10 Russian celebrities who wanted to make a career in the West and failed

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

It is not a secret for anyone the desire of celebrities to become famous not only in their homeland, but also abroad. And many are making attempts to achieve world recognition: they go abroad, begin to build their careers there. But domestic stars who have managed to become successful far from their country can be counted on one hand. Many of them later returned to their homeland, leaving their dreams of world fame.

Natalia Lapina

After her success in the Soviet Union, the star of the films "Island of the Wrecked Ships" and "The Maid of Rouen, nicknamed Pyshka", after her success in the Soviet Union, intended to build her career in the West, for which she left for Germany in the early 1990s. There she starred in the film "The Waiter" and sang for the film "Train to Hell". Later, the actress moved to the United States, but she did not achieve much success overseas either. But she was married several times and became a fairly wealthy person. Today Natalia Lapina is known only among the emigrants, for whom she arranges creative evenings in the USA. Perhaps the main goal of the actress was just not fame, but material well-being?

Zhanna Aguzarova

The bright singer won the hearts of listeners and viewers with a unique timbre of her voice and a very peculiar eccentric style. She became famous in the 1980s, first as a soloist of the Bravo group, then successfully built her solo career. Already in the early 1990s, she emigrated to the United States, but was never able to achieve success there. She performed in restaurants and karaoke bars, worked as a DJ, but there was no question of any glory. Later, Zhanna Aguzarova served as a simple driver at the International Center for Celebrities, and in 1996 she returned to her homeland. Unfortunately, she could no longer repeat her former success here, and today she can be seen mainly in club concerts.

Alsou

The famous performer went to conquer the world musical Olympus after taking second place at Eurovision in 2000. The recording of her English-language album "Alsou" was conducted in the USA, Great Britain and Sweden by the studio "Universal Music Corporation", and the disc itself was released not only in Russia, but also in several European countries, Thailand and Malaysia. Unfortunately, he did not have success abroad, as did the single "Always on my mind" released four years later, the release of which in the UK was first postponed several times, and then was canceled altogether, despite the TV rotation and promotions of the performer on radio stations. After that, the label Mercury, which was supposed to deal with the release of the second English-language album of the singer "Inspired", abandoned its plans. How the singer subsequently abandoned her dream of becoming a world celebrity.

Valeria

The owner of many domestic music awards dared to conquer the western scene in the late 2000s. Producers Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Avril Lavigne and the legendary Queen band took part in the work on her album "Out of Controll". But neither this fact, nor the shooting of the singer for the cover of the American Billboard magazine, nor participation in the Simply Red tour brought the expected success. Even today she periodically performs in the United States, but her concerts are mainly attended by representatives of the Russian diaspora in America.

Vladimir Mashkov

The actor managed to attract the attention of American directors after playing the role of Tolyan in the Russian-French film The Thief, which was nominated for an Oscar in 1998. He managed to star in several films and TV series in America, but he could not achieve the same success as in his homeland. But he gained invaluable experience working with Western directors and such stars as Robert De Niro, Kim Cattrall, Charlize Theron, Christine Bauer and others. After returning to his homeland in 2002, Vladimir Mashkov completely focused on his career in Russia.

Dina Korzun

The star of Valery Todorovsky's film "Country of the Deaf" never built any illusions about a successful career in the West, but moved to the UK after her husband Louis Frank, the leader of the "Esthetic Education" group. Participation in several small projects was followed by an invitation from director Ira Sachs to star in the film "Forty Shades of Sadness", where the actress played the main role. A few years later, Dina Korzun starred in the French film Farewell Scam, then in the French-American Frozen Souls. She worked at the Royal Theater in London and starred in the British TV series, but believes that it is incredibly difficult for Russian actors to achieve real success in the West, firstly, due to differences in mentality and, secondly, due to the peculiarities of the filming process abroad. …

Svetlana Hodchenkova

The successful and popular Russian actress first appeared abroad in the film "Spy, Get Out", then took part in several more projects, the most successful of which was the blockbuster "Wolverine: Immortal". But still, the success of the actress in Russia was much more striking, and therefore she subsequently did not accept offers to shoot in the West, preferring to build a career at home.

Lyubov Uspenskaya

Despite the fact that the singer's career began in the United States, only representatives of the Russian diaspora who visited restaurants and bars, where the singer mainly performed, knew her. But Lyubov Uspenskaya achieved fame and recognition only after she began touring Russia in the early 1990s. She won many Chanson of the Year awards and became one of the most beloved performers in Russia.

Ekaterina Rednikova

The actress, who became famous after the filming of the film "Thief", like her colleague Vladimir Mashkov, after her success in Russia, decided to conquer the hearts of Western audiences. But all the projects where the actress starred did not become successful. According to Ekaterina Rednikova, certain circumstances always stand on her way to fame in the West. Either the global crisis forced the producers to abandon the filming of the film "And the Kingdom Will Come" with a multi-million dollar budget, then the change of director led to the change of the performer of the role of Eva Rojas, who was supposed to be played by Ekaterina Rednikova, and as a result was played by Penelope Cruz.

Mikhail Shufutinsky

After emigrating to the United States in 1981, the singer for many years was a member of various musical groups performing in restaurants, and later created his own "Ataman Band". It was with this group that Mikhail Shufutinsky was invited to one of the most popular Russian restaurants "Arbat". But real success awaited the singer in his homeland. After he began touring Russia, the popularity of Mikhail Shufutinsky grew steadily, and the song "September 3" became a real national hit.

It seemed that in the USSR these celebrities had everything an actor could want: fame, recognition, success. But many famous actors in the USSR went overseas in search of a better life. Did they manage to find this very best life in a foreign land?