Secrets of "Kamenskaya": off-screen relations between Elena Yakovleva and Dmitry Nagiyev and the disappearance of Sergei Garmash

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

On March 5, the famous theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia Elena Yakovleva celebrates her 59th birthday. There are more than 100 roles in her filmography, but she has long been accustomed to the fact that viewers most often call her Nastya - the name of the most famous film heroine, investigator Kamenskaya, in whose image she appeared on screens for 12 years. Probably the biggest mystery of this series was the offscreen relationship between Elena Yakovleva and Dmitry Nagiyev, as well as the sudden disappearance of the hero Sergei Garmash from the next season of the series …

The author of detective novels about Kamenskaya, Alexandra Marinina (real name - Marina Alekseeva), has repeatedly said that she herself was the original prototype of her literary heroine, but later the character began to live its own life. The writer represented the actress Daria Mikhailova in the image of Kamenskaya, but Vera Glagoleva was supposed to embody this image on the screens - this is how the creators of the series imagined Anastasia: smart, but a little absent-minded, feminine, but with a steel will. But Glagoleva herself did not feel organic in this image. About 40 actresses were auditioned for this role, including Polina Kutepova, Yulia Rutberg, Olga Drozdova, Elena Tsyplakova and Maria Aronova. However, the director of the series, Yuri Moroz, and the producers chose Elena Yakovleva for the main role, although many opposed her candidacy: an "intergirl" cannot be a police major!

Elena Yakovleva at that time was already a very successful and sought-after actress, she starred a lot and participated in several productions in the theater. When she was offered the role of Kamenskaya, she refused twice - the shooting of the first season was supposed to take place in Minsk, and the actress could not imagine how, with such a tight schedule, she could constantly travel from Moscow to Minsk and back. After rereading Marinina's novels, Yakovleva still ventured to try. True, the reaction of the writer to this was unexpected: "".

The role of Colonel Gordeev, nicknamed Kolobok, could be played by Vladimir Ilyin or Viktor Pavlov, because the director relied primarily on the external data of those who could embody the image of Kolobok. But when Sergei Nikonenko appeared on the auditions, the original idea was abandoned: the hero could get such a nickname not because of his appearance, but for his savvy character. One of the producers of the series, Vladilen Arsenyev, explained: "". The actor himself admitted that this project attracted him with a non-standard story for a detective, because shooting, chases and other detective paraphernalia did not take the central place in the plot.

It was also necessary to reconsider the views on the appearance of the hero in the case of a character by the name of Dotsenko, whose role was approved by the actor Stanislav Duzhnikov, who was then known for his role as Bomb from "DMB". He told: "".

For the role of the husband of the main character, Alexei Chistyakov, they invited Andrei Ilyin, who was later called the “beloved spouse” of Russian spectators in the press. At first, the actor was skeptical about this venture - until he met with the husband of Alexandra Marinina. "" - said the actor. However, his character at some points frankly irritated Ilyin: he admitted that he was rather fed up with 30 doubles of washing the dishes for all the characters.

Dmitry Nagiyev immediately agreed to the offer to play the role of captain Mikhail Lesnikov - in the 1990s. he was more known as a radio host, and he was glad to have the opportunity to declare himself as an actor, especially in such a brilliant company. His hero turned out to be close to him - Nagiyev appreciated his sense of humor: when he was asked where an honest police captain got such an expensive car, he answered: "". He called this role his first serious film work.

When the hero of Nagiyev disappeared in the third season of the series, there were rumors that this happened due to constant quarrels with Elena Yakovleva - supposedly the actress immediately disliked the debutant and often clashed with him. In fact, everything was much simpler: Nagiyev was busy in other projects and starred a lot on television, so he simply could not participate in further work on the series. True, they said that the actress, faced with Nagiyev on the set, said: "" To which Nagiyev replied: "". However, many were convinced that their invented conflict was just a PR move to draw attention to the series.

However, Nagiyev's relationship with Yakovleva was really always stormy - they did not miss the opportunity to joke on each other. Once, for filming, the police provided a film crew with a pack of fake dollars. On this day, the actors were given a salary, and part of the amount was given to Nagiyev with these bills. A couple of hours later, Yakovleva ran to him shouting: they say, the salary is false, now the police will come to confiscate everything! Before the actor knew that it was a prank, he got pretty nervous.

However, Nagiyev did not remain in debt. Elena Yakovleva said: "".

One of the most convincing in this series was Sergei Garmash in the role of Major Korotkov, who became one of the favorites of the public. But after the fourth season, the actor decided to leave the project - he was already tired of his character, moreover, at the same time, Fyodor Bondarchuk invited him to shoot "Inhabited Island". And although in the novels of Marinina, according to which the 5th season was filmed, Korotkov was still one of the main characters, the actor was met halfway. The writers found a way out: the new season began with the scene of the funeral of its hero, who allegedly died heroically, covering Kamenskaya from the bullet.

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