5 years on "Kitchen": How the sensational series changed the lives of the actors

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

In 2012, the first season of the TV series "Kitchen" was released, which immediately won the attention of hundreds of thousands of viewers and broke all popularity records. For 3 years, 6 seasons were released, after which the producers released 2 more full-length films - "Kitchen in Paris" and "Kitchen. Last fight". For 5 years of filming in the series, many changes have occurred in the lives of the actors, and many of them were due to their participation in the television project.

The main role in the series was played by the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Nazarov. He was so convincing in the image of the chef Viktor Barinov that many viewers still associate him exclusively with this hero. The only thing the actor had in common with his hero was that he, too, had been an ardent fan of Spartak for over 40 years, and he also had a daughter. Although he began acting in films in the early 1980s, it was "Kitchen" that brought him wide popularity. In fact, he first appeared on the TV kitchen long before the filming of the series began - since 2008 Nazarov was the host of the Culinary Duel program, and then hosted The Hunger Games. In addition, he has been the leading artist of the Moscow Art Theater for more than 15 years. A. P. Chekhov.

Actor Mark Bogatyrev considers the role of Maxim Lavrov to be his main professional achievement: "". For the young actor, this role became a ticket to a big movie. He received it 2 years after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School. At that time, he played several episodic roles in films, but he devoted all his time to the theater and did not even imagine that he would soon become a movie star. After "Kitchen", he not only received many new proposals from directors and continued to act in films, but also became a member of the jury of the show "Master Chef".

The "cinematic" romance of Maxim Lavrov with Victoria Goncharova, played by Elena Podkaminskaya, gave rise to rumors about their romantic relationship in real life. In fact, they were connected only by professional relations, the actress at that time was married and had a daughter. In 2015, her first marriage broke up, and after 2 years she gave birth to her second child and in 2018 she remarried. The role of Victoria in "Kitchen" was not her first main role, before that the audience remembered her from the movie "What Men Talk About", but thanks to the series she became one of the most popular Russian actresses. After that, she starred a lot and took part in several television projects ("Ice Age-5", "Dancing with the Stars", etc.).

Olga Kuzmina played the role of the waitress Nastya. For the first time on the screens she appeared in childhood, becoming the heroine of the Yeralash newsreel. Before filming in "Kitchen", she played many secondary roles that did not bring her fame, so she considered the series a gift of fate: "". The actress admits that unlike her vegetarian heroine, she is very fond of both meat and fish. And when she played Nastya's pregnancy, she perfectly understood her condition - Olga became a mother on the eve of the filming of the third season of the series: "".

The role of the bartender Kostya was played by Viktor Horinyak, who, before that, also got only episodic roles. Thanks to the high ratings of the series, the actor received many new proposals and today continues to actively act in films. His on-screen romance with the waitress Nastya also did not go beyond the set - even in his student years, the actor got married, and later the couple had a son.

Shy and timid sous-chef Levu in the series was played by actor Sergei Epishev. He always considered himself primarily a theatrical actor, but there are many notable works in his filmography. His film debut took place in "Turkish March", after which he starred in the films "Do not be born beautiful", "Short circuit", "Clever, beautiful", etc. However, nationwide popularity came to him after filming in "Kitchen". In life, he not only does not stutter, like his hero, but also does not suffer from an inferiority complex - Sergei Epishev is the lead singer of the rock group Trepanga, with which he successfully tours and records albums. In addition, he hosts the awards ceremony for the Moscow annual theater prize "The Nail of the Season".

The charismatic chef Senya was played by actor Sergei Lavygin, who spoke about his hero like this: "". Since childhood, he liked to make people laugh, so he was very happy with this role. The series brought him incredible popularity, and the actor does not hide the fact that he really likes to reap its benefits: "". In 2015, the actor lost a lot of weight, which upset the scriptwriters of the series, who wrote a number of jokes about the fat chef in the plot. During the filming of the series, the actor was in a civil marriage with his on-screen wife, actress Anna Begunova. In 2016, they had a son, but after 2 years they broke up.

The best friend of Senya Fedya was played by the actor Mikhail Tarabukin, who also considers "Kitchen" a gift of fate: "". Tarabukin played his first role in the cinema, while still a student of the 2nd year of "Pike", and at the moment there are more than 90 works in the filmography of the 37-year-old actor!

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