Video: The Stars of The Idiot 15 Years Later: How the Film Changed the Fates of the Actors
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After the 10-episode film adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot was released in 2003, the actor Yevgeny Mironov, who played the main role, was named the best actor in the country, and the film itself was one of the most successful adaptations of Russian classics, although many critics and considered it not deep enough. 15 years have passed since then, and many changes have taken place in the fate of the actors - some of them triumphantly continued their career, while others disappeared from the screens, announcing the end of their acting career.
For the role of Prince Myshkin, Yevgeny Mironov was approved immediately, without samples. For the sake of this role, he had to lose 10 kg, but it was not the most difficult in the process of work. Filming lasted 8 months, often had to work 20 hours a day. In order to reliably play Myshkin's epileptic seizure, the actor consulted specifically with doctors. And once he saw such a seizure on the street by a random passer-by. And, according to Mironov, he then triggered a "monstrous acting reflex" - while others tried to help this man, the actor watched and "recorded". And all efforts were rewarded: director Vladimir Bortko and Yevgeny Mironov became laureates of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Literary Prize in 2004. In the same year, Mironov was recognized as the best dramatic actor at the Monte Carlo International Film Festival. For this role, the actor also received a prize for his contribution to the development of a Russian television film, and the series "The Idiot" was recognized as a turning point in the history of television, as it demonstrated that the series can be more than just a soap opera. After the release of the film, Mironov was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
The famous actress and theater director Tatiana Doronina said: "". After filming, Mironov admitted that for a long time he was "sick" with Dostoevsky's novel, and many of his heroes in the cinema looked like Prince Myshkin. After that, he played many more notable roles, including the author of The Idiot in the film Dostoevsky, at the moment in the filmography of the 52-year-old actor - more than 90 works. In addition, he runs the State Theater of Nations.
They were looking for the actress for the role of Nastasya Filippovna all over Russia. The director once saw Lydia Velezheva in the series and realized that it was she who could play the femme fatale. She got her first film role at the age of 13, although she was not accepted at the Kiev Theater Institute, saying that she would never become an artist. But she managed to enter the Shchukin school. After that, she starred a lot, but she got mostly episodic roles or heroines of serials. Thanks to the film "The Idiot", they started talking about Lydia Velezheva as a serious actress, despite a barrage of criticism, and after that she gained real popularity. And she always called the role of Nastasya Filippovna a gift of fate, which divided her acting career into two halves - before and after this series. Many still call this work the most significant in the filmography of the 52-year-old actress.
One of the most striking characters in the series was the merchant Parfen Rogozhin, performed by Vladimir Mashkov. For the sake of this role, which became one of his most notable creative heights, the actor even postponed shooting in Hollywood with Clint Eastwood. Later, Bortko admitted that he could not have imagined a better Rogozhin. Mashkov explained his success as follows: "". At the moment, the 55-year-old actor's filmography includes more than 60 works, he continues to act in films and perform on the stage.
Actress Olga Budina, after filming in the TV series "The Idiot", admitted that for a long time she could not come to her senses after the role of Aglaya, which psychologically was given to her quite hard. The actress later said: "". After marriage and the birth of her son in 2004, Olga Budina seriously thought about leaving the acting profession forever, but after a long pause she returned to the cinema - after parting with her husband 2 years after marriage, she was forced to take care of her son on her own again. However, for the last 4 years, the actress has not appeared on the screens again - she admits that family and charity work are now in the foreground for her.
The director saw the heroine Varya Ivolgin in the TV presenter Maria Kiseleva, who just at that time appeared on the screens in the program "Weak Link". This role became her film debut - just 3 years before that, she completed her sports career, becoming a three-time Olympic champion and, together with Olga Brusnikina, the first Russian Olympic champion in synchronized swimming. In 2001, Maria Kiseleva came to television as a sports news presenter, and then as a "Weak Link". Thanks to Vladimir Bortko, her acting potential was revealed, and since then she began to periodically act in films.
The series "The Idiot" was not the only film adaptation of the Russian classics directed by Vladimir Bortko. In 1988 he took off "Heart of a Dog": How Yevgeny Evstigneev's Movie Saved.
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