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The Russian actor became the hero of the new, fifth, edition of the 3rd season of the author's show. He is known for such domestic film projects as "", "August Eighth", "". The video of the interview was posted on YouTube- channel"vdud".

Petrov at the beginning of the conversation answered Dud's question regarding his attitude to the film "Attraction", in which Alexander starred in leading role. The actor considers the action movie one of the most breakthrough Russian films released over the past few years.

Alexander Petrov in "Attraction"

“Firstly, this has never happened in Russian cinema. This is a big technological breakthrough. Secondly, never before has an alien saucer fallen on Moscow. It seems to me that this movie is good, ”Petrov spoke about his attitude to“ Attraction ”.

The 28-year-old actor has also spoken out about explicit scenes in most of his films. Dud recalled that Petrov "put the juiciest Russian actresses to bed." As it turned out, this is exactly what the writers demand.

“We need to take it easy: film the scene and move on. I am guided by foreign films in this, for example, I recall a frank scene from the TV series """, - said Petrov.

Alexander Petrov in "Mata Hari"

Alexander Petrov told how he met the actress on the set of the series "". Today the actors are in love relationship and even starred together in "Attraction".

“Ira starred in another project. It so happened that our trailers were in the same location. Ira got out of her trailer, saw me and shouted: "Hey, you! Come, let's get acquainted." That's how it all started, ”Petrov shared his memories.

Alexander Petrov with Irina Starshenbaum |

"Policeman from Rublyovka": leading actor Alexander Petrov

The character is really tempered there, after all, a lot depends on the teachers. And here we must also understand that “star fever” in Russia is already something artificial. Yes, of course, our film industry is developing, and I really want it to continue to develop and move forward. There are cool films that stand on the same shelf as Hollywood films - these films, both author's and any others, can be watched all over the world. But our artists are known only in our country. And while you are here suffering from "star disease", somewhere across the ocean Leonardo DiCaprio woke up, or vice versa, is going to sleep, or is lying at the TV with sandwiches ... That is, he is, in general, somewhere nearby. Therefore, what kind of stardom can we talk about? ..

"Believe in the Dream"

- When you have time for a full-fledged autograph, you usually write: "Believe in a dream." Where does this phrase come from? Is this your motto?

A person should always have the feeling of a dream. By no means should you be ashamed of it. Therefore, often, when I talk to people, I ask: “But what did you dream about as a child?” And they tell me some things in which there is nothing unrealizable. And I say, "Why didn't you do it?" - “Well, I don’t know ... I had to do this, then this, and my parents didn’t allow it, then there were other circumstances. And now - yes, I regret that I did not ... ". And I've heard a lot of stories like this. And I decided for myself that I definitely would not be afraid of anything - I would just do it. If you like it, if you believe in it, go and do it! And under this motto, one must live quite calmly. And set goals for yourself, seemingly transcendent, seemingly impossible. But they are real! This is not even clear on my example, but on many others.

Did you have a fear of starting something new?

Probably, this is the state that happens when you first find yourself in front of the camera, in front of your course, when you show your first sketch. And this is not fear, but excitement: what will they say about me? How will the work be evaluated? what if I fail? But still, the soul was eager to do some incredible things. And now you start to stop yourself a little ... And this is a difficult stage to overcome. If you cope with it, a turning point occurs, after which there is no fear.

On the project "Dancing with the Stars" with Anastasia Antelava

- But sometimes money, connections are trite to make a dream come true ...

Let's take, for example, my performance "#Be born again". I could buy myself, for example, new car- I made a play. And from the point of view of investing money as such, it was unprofitable. But if I went to the producer, he would begin to set his own conditions. And I wanted to do what I want. I am sure that today, if someone does something cool, they will definitely be heard. Today you don't need anything to start something! Let's imagine that here I have conceived one thing, and I would not have money for this. Then I would just take a mobile phone - and I would shoot poems on the phone, post records on the Internet. Sooner or later it would lead to some result. Today the problem is not to find a producer, the problem is to take the first step. No need to think about how your idea will be treated. What the fuck is the difference! Go and do it! If you can't help but do it, you should definitely do it! You need to go to the Arbat and read poetry. If there is a script, shoot a movie on a mobile phone. And the man sitting in this moment in America or in Europe - big producers, European, and Russian too, in Russia this industry is also growing - you will be seen and noticed. Forward!

- What is your dream now?

Academy Award"

Not only about love

- It happens that the potential of an artist and a person is exhausted ... Are you not afraid of this?

I don't think there is anything to be afraid of. And to prevent this from happening, you always need to do something, always create some uncomfortable conditions for your existence. For example, you understand that everything is going well, but something is missing for you. I had offers in the cinema, and shooting, and tests, and the theater - and suddenly they offer to take part in the Dancing with the Stars project. It would seem - why do I need it? I love to dance? No. I can dance? Not really. There were dance classes at GITIS, and then all this turned at some point into the study of rumba movements. But for some reason I “threw” myself there. And not for the sake of additional PR, not for the sake of hype, as it is now fashionable to say. But just to make it uncomfortable, to change something there, to come up with some new stories, to learn new sensations ... And this, oddly enough, then gave me the opportunity to overcome the next fear. It's like going out into the cold - and you start moving so as not to freeze. And all processes are already running faster in the body ...

First, the play “#Be born again” appeared, and then the book

- Your performance "#Be born again" and now the book with the same name - is it all about love?

I don't know... Usually you don't think about it - you just do something intuitively. And the meanings, probably, are subconsciously laid ... Or some parallel processes are taking place. How did you come up with the name “#Born Again”? The story already existed, but there was no name. You go and think: what to call, what to call? Re-born. Exactly! That's what they called

logic of fate

Do you think fate exists?

Yes, I have a feeling that there is some logic in all this. Some kind of programming exists in each of us. We must do something here, leave, say. There is definitely something like that… Otherwise, then everything is boring and not interesting… And it’s not for nothing that some things arise from memory. I certainly did not think that I would ever write poetry. But there was a moment when Voznesensky’s lines didn’t just turn me on, and something came from them inside: “I want silence, silence ... Are my nerves burned or something? ..”. And then one day we went to the Pasternak house-museum. And I read Pasternak there: “It’s ugly to be famous…”, and so on… interesting places. And there was Voznesensky. Now I have this as a flashback in my mind. Then everyone already understood that a person was leaving, and an era was leaving with him - it was 2009. Until his death, there was less than a year. And I remember when the stage speech teacher said: “Sasha, here is a book, go and get an autograph.” And Andrei Voznesensky practically didn’t speak anymore, they brought him something, all sorts of pieces of paper, and he didn’t stop writing something ... And it was not clear what word he wanted to write, but he still tried - against himself, against life, against all circumstances - to write this line. Why? For what? He just couldn't stop writing. And when I brought him a book, he somehow looked at me, and at that moment some kind of flashback arose ... He signed the book. I keep her. And I often remember that evening, it made a strong impression on me. It's also about destiny...

Photos by Vadim Tarakanov

Alexander Petrov: "Now everything is possible - go and do it!" published: January 30th, 2018 by: Madame Zelinskaya

Alexander Petrov is the star of the film "Attraction", and now the film "Gogol. Beginning" - in an interview with Vadim Vernik.

Photo: Georgy Kardava

"I have in mobile phone“Hamlet Petrov Sasha” was recorded, - the editor-in-chief of OK! writes about Alexander Petrov. Vadim Vernik.- Three years ago, few people then famous Alexander Petrov made his debut on stage in a role that any young actor dreams of. And it was a brilliant debut. Sasha is generally lucky. Significant roles in film and television rain down on him like a cornucopia. He is adored by the audience, and especially by the audience. He is unexpected and unpredictable every time. Because talented. New turn popularity, no doubt, will bring him a film project called “Gogol. Start".

WITH Asha, tell me, can you exhale? You are filming so much different projects like you're trying to embrace the unembraceable.

Now it's just such a period, Vadim. So much has piled on - I understand that I take on a lot. And I also understand that now I really lack some kind of exhalation. Actually I'm planning soon - maybe in next year- make this exhalation, take a big global pause and try to feed a little. I really have been for so many years without a break.

And when did you start living in such a rhythm?

Practically in the second year of the institute, in 2009. I didn’t have such that, for example, there was a break for a month. It's 2017 now. So, eight years.

And what, during this time not a single vacation?

Five days, six days, a week. But you come to another country or to the sea and you want to have time to see everything, travel, you can’t sleep again. You came to Italy, Spain, Greece, everything around is interesting, you really want to have time to visit everywhere. And the rest, of course, turns out to be mental, but the physical pause is not enough.

On the other hand, you are an athlete, a football player, you have a hard temper.

Tempering - yes, thanks to childhood. It somehow helps to maintain such a rhythm. But now I really want a pause, although this does not mean that I am tired. By no means can this be called fatigue, it’s just that such a cycle of events, such a number of people are always in front of my eyes, a lot of things to do. On the other hand, how without it, I also do not know.

Plus, I’m such a person - I can’t sit still, I always have some kind of motor working, I have to run, I have to do, I have to, I have to, I have to ...

You say you started acting in your second year. Usually in theater university this is not welcome.

I filmed in the summer and studied the rest of the time. There were small shootings, well, in fact, as all students are removed.

Did you get an agent early, or is it just a feeling at first?

Yes, Katya Kornilova appeared immediately, in 2009. She came to one of the shows at GITIS - we were in our second year - after that she called me and said that I had a small role in the series "Voices" for Channel One, directed by Nana Dzhorzhadze. Of course, I remember everything: my first day of shooting, how I went to the first frame.

Was it scary?

Incredibly scary! Of course, I did not show this, but I remember very well where it happened, what the weather was like, I remember what was under my feet - what kind of earth, what stones. I memorized some details that were completely unnecessary to my brain. In general, since then I started acting - little by little, step by step.

Sasha, why do you think you are in such a crazy demand today?

Believe me, I always knew that this would be the case.

Class!

And then, if we talk about how much work ... I'm not from Moscow, I don't have anyone here. I always had the feeling that you are alone and in any case you need to do something, you need to gnaw the earth. And this feeling helped and helps me. But, I repeat, I never doubted that it would be so. When I entered GITIS, even when I was just standing in front of the entrance to this “monkey house,” as applicants call it, there were no doubts even then.

That is, no reflection, one setting: I will be number one.

It's not about that. There is intuition, to which I am very grateful - it led me in this direction. And you have no chance of losing because there are no other options. For example, I had no option not to enter GITIS.

How self-confident you are.

I entered only GITIS, only Kheifetz, I liked it there. And I was absolutely sure that I would. I do not know why. None of my family was connected with theatrical business, no one knew the nuances and features of admission, the system of theater education, and so on. I didn’t know what program was needed, I didn’t know what to prepare, how to behave in front of these people, what to wear, what to wear.

One of the teachers, Aleksey Anatolyevich Litvin, already at the interview drew attention to my Olympian: Dolce & Gabbana was written on it. Alexey Anatolyevich asked me: “Do you like such brands?” “Yes, this,” I answer, “from Cherkizon!” Whatever came first, he put it on.

Listen, have you ever had a defeat?

Yes they were. But I went through a certain school: first I studied at an amateur theater studio in the city of Pereslavl with acting teacher Veronika Alekseevna Ivanenko, then the Heifets school at GITIS. I just realized at some point that any defeat can be turned into a victory quite calmly. Not always, of course, this will work. But after the Heifetz school, you are ready for defeat, this will not be new for you. You're ready to lose and rise quickly.

What did you lose?

The inside story is a lot different! For example, I was never the best in the course. There were guys, big stars of the course, I was never one of them. Everyone was tall, strong and so on. I was in good standing with Leonid Efimovich and in general in the workshop, but I never entered the top three guys on the course. It was hard, I understood that I needed to learn, I needed to take the maximum from Heifets, from GITIS, from masters, from teachers, from students. Therefore, I absorbed everything like a sponge, I understood: what is happening now will help me win in the future.

In general, your only complex is that you were not the best student. Not much.

It's not complex by any means. I tried to be the best, I tried to reach. But at some point, I just started to say goodbye to this student life, preparing for a future in which I would be alone. There will be neither students nor teachers, you will simply be left alone with this life, and you will have to fight there for real. You ask about defeats: of course, there were films in which I was not approved, but I really wanted to. And earlier, when I played football, for me every defeat was something so significant, although it would seem Soccer game in the courtyard.

Lose today, win tomorrow - what's the difference. But I took it very close to my heart and just to the last drop of sweat and blood I was ready to fight with anyone, just to win, to score a goal, to bring victory - it was important for me. And this story has been preserved in the future.

You dreamed of becoming a professional football player. The injury got in the way.

You see, fate decreed otherwise. And my love for football comes from my dad. I remember how he sat me, very small, in front of the TV and said: “This is football, son, this is the Spartak-Moscow team, and we will root for it.” From that moment it all started.

Then it is logical to ask: what about mom?

Probably, this confidence that everything will be fine, and also the fact that you need to use all your reserves in order to win. Here it is from mom.

What industry do the parents work in?

Dad worked as an electrician, mom - in the hospital, as a paramedic. Then, in the 90s, they had a small own business they had to survive somehow. Now they continue to run their business.

Were you spoiled as a child or...

I can’t say that I really needed something, I had everything: both toys and money to go somewhere with friends once a week. But there was no spoilage, of course. For the first time I flew by plane, for example, already on the set of the film “August. Eighth "to Vladikavkaz, it was in 2009.

Is the family still in Pereslavl-Zalessky?

Are you often at home?

I do, but less often now. I love this city very much, I value the fact that I was born there, it helped me a lot. That's how the majority prepares for admission to the theater? Many are trying to join the Moscow theatrical get-together, knowing in what places creative intelligentsia. Someone is trying to make friends with one of the students in order to understand what is happening and how, in order to gain experience. Someone does not get out of Moscow, sleeps at railway stations, prepares a program - 25 excerpts of prose and 25 poems - and so on. And before entering, I ran around the lake in the winter. Darkness, night, snowdrifts - and 10 kilometers every day.

Curious ritual.

I just had some kind of inner feeling that this is exactly what I need right now.

This is Petrov's method.

Yes Yes. ( Smiling.) At first I entered training courses. I went, I remember, to Moscow on March 9th. I remember this day, because after March 8 the center of Moscow was completely empty, it was either Saturday or Sunday. And I arrived early, early, at 8 in the morning I was already in the city center, the courses began at 11. And later, for some reason, I always wanted to arrive early. At 5:50 I left Pereslavl - and two hours later in Moscow. At 8 in the morning I was usually at Shchelkovskaya, and at 8:30 already at Arbatskaya. When I first arrived, I didn’t know where GITIS was, wandered around, no one could tell me. And I, of course, remember to the smallest detail how it all happened.

Every time I went to the preparatory courses by train at 5:50 in the morning - it was important for me to walk around Moscow, in the center, walk around the Kamergerka, go to McDonald's opposite the Kamergerka, eat there ... Such a tradition.

But I don’t understand: if you had such a reverent attitude towards acting profession Why did you first go to study economics? Of course, this is a long time ago past days, but still.

The others went and I went. I didn't know then who I wanted to be. So I studied at school in the city of Pereslavl. Where to go to enter - to Moscow? I don’t think that I would immediately enter some Moscow university for free.

But at the same time you talk about your ambition.

Of course, but I didn’t want to leave the city then, I wanted to become a businessman, the mayor of the city, I had such a dream - to become the mayor of the city. And I went, in fact, to the University of Pereslavl, studied there for two years, then a story arose with theater studio, which changed me a little, changed my mind.

Wasn't there such a craving as a child?

Well, I went to some competitions, read poetry. In principle, I liked it, but there was no serious attitude to this matter. Mom always loved, let's say, recitation, she generally loved poetry very much, and at one time it was she who taught me to learn poetry. Mom said: “Look, Sasha, there is a word there, you just imagine it, it flows into another word.” And so I taught poetry, so it’s not difficult for me now, I know the technique of poetry.

Listen, my brother is an actor, but it's still a mystery to me how you can remember great amount text.

It's only creative thinking. When you are in constant training, in constant practice, constantly in filming and rehearsing, it is enough to look at the text once, go over your eyes, and that's it - you know it. You can make a mistake in some word, but you will simply replace this word with another, because you memorize not the text, but the situation. It already works automatically.

I know your classmates, many of the guys are tall, tall, textured, but you, so to speak, are not the most heroic growth.

Well, yes. ( Laughs.)

Did you have any complexes or worries about this?

You know, no. For a film frame, on the contrary, it’s cool and good. And for the stage... the audience comes to the theater for energy. If an actor gives it, it doesn't matter how tall he is. Although some filmmakers told me, they say, Sasha, you don’t need a theater: the stage is big, on it tall people must be. This offended me, and I said: no, I will already be “more visible” than those who are visible!

And he began in the theater with Hamlet.

Certainly. Before the first course, we were given the task to learn a monologue, I learned "To be or not to be." And then he came up with a lot of things, even turned into some kind of rag, but the teachers noted only one single thing - that everyone tried to take something simpler, and Petrov started right away with Hamlet. And for me it was also important, because I always want to take such weight, which seems to be beyond my power. Muscles, on the other hand, can only grow when they lift the weight they cannot lift. The body is so arranged, it is nature. So I was driving to you just now and suddenly I thought that, damn it, how cool: I’m going to talk to wonderful person, the most intelligent, and talk about what I really like. And you can't even call it work!

It’s always like this for me: I woke up, had breakfast, sat on the balcony, looked at the trees, at Moscow, went to shoot. And I really love this process, the process of filming. Therefore, I calmly relate to such madness in terms of my own schedules. In principle, for me it's the same thing - acting in films or walking down the street and breathing fresh air.

Nice comparison. And Ira Starshenbaum, your friend, probably wants you to be alone on some inhabited or uninhabited island instead of your non-stop filming.

This is our big dream right now!

Ira, too, after all, everything is going well. After the film by Fyodor Bondarchuk "Attraction" her career took off.

Well, yes, she does a lot. But Ira... First of all, she is a girl, she needs more breaks and time to rest. I can plow 24 hours a day, and Ira is much smarter in this regard, and I learn from her. She knows how to make such point pauses in her schedule to watch movies, somehow relax.

Probably, the rhythm of life in which you live can only be understood by a person of your own profession.

Maybe. A profession is like a drug that you can never get rid of.

Do you discuss work at home - over a cup of tea, for example?

When I look at you and Ira, I have the feeling that you are one. Some crazy organic stuff. When is the wedding?

I don't want to talk about personal topics, Vadim. It seems to me that the personal should remain somewhere in the safe. It is clear that we have a public profession, but we have a house, we have our cup of tea, as you say, we have our kitchen. And what is happening there, we will not give anyone away, and for me it is very valuable and important.

That's right, Sasha. You are a cheeky guy

when he graduated from the institute, he got into the theater Et Cetera, to Alexander Kalyagin, but left a year later.

After two months. Every time I came home after a rehearsal, I thought that this is not mine, these are not my walls. There's a great troupe great Alexander Aleksandrovich, but I almost immediately realized that this was not my atmosphere.

This is such youthful maximalism, it seems to me.

Well, yes, but it works, oddly enough. And later Oleg Evgenievich Menshikov and the Yermolova Theater arose, and I realized that this is mine, that these are my theater walls, my man is mine artistic director.

And how did you explain to Kalyagin about leaving the theater?

Alexander Alexandrovich, of course, was angry with me. I hope that now he has forgiven everything and understands why I did this. Even then I explained to him that it is important for me in my profession not to lie.

Did you go nowhere?

No, not anywhere. Before that, there was a show of Valery Sarkisov's play " ladybugs return to the ground”, after which Menshikov invited me to his office and said: “I know that you work at the Et Cetera theater, but I would like you to work for me. Think about my offer as much as you like." And so I thought for a month, probably while working at Kalyagin in parallel and realizing that sooner or later I would have to leave there. And just then the Yermolova Theater arose and the puzzle took shape. Moreover, it was not clear what would happen next: Oleg Evgenievich had just come to the theater, but for some reason I believed him.

Has anyone consulted on this?

I make my biggest decisions myself. So I consulted with one, you have doubts, you have to go with someone else to consult, and so on ad infinitum. No, I'd rather just be alone for a while and think about what I really need.

You have a flexible mindset.

This very independence you gain when you get into Theatre Institute when you live in a hostel. And if, while studying at the institute, you exist in greenhouse conditions - with mom, with dad, they cook food for you, wash, clean ... Indeed, you can see from the guys who lives at home and who lives in a hostel. The word “bath” becomes somehow divine for you, and you just want to sit in the bath for at least ten to twenty minutes! ( Smiling.)

I remember when I, studying at the institute, came to Pereslavl, the first thing I did was go to the bathroom, because I didn’t have it in the hostel. And there was always a queue for the shower. This is a normal communal life, which helped me a lot.

Well you after all and earlier were not infantile.

That is, there was no sharp jump.

I didn't have a big jump. In Pereslavl, roughly speaking, I lived on the street, I only spent the night at home. I was constantly walking, constantly playing football, entrances - a normal boy's childhood. But nevertheless, there was a house, parents, there you knew that your mother would cook food for you, iron your clothes. If you need money, ask your dad, and so on. And here, in Moscow, you have to do everything yourself and you don’t have time to do anything, because at the institute from morning to night.

And tell me, did the crisis of adolescence touch you?

I have never had such a thing. On the contrary, there was always a feeling that everything would be fine. I had problems with my parents, like everyone else normal kid, that is, there were a lot of things. But the feeling that I was betrayed, that I do not want to live, that I have a crisis - there was nothing like that.

On the contrary, I always wanted to organize something, gather guys, play football, and this is a whole process: you have to call everyone, someone doesn’t want to, someone needs to be persuaded ...

I have always believed that you are a leader by nature.

Probably, this is close to me: I want to create something, lead someone. There are a lot of plans. Perhaps I will create my own film company. So many talented people around the country who sit and do not understand where to go, what to do, who want to make films. And we, in fact, have many talented friends, young filmmakers, who in the future will become the main layer of Russian cinematography. Therefore, of course, I want to do my own thing and become more and more independent.

Well, Napoleonic plans are a good thing. But back to your profession. You have already conquered such a peak as Hamlet, you also played Chekhov's Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard. Now here is Gogol.

Yes, Nikolai Vasilyevich. ( Smiling.) Thanks to the TV-3 channel. You know, we sometimes talk with Menshikov about cinema, so he says that for him good picture is when it cannot be described in words. I like that feeling. I can’t tell you about “Gogol” in two or three words, this is the case when you definitely need to watch it. The story is mysterious and enigmatic. This is mysticism, these are some crazy tricks directed by Yegor Baranov. And the script is so boldly written! It would have been impossible to imagine this a few years ago. This is the first movie series. That is, on August 31, “Gogol. Beginning", and a month later - the next part.

From a policeman from Rublyovka to Gogol.

Excellent range.

And I really like it. I have always had the task that each of my next character was not like the previous one. Right now, TNT and TV-3 have prepared a cross-promo with other TNT series, including "Policeman from Rublevka", so in one of these videos, the artist Petrov in the role of Gogol will clash with the character Grisha Izmailov.

Are you not afraid that at some point the viewer will get tired of your endless presence on the screen?

You know, I'm not afraid, that's honest. I enjoy it all, I get great pleasure from what I do. In GITIS you were praised for the fact that you have a lot of work, a lot of sketches, or in the theater, for example, it's great when an actor has a lot of roles. Everyone looks and understands that this is the leading artist of the theater. And what's wrong with a person having a lot of bright roles in movies? And they are all different! But back to where we started...

Probably, the period will come when you just want to disappear for a while. And then there will be an opportunity to see what I have long wanted to, travel, read books that I did not have time to read. There are people who are always with a book, I'm not one of them. Here my dad loves to read very much, I constantly saw him with a book, wherever he was, he had breakfast with a book, dinner with a book. Somehow it stuck in my memory.

And what about the theater now? Pause?

We moved my story “#BE BORN”, a dramatic show, as we call it, to the Yermolova Theater, we played it once, we will repeat it in September. True, this is a small platform for “#NEW BORN”, because we started with Yotaspace, where there were more than two thousand people, then we performed in Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, St. Petersburg, and there were almost three thousand. Then we played at the "Invasion" - in the cold, in the rain, but it was also very cool.

Sasha, I’m talking to you, and it’s so pleasant in my soul: a successful promising guy is sitting next to him, who has everything okay on all fronts. Doesn't this kind of well-being scare you?

And why be afraid! You do what you like, you want to develop, you want to learn, to surprise. As Pasternak bequeathed: no need to start archives, shake over manuscripts. You need to let go of the situation and move forward, imagining that you really have nothing and you have to start everything anew. Approximately with this motto, I enter into each new filming period, into some new adventure. And you know it works. It was not in vain that I once liked Pasternak’s poem “Being famous is ugly”: I then realized that these words are an excellent slogan for life.

Photo: Georgy Kardava. Style: Irina Svistushkina

Grooming: Svetlana Zhitkevich. Photo assistant: David Shonia

The fantastic thriller "Attraction" by Fyodor Bondarchuk, which was released last week, caused a wide resonance in Once again split the viewing and critical community. Despite the fact that the majority of those who looked positively commented on the special effects and favorably perceived the humanistic message of the picture, the opinion about acting work far from unanimous. And most of all got from the critics Alexander Petrov, who played the role of Chertan's hooligan Artem. Accusations against the actor were very different: he went too far with plasticity, and squeezed it with facial expressions, and desperately overplayed with remarks. To some extent, it’s even strange to hear this - today Petrov is one of the most sought-after and beloved by the public actors, and the skill he demonstrated in “Attraction” only reveals his talent even more. Taking this opportunity - and on January 25, Alexander turned 28 years old - I want to assure you that very soon Petrov will become the main domestic movie star, who will replace Sergei Bezrukov, Konstantin Khabensky and Danila Kozlovsky.

5. Emotionality is not a “minus”, but a “plus” of Petrov.

Since we are talking about "Attraction", it is worth starting the conversation with the "replay" of Petrov in the image of Artem. Who cares, but to me this character, on the contrary, seems to be the most integral and alive among all the other heroes - there is truth in him, he does not hide feelings and acts as he is assigned by nature. And this captivates everyone - the authors, colleagues in the frame, the audience. No wonder the key fragment chosen by the filmmakers for the trailer was Artyom's impromptu performance in front of the crowd - "This is our land!" has already become a phrase-meme, it is uttered so passionately and energetically. What is wrong with this energy? Nothing, Artem is the engine of the plot, not always doing the right thing, but always going to the end, it was him real hero film, and not Yulia, rushing from one extreme to another, and certainly not Khariton, who never showed himself, but acting solely in response to circumstances. Petrov did a gigantic job to "revive" his character, and it is not at all surprising that the actor pulled the blanket over himself, he could do it, and he did. In general, I am surprised that someone perceives Petrov's emotionality and assertiveness as something that has manifested itself only now - the actor has always been like that. Recently social media they were full of commercials in which the actor read Mayakovsky’s poems, and this performance delighted everyone, there was not a single dissatisfied one, it seemed to no one that Alexander was “rereading”. That's right, this is because Petrov acted exactly as required in this particular case. In "Attraction" it was necessary to increase the degree, and the actor easily increased the speed. Of course, you can play roles one sadder than the other all your life and once even, like Casey Affleck, wait for your Oscar nomination, or you can burn, blaze in each image so that the rest blinds your eyes. And at the same time remain real - you might think that you do not have such acquaintances as Chertanovsky Artem. It’s just that they didn’t become actors and “burn” at home.

4. Girls understand everything better than us.

Shot from the series "Fartsa"

In one of the reviews about the film, I read an important thing, even if it was said in jest: “Oh, this Petrov, with his naked torso, distracted from the scene of the fall of the starship.” The jokes here are only a small part - Alexander, like the authors of films with his participation, is well aware that for teenage girls and young women is a sex symbol, and actively uses it. More precisely, directors and producers still use it - today a rare film or series with the participation of this actor does without a sensual erotic scene. And they are justified - from The Method to The Elusive, it attracts spectators of all ages to cinemas and television screens. Someone might say that for great actor this is not so hot what an achievement, they say, and Andrei Mironov, and Alexander Abdulov, and Oleg Yankovsky managed in Soviet times without bed scenes, but let's be honest with ourselves - the cinema has changed, its perception has changed, and in the new circumstances, light eroticism no longer looks like a challenge, especially if it is justified and helps to reveal the characters' characters. In this regard, Petrov outplays all his competitors in the Russian acting workshop, you can only oppose him in such a piquant component Pavel Priluchny, but he is noticeably inferior to Petrov in acting talent. Yes, it is quite possible that the ability to attract spectators with your body is the last argument in the dispute about talents, but if a person knows how to use this gift, then why not, no one criticizes Channing Tatum or Taylor Kitsch for such a passion for nudity in every film. Demand generates supply, and there is always a demand for this component in cinema.

3. Petrov is a talented comedian.

On the set of the series "You all piss me off"

The comedic side of his talent can also be considered a serious advantage of Alexander Petrov over competitors on the acting Olympus. In "Attraction" Artyom had no time for jokes, although he managed to give a couple of barbs, but in other films and TV shows, Petrov has many opportunities to show his own wit and demonstrate the writers' sense of humor. In Farts and The Law of the Stone Jungle, in The Elusive: The Last Hero and The Policeman from Rublyovka, Alexander everywhere played, if not jokers, then people who could defuse the situation with an appropriate joke. We won’t even talk about The Drunk Company and You all piss me off - there he makes you smile with almost every appearance, albeit in contrast with the rest of the characters in these series. Oddly enough, but this versatility - comedy and drama - for many Russian actors is an unattainable peak. Perhaps only Danila Kozlovsky manages to equally convincingly destroy financial pyramids in " Dukhlesse"And grimace, parodying De Niro in" Status: Free", and even Pyotr Fedorov is somehow able to make laugh, but the rest are far from such skill. Maybe this is not bad - let Bezrukov continue to portray historical figures on the screen, and Khabensky build the tragedies of one actor, there will be enough spectators for everyone, but the directors will definitely pay attention to the talent that is developed diversified, to those muscles that give harmony, and do not upset the balance. Petrov has no problems with this - he is a versatile and balanced actor: he will disarm with a smile and make you shudder with a frown.

2. Experience and education will open all doors.

Victoria Isakova and Alexander Petrov in the play "The Cherry Orchard"

However, even with all these talents it is sometimes quite difficult to break into the cinema, but Alexander Petrov did not need the “furry paws” of relatives and the patronage of acquaintances - he is the same person who, as they say, made himself. He chose his own path, leaving training in the basics of economics and enrolling in GITIS, he did not headlong pursue the cinema, pumping up acting "muscles" on the stage. Petrov made people talk about himself not only and not so much with modest secondary projects on television, but with Hamlet at the Yermolova Theater and The Cherry Orchard at the Pushkin Theater. Theater is not an obligatory, but highly desirable part of life for any self-respecting actor, but it can really be very difficult to combine these two elements. At 28, Alexander Petrov managed a lot in two fields at once - his work is equally interesting both on stage and on the screen. And this is another plus in the resume of the star - a good director will not have a single problem with such an actor, he is educated, diligent and responsible for the envy of self-taught and accidentally shot starlets, unable to understand that the world does not revolve around them and that they are just cogs in a big cinema machine. Today, all doors are open to Alexander Petrov with his education and theatrical experience, and the audience is ready to accept with interest any of his projects - even a biographical drama about Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, even a fantasy adventure with shamans and sorcerers.

1. In the coming years, Petrov is ready to take risks.

On the set of the film "Love Story"

By the way, about the future. I have a strong conviction that if not 2017, then the year following it will definitely become the “year of Petrov”. Just because the number and quality of projects coming out in the coming months with the participation of this actor have found a certain balance - Alexander is removed a lot, but does not waste his energy on stupidity. So, universal love and recognition will overtake him just about. Maybe "Niki" and "Golden Eagles" will come to the actor after "Love story" by Pyotr Todorovsky, you may have to wait for "Ice" from the same Bondarchuk, it is possible that after the demonstration of "Attraction" abroad, Alexander will receive an invitation to Hollywood or a joint project with Europe or China. Petrov's future is cloudless and full of prospects. Which will definitely be appreciated, and appreciated highly, by viewers and critics. How ridiculous then the claims to the excessive expression of Chertanov's Artyom will look, to the way the actor rolled his eyes in a surge of rage, depicting a mortal insult - his girlfriend preferred another. Attraction, like no other film, demonstrated the highest level talent and readiness of Alexander Petrov. Ahead - only victories, only prizes, only success. From Chertanovo - the only way!

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Today, Alexander Petrov is one of the most sought-after artists of Russian cinema. One by one, the directors shoot the actor in the lead roles. Alexander has already shown how talented he is, reincarnating either as an abandoned guy in the comedy "The Habit of Breaking Up", or as a writer in the film, or even as a law enforcement officer in the series.

The young, but already famous Russian actor Alexander Andreevich Petrov was born in January 1989 in ancient Pereslavl-Zalessky. This is a small picturesque town in the Yaroslavl region. There were no artists in Sasha's family, and in his youth he himself did not dream about the stage at all. After all, the guy, like most guys of his age, football became his main hobby.

When the son was nine years old, the parents sent the child to the local football section. By the age of 15, Alexander Petrov excelled in sports, and the young man was invited to train in Moscow.

The family reacted positively to this news and prepared the offspring for departure. It remained to settle issues with the school and work out a summer practice, but an unpleasant story happened to Alexander. The young man was given the task of moving the bricks, and he lifted the entire block at once. The bricks collapsed, as a result of which Petrov received a severe concussion and an urgent recommendation from doctors to forget about sports.

After school, Alexander Petrov went to Pereslavl, where he entered the university for Faculty of Economics. A few months later, the actor realized that he was not interested in exhausting lectures and seminars, unlike KVN and student performances. During theater festival and participation in master classes professional educators Sasha finally decided that he would become an actor.

Movies

In 2008, the Moscow period began in the biography of Alexander Petrov. On the first attempt, the young man passed the exams at the RATI (GITIS) and was admitted to the directing department. Petrov participated in studio productions, and in his second year he made his debut in the television series "Voices".

Alexander Petrov in the play " The Cherry Orchard"
Lyubov Aksenova and Alexander Petrov in the series "Hugging the Sky"

The second main role went to Alexander Petrov in Leonid Belozorovich's series "Without the right to choose." This is a military adventure film based on real story Soviet saboteur Kasym Kaysenov, who fought in Ukraine during the Great Patriotic War.

Several more notable projects of 2013, in which Alexander Petrov starred, can be noted: the TV series Maryina Grove and Second Wind and the comedies Yolki 3 and Love in big city 3".

Alexander Petrov in the TV series Fartsa

A remarkable work of 2014, which the artist can be proud of, was the feature film Fort Ross: In Search of Adventure, based on the novel by Dmitry Poletaev. Alexander Petrov brilliantly reincarnated as the merchant Kryukov.

The year 2015 turned out to be more fruitful and rich in events for the artist. Petrov starred in seven films, the most striking of which are "Happiness is ..." and "Elusive: Last Hero". In these tapes, Sasha got the main roles. But the films “The Law of the Stone Jungle”, “Fartsa” and “Method” became the most rated projects of this year.

In the adventurous crime drama Fartsa, Petrov played the young writer Andrei Trofimov. The film premiered in the spring of 2015 on Channel One. No less attention of the audience was attracted by the crime series "The Law of the Stone Jungle", in which Alexander got bright role- rock-n-roller and bandit Vadik the Machine Gun.

Today Alexander Petrov is one of the most popular Russian actors younger generation. Directors and screenwriters speak warmly of him. General producer series "While the fern is blooming" Sergey Mayorov even put the artist on a par with, and.

In addition to these projects, it should be noted the film “Gogol. Beginning "and series and. In all, Alexander Petrov played vivid and memorable roles for the viewer.

In 2017, the actor also promises not to leave his fans without a surprise. He will appear in the TV series "Belovodye. The Secret of the Lost Country" and art picture"The last guardian of Belovodye". This is an adventure fantasy by Yevgeny Bedarev, which is a kind of continuation of the popular project “While the fern is blooming”.

In January 2017, the comedy series “You all piss me off!” premiered. , in which Alexander Petrov played in a brilliant company with, and other artists of Russian cinema, beloved by the audience.

Alexander also admitted that he would like to try himself as a director. He even studied at the directing department. But he also understands that he is not yet ready to make a film on his own.

Personal life

Alexander Petrov entered the top five most sought-after young actors in Russia, who reached the age of 30 great success. In addition to Petrov, this is , and . Young stars are willingly invited to popular TV shows. Alexander Petrov was a guest at comedy show « Evening Urgant” and participated in the project “Dancing with the Stars”. Moreover, the appearance of a guy in latest project was overshadowed by a scandal: the artist in one room performed in the form of an officer of the Third Reich.

ABOUT personal life Not much is known about Alexander Petrov. The actor is not married until he started a family, but for 10 years he met a girl named Daria Emelyanova. Such constancy in the changing world of show business is remarkable. Young people met in hometown, and after Petrov's decision to move to Moscow, Daria followed him.

The novel by Alexander Petrov and the actress was discussed in the media. Joint photos of the artists appeared on the actor's page in " Instagram". At first, the public decided that such an action was connected with the premiere of the film, in which the artists played a couple in love. But soon information appeared in social networks that Alexander Petrov and Irina Starshenbaum were a couple. They are preparing for what they allegedly planned for the summer of 2017. Young people this information neither confirmed nor denied.

Later it turned out that between the actors on film set and the truth broke out the romance that they were hiding. Petrov was then in a relationship, but his feelings for Irina turned out to be stronger, and he left Daria. Now young people relax together and attend social events.

Artists also maintain profiles on Instagram, where they share with subscribers joint photos and working pictures.

Later, a rumor leaked to the press that Irina was pregnant. Allegedly, this was indicated by a photograph of a rounded belly. But the information has been confirmed.

Alexander Petrov now

The track record of Alexander Petrov's work continues to grow at an incredible rate. In 2018, the release of 9 films with the participation of the actor is planned.

The artist returned to the role of Grigory Alexandrovich Izmailov in the second season of "Policeman from Rublyovka", which was released in 2017. And in 2018, viewers saw the third season of their favorite series. Part 4 is scheduled for release in 2019. Still in the production stage feature film“Policeman from Rublyovka. New Year's Eve."

In the fall of 2017, Alexander Petrov got into the body of a child in the comedy film Partner.

Then the artist reincarnated as hockey player Sasha, helping the young figure skater Nadia get back on her feet after an injury and fulfill her childhood dream in a melodrama. The role of the athlete went to a young actress. In addition, Aglaya's mother played in the film -. She played the role of the girl's screen mother.

The second season of Call DiCaprio! is also in production. The first part was released in 2017. And in Latvia, the shooting of the action-packed film "Hero" with Petrov in the title role has started. The director of the picture was. Alexander's colleagues on the site were and.

Filmography

• 2012 - "While the fern is blooming"
• 2013 - "Yolki 3"
• 2014 - "Fort Ross: In Search of Adventure"
• 2015 - "The law of the stone jungle"
• 2016-present - "Policeman from Rublyovka"
• 2017 - "You all piss me off!"
• 2017 - "Attraction"
• 2017 - "Gogol. Start"
• 2017 - "Partner"
• 2018 - "Ice"
• 2018 - Gogol. Viy"
• 2018 - Gogol. Terrible revenge"
• 2019 - "Hero"