The irony of fate of Alexander Fatyushin: Why the famous actor did not get the main roles in the cinema

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

15 years ago, on April 6, 2003, a famous theater and film actor passed away Alexander Fatyushin … Although he played more than 50 roles, most viewers remember him only in the image of the hockey player Gurin from the film "Moscow does not believe in tears" … But there could be much more such memorable roles in his filmography. All his life he seemed to be pursued by an evil fate - even if he got the main roles, these films remained unnoticed, and if the supporting role in his performance became no less vivid than the main roles of other actors, then the episodes with his participation were cut out from the final version of the film …

His love for the acting profession was infected by his older brother, with whom they went to the theater club. But if the brother quickly cooled down for this occupation, then Alexander seriously decided to connect his life with him. Parents did not believe that something would come of this venture, his mother dissuaded him - they say, what kind of actor with such a "non-actor" surname is Fatyushin. To this he replied that in 10 years this surname would be recognized by the whole country. He managed to enter GITIS only the second time, but he got on the course with Andrei Goncharov, and Alexander Soloviev and Igor Kostolevsky became his classmates. The latter said that Fatyushin was the most talented among them.

After graduating from GITIS, Fatyushin was accepted into the troupe of the Myakovsky Theater, on the stage of which he performed almost all his life. His film debut took place in 1974, and both directors and viewers immediately drew attention to him thanks to his roles in the films Autumn and Spring Call. Since then, he has filmed a lot, but the audience did not always have the opportunity to evaluate the results of this work.

When Eldar Ryazanov decided to shoot "Office Romance", he wrote a big interesting role especially for Fatyushin - the husband of the secretary Vera, played by Liya Akhedzhakova. "" - said the actor. Almost all the episodes with his participation were already filmed, when suddenly a misfortune happened to the actor - during the performance he was accidentally pierced with a spear, he was seriously injured and was hospitalized. The postoperative period dragged on for a long time, meanwhile the shooting of the film came to an end. Fatyushin did not want to let the director down and suggested that he cut his role out of the film so as not to leave raw unfinished material. As a result, Vera talked to her husband on the phone all the time, and Fatyushin appeared in the frame in just two tiny episodes.

The actor was not lucky either with his most famous film work. For the role of hockey player Gurin in the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" he was approved immediately, but a lot of episodes with his participation had to be cut out again. This time at the request of the State Committee for Cinematography. Fatyushin said: "".

Gurin did not have a real prototype, this image was collective, but you cannot call it fictional or far-fetched. After the release of the film on the screens, many familiar athletes thanked him for this role and admitted: "Sanya, hit the spot!". It is a pity, but for this role Fatyushin did not receive any awards, unlike the rest of the actors who played the main roles.

In the 1980s. Fatyushin starred a lot, but mostly he got supporting roles. On the set of the film "Young Russia" there was an unpleasant episode that almost cost the actor his life. They filmed the scene of the hanging of his hero, the actor jumped off the steps with a noose around his neck, but for some reason the rope did not break at the right moment, and he almost suffocated. The scar on his neck did not go away for a very long time, and Fatyushin has since celebrated this date as his second birthday.

In the 1990s. the actor appeared on the screens less and less. He had a hard time going through new times and a change in values. His wife, actress Elena Molchenko said: "".

Alexander Fatyushin played more than 20 roles in the theater and more than 50 in the cinema, but the role of the hockey player Gurin remained the most beloved and popular among the people. His creative potential was never fully realized. From many roles that could become his finest hour, he refused himself. For example, Fatyushin did not want to star in the film “Border. Taiga Romance "- said to the director that he could no longer see the military uniform. He was not allowed to go to the theater to shoot the comedy "Kin-dza-dza", and he did not want to play in "Petersburg secrets" due to the fact that it was a series, not a full-length film.

In recent years, the actor was sick a lot and passed away too early - at that time he was only 52 years old. The cause of death was a heart attack. Fatyushin was a passionate football fan, he himself played in the acting team of "Spartak". On the evening of April 6, 2003, Fatyushin watched a football match on TV, in which his favorite team lost. The actor became agitated, and the heart, weakened after pneumonia, could not stand it.

The final version of this legendary film by Eldar Ryazanov did not include not only the episodes with Alexander Fatyushin. Behind the scenes of "Office Romance": What had to be cut from the film.