gambling business tycoons and begins to play not with chips, but with human destinies.

According to rumors, in his youth the artist was fond of playing poker and, as unnamed friends told the press, he visited a gaming club, but later gave up this addiction. Preparing for the role of Stavrogin in “Demons,” he studied gambling addiction as a disease. The artist also listened carefully to the “Player” consultants, trying to adopt the behavior of those who are ready to sit for days at a time playing cards. During the crisis years, the scriptwriter and composer who wrote the music for the film worked at the casino.

The series “Trigger” was presented at the European market of television projects in Cannes. In the film, Matveev played the role of a psychotherapist who uses cruel provocation techniques in treating patients. One of the patients commits suicide, and the doctor has to prove that this is not his fault. The soundtrack for the film was composed by.

The comedy melodrama “Loves Not Loves” received a continuation in 2019. The heroes of Matveev and Khodchenkova, who remained together in the first part of the film, in its continuation face troubles that change their worldview. Both halves must make a fateful decision that will affect future family relationships and demonstrate the price of true love.

Filmography

• 2008 – “Hipsters”
• 2010 – “I won’t tell”
• 2011 – “Diamond Hunters”
• 2012 – “August. Eighth"
• 2012 – “Happy New Year, Moms!”
• 2013 – “Fort Ross”
• 2014 – “Loves or doesn’t love”
• 2017 – “Anna Karenina”
• 2017 – “Anna Karenina. History of Vronsky"
• 2017 – “Demon of the Revolution”
• 2018 – “Player”
• 2018 – “Trigger”

The rising star of Russian cinema, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, got married in 2010. Her chosen one was the handsome Maxim Matveev, also a theater and film actor. What is known about him?

Student years

Was born future husband Elizabeth Boyarskoy Maxim Matveev in the city of Svetly, Kaliningrad region. In contrast to Elizabeth's acting roots, his parents are the most ordinary people: mother is a teacher, and father is a sailor. And he himself did not plan to connect his life with the stage. But chance helped.

On graduation party his acting abilities and outstanding appearance were noticed by a teacher at the Saratov Conservatory and advised young man contact your colleague in the workshop Valentina Ermakova. At one time, she discovered the talent of Evgeny Mironov, Galina Tyunina and others. After listening to Matveev, Ermakova invited him to study immediately for the second year. Moreover, he fully justified this advance.

First steps on the theater stage

While still studying, the future husband of Elizaveta Boyarskaya actively began to try himself in various performances and productions. His first role was as Anne Boleyn's lover in " Royal Games"Then he was offered to play Vaslav Nijinsky, the famous Russian choreographer and dancer, in the play “God's Clown.” The production included performing all sorts of ballet steps, but Maxim was good at dancing. Matveev was able to dance another one of his skills, namely the art of fencing demonstrate in diploma work"Don Juan" based on Pushkin's work, where he also played the main character.

After graduating from the Saratov Acting University in 2002, Maxim decided to enter the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio. He took the course of Sergei Zemtsov and Among the roles played during that period, it should be noted the knight Geoffrey in “The Beast of Piedmont” and Dulchin in “The Last Victim”. He also has participated in the following productions: “The Cabal of the Holy One” (Zachary Muarron), (Edgar), “Sacred Fire” (Colin Tebret), etc. His best role is considered to be Lord Goring from the play “An Ideal Husband” based on Oscar Wilde.

After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater in 2006, the future husband of Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Maxim Matveev, begins working at the Moscow Chekhov Art Theater. The average viewer loves Matveev’s acting very much, his performances are a success.

Cinema and charity

The future husband of Elizaveta Boyarskaya took his first steps in cinema in 2007, when he played Denis Orlov in the film “Vise”. Then a year later there was the musical “Hipsters,” where Matveev got the image of the expressive and charming Fred.

This role made him famous throughout the country. Since then, Matveev began to be invited more and more often, the list of films with his participation grew every year, despite the fact that Maxim continued to play in the theater.

At this time, he married his fellow student Yana Sexta, the actress of "Snuffbox", but their relationship was short-lived. A year later they end their marriage.

Together with Yana, Maxim Matveev began participating in the “Clown Doctor” project. Now he is the face of the charitable foundation of the same name. Together with a team of like-minded people, they dress up as clowns, visit hospitals and entertain sick children.

Meet Liza Boyarskaya

It took place on the set of the film “I Won’t Tell” in 2009. They played a married couple. They were united by a common obsession with work, and from then on a whirlwind romance began. At first, the lovers kept their relationship a secret, but a year later they got married. Maxim was warmly and cordially welcomed into the family, Lisa’s famous parents approved of their relationship and marriage.

New addition to the family

And in 2012, a long-awaited event occurred: Elizaveta Boyarskaya gave her husband a son. Elizaveta Boyarskaya's husband was present at the birth. The son was named Andrei. They say he has Blue eyes And dark hair that he looks like his famous grandfather. In general, the Matveev-Boyarskaya couple do not like to advertise their personal life, so photographs of the heir are not yet publicly displayed. Elizaveta Boyarskaya, her husband and son first tried to live together in the capital, because that’s where Matveev works, but the Moscow air was not suitable for the baby. Now he is at the Boyarsky dacha outside St. Petersburg, where he is looked after by two grandparents. And Lisa and Maxim constantly visit their son.

In families of actors, it often happens that someone is more famous and popular, while the other is talked about only in the context of the topic of his marriage partner.

Because of this, competition arises, the existence of the family itself becomes threatened. But it seems that this star couple This is not a threat. Although at the time they met, the more famous and accomplished was Boyarskaya husband her, Maxim Matveev, is no less in demand now. Although, as many film critics say, the role of his life is yet to come.

To summarize, Maxim Matveev is known not just as the husband of Elizaveta Boyarskaya, but first of all as a talented actor.

Yana and Maxim managed to get a divorce without scandals and maintain friendly relations. They work together at the Doctor Clown charity organization, which they became involved with during their short marriage.

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“When I was getting ready to come to your show, at first I decided that not a word about Maxim,” Menshova told Sexta. “And then I realized that everything was fine and there were already two happy family and two happy children."

The fact is that now everything is wonderful in the actress’s personal life. In November 2013, she married composer Dmitry Marin. On August 1, 2014, the couple had a daughter, Anna. A ex-husband Yana Maxim Matveev is married to actress Liza Boyarskaya. U famous couple son Andrei is growing up.

"Everyone has characters wonderful relationship. We are friends. Mitya, me, Lisa and Maxim. Of course, this was not even discussed; we are still working in the fund. “I am very glad that Maxim and I remained very close and dear people,” the actress admitted. Moreover, Sexte did not object when Boyarskaya joined Matveev’s charitable work. “What we do is several steps more important than failures in personal life,” says Yana.

In the Doctor Clown charity organization, stars of domestic show business help children and their families facing serious illnesses forget about their health problems for a while and regain the joy of life. During the years of marriage, Yana and Maxim entertained sick children in carnival costumes. One day they went to the Burdenko hospital to save a girl from a severe depressive state. Parents and doctors could not help her.

“Psychologists believe that clowns are needed. We sat at night and thought about what we could do. Early in the morning we went to a carnival store and bought some monstrous costumes. Just a terrible nightmare!” the artist recalls with a laugh. “We walked around the department for two hours. I remember the girl's face. Her name was Inna. She was eight years old. When we entered the ward, she turned away. There was no reaction. I don't remember what we did, but two hours later Inna followed us from ward to ward. She laughed ", however, silently due to the tracheostomy. And then Maxim and I realized for the rest of our lives that this works. To defeat the disease, you need to make the child laugh."

Liza Boyarskaya is a rather secretive character. She speaks little and reluctantly about her personal life in interviews. Joint shots with her husband rarely appear on her pages on social networks, and the couple did not present their son Andrei to the public for several years. Kira Proshutinskaya, the author and host of the television program “Wife. Love Story", which airs on the TV Center channel. Especially for this program, Boyarskaya told the story of her acquaintance and romance with her future husband, actor Maxim Matveev.

Many people think that the couple first saw each other on the set of the drama “I Won’t Tell” (2010), where they had to play a young couple on the verge of separation. In fact, Lisa and Maxim met three years earlier, when both participated in auditions for the film “1612”. And although the tests were inconclusive, Boyarskaya remembered them for the rest of her life. There she first noticed her future husband. As Lisa later recalled, she fell in love with him at first sight, as if she “fell into some kind of abyss.”

True, embarrassment and confusion did not allow the girl to take the first step towards rapprochement and acquaintance. Then the young people did not see each other for several years. In 2008, Matveev managed to marry actress Yana Sexta, with whom he worked at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

Having met again on the set of “I Won’t Tell,” Lisa and Maxim could no longer hide the fact that they liked each other. During the short filming period, which lasted less than three weeks, they spent a lot of time together, walking, talking, and rehearsing. Getting to know each other, the actors realized that they were close in spirit and looked at many things the same way.

Then Boyarskaya was reproached more than once in connection with married man. In an interview with Kira Proshutinskaya, the actress admitted that Matveev himself took the initiative in developing relations. And if not for this fact, Lisa would never have been the first to pursue him or any other man.

Soon Maxim filed for divorce, and in 2010 he married Boyarskaya. The ceremony was modest and did not fit into the ideas of traditional weddings. The bride and groom came to the painting in casual clothes, and for the festive banquet Lisa chose a short cocktail dress.

Biography of Maxim Matveev

Maxim Matveev is three years older than his wife; he was born in 1982 in the Kaliningrad region. When he was 3 years old, his parents divorced, and until the age of 10 the boy grew up without a father. True, then he had a stepfather.

He graduated from school in Saratov and planned to get legal education, but eventually entered the Saratov Conservatory at the theater department. The fact is that at a ball organized for medal-winning graduates, among whom was Matveev, the host, professional actor Vladimir Smirnov, drew attention to him. It was he who advised the young man, who showed himself superbly in various competitions at this event, to enter the theater school.

Having received a diploma from the Saratov Conservatory in 2002, Matveev went to Moscow and became a student at the Moscow Art Theater School on the course of Igor Zolotovitsky. In 2006 he was admitted to the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

In cinema, Matveev clearly made a name for himself from the very first films - “Vise” (2007) and “Hipsters” (2008) by Valery Todorovsky. The actor also became famous for his leading roles in the films “Exchange Wedding” (2011), “August. Eighth" (2012), Weekend (2013), "Loves - does not love" (2014). In theater circles, Matveev is known as an actor who is ready for bold experiments for the sake of a role. For example, for the play “Kinaston” he lost 20 kg, switching to a menu of vegetables, fruits and fish.

With ex-wife Yana Sexte

Charity occupies an important place in the life of Maxim Matveev. Since 2007, he has been performing as a clown in front of little patients at the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital (RCCH). And since 2013, he has been running the Doctor Clown charity foundation and teaching other actors the art of entertaining children in difficult hospital conditions. Both his former and current wives are his comrades in this important matter.

By the way, the actor managed to maintain warm relations with his first wife, Yana Sexte. friendly relations. In 2013, she married composer Dmitry Marin for the second time, and a year later gave birth to a daughter, Anna.

Family life of Boyarskaya and Matveev

For a long time after the wedding, the couple lived in different cities. Lisa spent a lot of time in St. Petersburg, where she works at the Maly Drama Theater. Maxim remained in Moscow, appearing on the stage of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. Even the birth of the acting couple’s first child did not change the situation: in April 2012, their son Andrei was born.

Larisa Luppian with her grandson Andrey

Journalists regularly wrote about the discord in the family of Boyarskaya and Matveev, predicting their imminent breakup. However, they denied all the rumors, assuring that peace and harmony reigned in their marriage. According to Lisa, she is not a supporter violent passions V family life, she has enough of this in the movies. At home, comfort, mutual understanding, and respect are important for an actress. It’s easy for Matveev and Boyarskaya to get along together because they are equal emotionally and quickly find mutual language and resolve conflict situations.

Elizabeth’s mother, actress Larisa Luppian, spoke in an interview about her vision of her daughter’s family life. According to her, in their marriage, Matveev is the unconditional leader, whom his wife always listens to. And Maxim’s fatherly qualities are simply beyond praise. He copes well with his son, plays with him a lot, makes toys, and surrounds him with love and care.

Maxim Matveev with newborn Grigory

The actors hid the boy from the public for a long time, until rare publications featuring little Andrei began to appear online. But his mom and dad are still against public photo shoots. According to them, they don't want for the child increased attention. On the contrary, they carefully protect his childish spontaneity so that this wonderful time in a child’s life does not turn into work.

At the beginning of December 2018, a second son, Grigory, was born into the family of Boyarskaya and Matveev. Shortly before this, Lisa finally moved to Moscow, where Andrei began going to kindergarten. She herself still plays on the St. Petersburg theater stage, so she spends a lot of time traveling. And yet she admits that family comes first for her, so for the sake of the opportunity to all live together, she is ready to endure any inconvenience.

Last spring, viewers already saw the series “Anna Karenina”, and now they will be able to appreciate the full-length version of the film by Karen Shakhanazarov. The TV premiere made Elizabeth and Maxim the most talked-about couple of the season - they found themselves at the epicenter of such heated discussions that not everyone is able to withstand.

For photo shoots HELLO! Lisa and Maxim chose images that were completely different from the images of Leo Tolstoy’s heroes - Anna and Vronsky. Grotesque, ironic, modern. On the set, they were hooligans from the heart - they also need to take a break from the seriousness of the historical genre. But still “Karenina” does not let them go. It's been a while since filming ended more than a year, but both are so absorbed in their characters that they still seem to be passing them through, analyzing them, trying to find something. And they don’t seem to notice that when they talk about Anna and Vronsky, they are talking about themselves.

The television version of Anna Karenina caused a great stir. Did you follow the reaction of the audience and the press?

Well, they didn’t make “Teremok” after all, so the resonance was quite expected.

It would be surprising if the film adaptation of such a work did not evoke a response. Then it would definitely be necessary to give a minus to the entire team of creators, including us, the leading actors. Naturally, I followed the reaction of the audience and the press. It was very valuable to receive feedback from colleagues, whose constructive criticism helps to grow, and whose pleasant comments give strength. Viewers' opinions in all their emotional glory - from flattering to indignant - once again demonstrated the creative potential of our people. I think that this reading of Anna Karenina gave everyone the opportunity to think again about the power of love, about choice, about moral issues. And, of course, compare the images of the characters that the imagination drew when reading the novel and watching other film versions.

It so happened that, without waiting for the end of the show, I flew to Washington on tour, so I didn’t follow the excitement of the discussion. But I didn’t really strive, because I had already seen the series, so I was calm and confident in our work. I'm worried about the movie; I haven't seen it yet. What particularly pleased me was that I heard very good and serious words from my teachers, from literary scholars, and theater critics. This is rare and worth a lot.

Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maxim Matveev in the film "Anna Karenina"
Work on the Anna Karenina project took Elizaveta and Maxim more than a year. Both admit that for them it was a 100% creative partnership, which was accompanied by a deep immersion in the material

But you also received quite a lot of criticism. Did this bother you?

I am very conscious in my profession and I know that with my work I can give viewers something more than just entertainment. Now this is to teach people to accept themselves and others. In my opinion, the world would be harmonious if people treated each other, their work and environment. So I try to create and show images, characters with all their shortcomings, so that those who watch can become wiser, better and more tolerant. I see myself as a tool for the realization of something greater. And this gives me the strength not to be hurt.

More than seven years ago, you met on the set of the film “I Won’t Tell.” They worked on Anna Karenina when they were already husband and wife. What has changed over the years, has it become easier for you to act together?

I wouldn't say that, by and large, anything has changed. It's just the experience gained over the years life together. And a certain degree of trust and intimacy. Which, it seems to me, had a positive impact on our interaction on the site.

On the set of “I Won’t Tell,” each of us thought more about our role. Of course, we were sensitive partners, we helped each other, but still we solved our acting problems in parallel. And here we initially felt a single organism, communicating vessels. It was a situation of 100% creative partnership. Maxim and I have been comfortable together for so many years - in personal relationships. We know each other so well! When we analyzed this or that scene of Anna and Vronsky, it was enough for us to say: “Well, you know how this happens?” Family experience helps convey the subtle, deep, but understandable to all couples in love nuances of relationships. Even tactile knowledge of each other, in my opinion, is felt in the frame.

You got roles that you can only dream of. How did you feel when you found out you were approved?

I don’t really agree that Vronsky is just a dream role. I'm generally afraid of the obvious. And there are so many stereotypes about my hero that have been ingrained in us since school! Everyone knows what he is like, what Anna is like... Among these templates, it is very difficult to find something real, to make Vronsky different from the one everyone is used to seeing in him, and at the same time convincing. Therefore, my first reaction was that I was very puzzled. It was necessary to warm up your interest in the hero with something, to ignite yourself.

And what did you light yourself with?

After re-reading the novel, I realized that Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy is much smarter, wiser and deeper than all our school ideas. For me, Vronsky is not a hero-lover at all, he is an absolutely characteristic character. A narrow-minded person, virtually abandoned by his own mother, who had no example of normal things before his eyes. family relations. He is infantile, unable to appreciate the consequences of his actions and the emotions that other people experience. In the most climactic scenes, Vronsky says: “Anna, calm down,” and hangs his head dejectedly. That's all he can do. This is his moral disability. He gives me the impression of a puppy who intuitively goes where he feels good. While discussing the novel with Lisa, I caught myself that at some point Anna began to terribly, incredibly irritate me! To piss off like a man. If someone else were in Vronsky’s place, he would have yelled and hit the table, but made it clear to the woman that there was a man next to her who understood what he was doing and who she could rely on. And he just: “Anna, calm down...”

Unlike Maxim, this was really a dream role for me! It so happened that for the first time he and I auditioned together. And to be honest, I was satisfied with the result. You know, in any profession there is a state when you realize that you did something especially well today. I immediately had the feeling that this story would have a continuation. And when they told me that I was approved, my long joyful cry sounded in response. Such great directors touched this work, such actors and actresses! His train is so grandiose. And in general, this is a story for all times, it is close to any woman and any man. Of course, I immediately thought: “God, this is such a responsibility!” So the first feeling was rather fear. Instant joy, and then immediately - fear. After living with this for a while, I realized that the feeling of responsibility had shackled my arms, legs and mind. And that all this is terrible stupidity, that I need to forget about everything and trust myself and the director. I just have to live this story the way I feel. When I came to this, relaxation set in. Then Maxim and I began to prepare for filming. It was an amazing process of serious immersion. We endlessly re-read the novel itself, and the literature about it, and Tolstoy’s diaries, rehearsed, and studied the texts. Luckily, we had a lot of time to prepare and didn't have to limit ourselves.

And how did you feel about your heroine? “What” is your Anna about?

Anna is a strong, extraordinary, intelligent, very complex lady. Vronsky, having decided to court her, of course, did not suspect which iceberg would break off and float after him. I am sure that she married Karenin for love, but without knowing passion. She gave birth to a child in whom she dotes, she is the pearl of society, everyone is drawn to her, everyone loves her. She's not cold socialite, but a young, smiling woman, open and charming. Anna did not fall into the whirlpool of her relationship with Vronsky, but for a long time resisted his insistence. Next to him she discovered in herself new world feelings - shameless, enchanting, dark, painful. When you realize that you are falling into an abyss, but you feel good in this abyss. She sacrificed her son family well-being, position in society, she had nothing left except this man in whom she disappeared. And in return - “Anna, calm down.” The tragedy is that Vronsky tried to give Anna everything he could, but in her eyes this “everything” is disproportionately insignificant in comparison with her sacrifice and her need for love. In the scale of her temperament, the immensity of her nature, she simply suffocates him with her love.

Are you familiar with such passions? Do similar emotions remain after seven years of family life?

I have enough passion in cinema and on stage! I’ve said this before, but now I’m ready to put two signatures under this phrase of mine. Because... well, it’s unbearable to constantly be in such a situation emotional stress, in misunderstanding, despair, pain, in the feeling of the end of the world! It’s painful to even play with such feelings, let alone live with it... No, God forbid. It’s great to let extreme experiences pass through yourself as an actress, to reach the point of frenzy. And get back to your life. I love well-being, tranquility, mutual understanding, mutual respect. Anna and Vronsky have different weight categories emotionally, different perceptions of the world, even different pain thresholds. It is always difficult for such people to be together. And Maxim and I are very close in spirit, we are equal in our emotional manifestations, we do not have territory of insoluble conflicts. We respect, love and appreciate each other. And I would never trade peace, reliability and well-being for some kind of frantic passion.

Maxim Matveev and Elizaveta Boyarskaya met in August 2009 on the set of the film “I Won’t Tell,” and in the summer of 2010 they got married. The wedding was very modest by today's standards. Two years later, the couple had a son, Andrei. Parents never allow the boy to participate in photo shoots and do not take him with them to social events

Maxim, what do you say about this?

Yes, I agree.

Do you still continue to live in two cities?

No, our family is finally reunited. We moved to Moscow quite a long time ago, this is our permanent home, our son goes to the garden here. We come to St. Petersburg to visit our grandparents. And I go to work at the Maly Drama Theater for performances, of which I have quite a lot.

Was it difficult for you to decide to move to Moscow permanently?

No, I have to be where my husband and child are. Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg or Saratov - it doesn’t matter. It would be necessary - I would fly to work from there.

Your son Andrey is already five years old. You never showed it to the press. Is this a principled position or a superstition?

I don't understand why this is needed at all. Even in the example of Lisa, judging by her childhood photographs, I see that children have a hard time experiencing increased attention - to themselves, to their parents. This deprives spontaneity, childhood turns into work. I would like to preserve spontaneity in my child. Therefore, I am a principled supporter of a fairly closed life.

IN kindergarten Do you feel increased attention from teachers or other parents?

IN new garden Andrey has only been walking for three months, but we are very happy. There are nice, delicate, easy-to-communicate people around us; we don’t feel any increased attention or special treatment. Several times we came to common events with our parents, it was a lot of fun. One of them took place in the pool - the children swam, and we had to support them and cheer them on. Everyone put washcloths on their hands, and there was a general rush of chants. In general, everything is fine in the garden.

I attended your son's recent birthday ex-wife Maxima, Yana Sexte. Are you friends?

We are friends, and we are friends with families! In addition, we are involved together in performances at the Moscow Art Theater.

We also have many mutual friends and all have children of the same age. Of course, we don’t get to see each other that often, but still. Plus, the three of us are trustees of the Doctor Clown charity foundation; this is a very important story for all of us that unites us.

You said in one of your interviews that Andrey already reads well, teaches foreign languages. What else is he interested in?

It seems to me that his main advantage is that he ordinary child. He can do what everyone at his age can do. He loves when people read to him, but he himself is not very eager to sit down with a book. He speaks wonderfully and logically. He speaks quite well, in my opinion, apparently because Maxim and I still communicate in good Russian. Andrey periodically inserts some unchildish phrases - “I believe that”, “I don’t quite agree”, this always charms. He still knows a little English. He is interested in construction kits, we really like to play Board games together. They are making something with dad - Maxim is handy, he can fix any thing. We cannot boast that at the age of five our son has a black belt in karate and can play Rachmaninoff fluently. But, to be honest, this is not what we strive for. As Maxim rightly said, we want Andryusha to feel like a child for as long as possible, enjoy life and explore this world - as beautiful as it still seems to him. And we can only support him with our love, not prohibit anything - or rather, only what is potentially dangerous or asocial.

Are you able to relax together?

You can relax when you want. I won’t lie - oh, we have so much work, we don’t have any time! It's really a lot of work, but we love it.

It's always difficult to get out of schedule. This is how the circumstances develop: it cannot be moved, it cannot be moved. But last year after “Karenina” we succeeded. I had free month, I asked not to schedule any performances, rehearsals, or filming. And Andryusha and I spent the whole of August in Georgia, Maxim came to us for a week.

Not long ago you two visited Los Angeles. Was this a business trip?

Most likely yes - various kinds business meetings, meeting directors, auditions. We try to go there at least for a short time every year. And of course, for Maxim and I it was an opportunity to be alone, alone with each other, something we hadn’t done for a very long time.

What does an ideal day of rest look like for you?

For me, the ideal way to relax is probably to get a good night's sleep. And so that everyone is sure to be free: Maxim, Andrey, and me. It is best to go somewhere in nature or to a park to enjoy the air, play, communicate, and then sit in a restaurant, hot and flushed. You know, such a slow-paced, busy, relaxed, family day. In the evening, watch a movie together, read a book, then, after a delicious dinner, play board games and go to bed.

Any day can be ideal - both in terms of relaxation and in terms of work. It depends only on us.

Producer: Olga Zakatova. Style: Yuka Vizhgorodskaya. Stylist assistant: Alina Frost. Makeup: Roxana Arakelyan/Dior. Hairstyle: Leonid Romanov/creative partner of L"Oreal Professionnel. We thank the Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow for their help in organizing the shooting