Danila Kozlovsky
Family: mother - Nadezhda Nikolaevna, actress; father - Valery Ivanovich, professor at the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography; brothers - Egor (32 years old), Ivan (29 years old)
Education: graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts
Career: He made his film debut at the age of 13 in the series “Simple Truths.” He starred in more than 30 films, including: “Garpastum”, “Merry Men”, “Five Brides”, “Legend No. 17”, “Spiritless”, “Vampire Academy”, “The Habit of Parting”, “Dubrovsky”, “Status: Free." Actor of the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe
Paulina Andreeva
Family: mother - Elena Nikolaevna, businesswoman; father - Oleg Vladimirovich, businessman; brothers - Igor (20 years old), Boris (15 years old)
Education: graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School
Career: starred in films and TV series: “The Thaw”, “Dark World: Balance”, “Gregory R.”, “Method”, “Locust”, “Status: Single”. Actress of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov
— Danila, Paulina, how would you characterize each other using three epithets?
Danila:(Pause.) Real. Very beautiful. Funny. Laughs at himself often. This combination is rare. Your turn! In the meantime, I’ll turn on the camera so that I can show you the recording at the right time! (Laughs.)
Pauline: Crazy. Very beautiful. Responsive. What doesn’t happen very often is when, with such demand and popularity, first places in all sorts of ratings, a person manages to remain human. The task is the most important and difficult to achieve. I'm glad that Danila can do this. Otherwise I wouldn’t be friends with him...
— I wonder how many readers, looking at this cover, will think that you are a couple?
Danila: Paulina and I have been friends for five years; we were introduced by a mutual friend, Philip Olegovich Yankovsky. Paul is one of those few people with whom you can be yourself. That is, next to her I can be whatever I want and feel free.
Pauline: We don't need to explain to each other what the joke is.
Danila: Yes! Conventionally, even if one of us made an unfunny joke, we will laugh at how unfunny he made the joke.
— Being friends and working together are not the same thing...
Danila: We are comfortable with both. Therefore, when the need arose for an actress who was to play not the main, but an important role in the film “Status: Available,” I suggested inviting Paulina Andreeva. My hero Nikita goes through all the trials associated with breaking up with his girlfriend, and according to the laws of the genre, he must be rewarded in the end. We are not talking about a happy ending, we don’t know what will happen next, but after all the adventures in his life, an important meeting takes place - a new person appears. It was necessary that there should be an actress in the frame whose energy and charm you instantly believe, so that the viewer, looking at my hero at that moment, would say: “Wow, I want to be in his place!” I called Paulina and asked to read the script. Still, the role is small, our budget, again, is modest - there were many doubts whether she would agree... But Polya called me back the next day and said that she was with us.
Pauline: Everything was wrong! In fact, we met with Danila Kozlovsky in some public catering establishment, and he turned to me with an official intonation in his voice: “Paulina, you see, we have this story, and I would like to offer you a small role. I’ll send you the script...” To which I replied: “Danila, I agree to act without reading it.”
— Paulina, I just want to ask: a role with words?
Pauline: Yes! (Laughs.) Although small, two scenes... On my part, this is also a friendly gesture, because the film “Status: Free” is Danila’s producing debut and, since I call myself his friend, I was glad to support him. The same applied to Dani’s offer to appear on the cover of TV WEEK. He called and asked matter-of-factly if I would be honored to be on the cover with him. To which I replied that if he doesn’t mind being next to me... (Both laugh.) In fact, it coincided so well that Danya was rehearsing Hamlet in St. Petersburg (we are talking about the play at the Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe. - Note. " TN"), I also came to my hometown, so I managed to combine everything.
- And they also say that acting friendships do not exist...
Pauline: This is truly a rarity among actresses. And friendship between a man and a woman is wonderful. Because initially we have nothing to share, we have no competition. I can only sincerely rejoice at Dani’s success. I like Danila’s work in the theater, I adore him in the play “The Cherry Orchard” - he is an enchanting Lopakhin. And I know people who were skeptical about it, looked for some flaws, and then came to the theater and were disarmed by what they saw on stage.
Danila: And I recently watched several episodes of the TV movie “Method”, where such a great and beloved artist as Konstantin Yuryevich Khabensky played. So Paulina paired with him is absolutely equal and complete. I love her small but absolutely wonderful role in The Thaw! When Polya and I were in New York (we studied English at the same language school), she played me the song “Oh, how I was in love, my friend, and now what…”, which she recorded for Valery Todorovsky’s film. I think I was one of the first people you let listen to it...
Pauline: Yes, that is right.
Danila: And this is a year, if not more, before the premiere of “The Thaw”! By the way, this happened in Central Park, from where the police took us an hour later for drinking alcohol in a public place. But the most important thing is that when I heard this song, I immediately realized that this was a hit. It was somehow completely obvious. I say: “This is so cool! Did you sing? - “Well, yes, but what’s wrong?” Now Paulina will say that in “The Thaw” she has a cameo role, but the main thing is that she is memorable and very bright. And I say all this not because Polya is my friend, but because she is a very good actress.
— Danila, have you watched the erotic thriller “Locust” with Paulina?
Danila: I will say that I admire my colleagues and friends, that is, Paulina and Petya Fedorov, who played the main roles there. I admire their courage. But first of all, it was Paulina, because it is still easier for a man to act in such films. For a young actress to play in an erotic thriller in Russia is a huge courage and responsibility. Because this is generally an atypical genre for our country; we have a rather sanctimonious country in this sense.
Pauline: It seems that we still don’t have sex, and storks bring children...
Danila: Yes, this genre is, by definition, wary. But this can be a very interesting, sensual story. I saw individual frames - very beautiful. But I didn't watch the whole film.
Pauline: Why?!
Danila: Unfortunately, there was no time. Throughout December there were rehearsals for Hamlet, then the premiere of our film in Ireland, and from today it is shown throughout Russia. Now I remember how Paulina saw our film for the first time. I called her and suggested we go to the cinema... (Laughs.)
Pauline: I ask: “Did you find something good in the poster?” He says: “Yes, you won’t regret it.”
Danila: And then Polya began to clarify: “Which cinema are you taking me to? Were we there? I took her to a recording studio near the Kursky railway station. Going there, Polya saw Natasha Anisimova, a wonderful actress who also starred in our film, sound engineers, then director Pasha Ruminov joined...
Pauline: And we watched the edited “Status: Single.” Danya sat serious throughout the session, making notes in a notepad all the time, but all I needed was popcorn to complete the picture. No nonsense, I really enjoyed the movie. And I applaud Danila’s courage in his producing debut. He does not wait for ideal offers, although he has many of them, but chooses what is truly interesting to him, creates projects himself, and builds his career.
— Danila, the film begins with how the heroine of Elizaveta Boyarskaya leaves your character for another man. Someone will think: “They don’t leave people like that, it doesn’t happen.” Did this attract you to the story?
Danila: Theme. In principle, we have few films about separation. And this is where the picture really begins: my hero Nikita is abandoned by a girl, and he begins to fight for her, he does not agree to let her go to someone else. There is a lot of funny, absurd, sad, charming, touching in this story. I have never played anything like this before: the project interested me both as an actor and as a producer. The backstory is this: director Pasha Ruminov, when we were preparing for a completely different film, talked about how he broke up with his girlfriend, how he wrote down in a notebook everything that happened to him at that moment... Listening to him, I somehow immediately I realized that this could be transferred to the screen, that this was a separate movie. That other project did not work out for some reason, but “Status: Free” appeared. It immediately became obvious that the main role, the role of Athena, should be played by Liza Boyarskaya. I sent her the script, after reading which she wrote: “You know, I understand why you sent it to me. Because there are stories that can only be told with people with whom a certain period of life has passed.” Lisa and I have really known each other for a long time, since first year, we, again, don’t need to explain things to each other, we play on stage together... Lisa is my very close friend.
Pauline: So the title for the material is ready: “Danya and his girlfriends”!
Danila: Yes, I’m well settled, I’m surrounded by such people! (Laughs.) Of course, the topic of parting is painful, sad, but also very important, because the time comes when you need to be able to let go of the other person. There is a wonderful phrase in the film when Lisa says to my hero: “I am not a ventilator, breathe now without me, breathe on your own!” It’s sad, but you need to go through it, you need to understand that the relationship has outlived its usefulness, it’s over. You can’t be selfish and consider someone else your property... There’s another good phrase, albeit a bit rude, that her new man says to my hero: “Well, love each other, just don’t get your dick.” The relationship is over, but you can remain friends. Of course, breaking up is always difficult. It hurts when they leave you, but it also hurts no less when you leave.
Pauline: Agree. If they leave you, of course, we are also talking about wounded pride, but it cannot come to the fore when people were connected by a real feeling, kinship. Here the pain is of a different nature, people write books about it, compose poems.
— Parting with the city can also be painful in its own way. It turns out interesting: Danila was born in Moscow, but then moved with his family to St. Petersburg, studied there, and now plays in the theater with Lev Dodin. You, Paulina, on the contrary, left for Moscow from St. Petersburg...
Pauline: What drove me from St. Petersburg to Moscow was the desire to get out of my usual comfort zone. Before that, I studied for two years at the journalism department in my native St. Petersburg. But I quickly realized that I was not doing my job, melancholy began to eat me... I came to the capital aimed at winning. Despite the fact that I didn’t know the city. We went on some excursions to Moscow, but this is completely different. My parents, of course, knew about my admission; it was not an escape from home. Moscow drove me crazy and delighted me. A huge number of people, a bustling metro - it was as if I had plunged into the abyss. There was also a feeling of more aggressive energy. But I was also quite aggressive, because I had a clear goal. I can’t say that Moscow wounded me or tested my strength. I was immediately lucky to meet people who helped with important advice. Moscow received me quite friendly. I dreamed of entering the Moscow Art Theater School and entered there, I dreamed of working at the Moscow Art Theater, and this dream also came true.
And St. Petersburg is still my energy base, a place of power - the best city on earth. Every time I come here, the first thing I do is visit my family: my parents and grandparents. I travel by train. “Sapsan” is more of a necessary measure, I love the night “Red Arrow” - with tea, a rattling glass holder... In St. Petersburg I do not function as an actress. Here I am a daughter, sister, granddaughter, friend.
— Paulina, Danila has said more than once that the most important person in his life is his mother. Who in your family had a particularly strong influence on you?
Pauline: The whole family. It would be unfair of me to single out just one.
I am the eldest, I have two brothers. But I’m the only girl, so I probably felt more attention to myself. My parents are young, and they are my friends first and foremost. Mom and dad instilled in me freedom of choice and always repeated that I would succeed. I still feel this support.
At school I was a poor student. Well, a C student! Because she was always a hooligan: a typical restless, overly active child. Parents repeated every time: “Well, what’s wrong, it’s awkward to go to a parent-teacher meeting again!” But there was never any repression or pressure on this matter. I took extra classes with teachers to improve my problematic subjects, but I loved to recite: “I’m not interested in your physics, I’m a humanist!” (Laughs.)
- Paulina, when did you realize that you were good-looking?
Pauline: I never thought about it seriously. During my teenage period, I had a rejection of myself: I could not come to an agreement with this world, everything in me was in revolt, it seemed that everyone around me was lying. I looked almost like a tomboy: sneakers, a passion for skateboarding, sharp manners... I began to accept and understand myself only after becoming a student at the Studio School. But this path of knowledge continues to this day.
Danila: Look at her: Paulina is one of the most beautiful women in our country! And believe me, when I say “beautiful”, I’m not just talking about her appearance.
— Is that why you invited Paulina to your concert program “The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man”? By the way, why does Paulina dance there and not sing?
Pauline: Because there is one main character.
Danila: Let me explain: “An Ordinary Man’s Big Dream” is not a concert, it is a musical performance. The story of a man who expresses his love for the era of the 1940-50s, the music performed by my beloved and respected Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett. And Paulina, of course, fits perfectly into the style of that time and the dramaturgy of my performance, in which I share my feelings and emotions.
When I asked Polya to support me in this crazy adventure with a music program, she responded instantly. I remember very well our rehearsals at Mosfilm in early April. At some point, we opened the huge gates of the pavilion, turned on the music at full blast and started dancing right in the street...
— Danila, returning to the film “Status: Single”... What is your current status - single, in a relationship, in search? Underline whatever applicable.
Danila: I have a wonderful girlfriend. I'll say nothing more.
Every year, theater institutes graduate hundreds of young actors and actresses. However, new talents are of little interest to famous directors and producers. They still rely on proven actors and cast the same faces in their films. Even if they don't have real talent. We invite you to choose the most overrated Russian actor or actress from our list.
Svetlana Hodchenkova
An ideal figure, chiseled cheekbones, emerald eyes, natural golden curls - but, unfortunately, beauty is not always a guarantee of talent. Sometimes you get the impression that the actress doesn’t even understand what to do on set. To somehow get into character, Svetlana obviously needs a mentor and a strong director. This is what happened with Govorukhin in “ Bless the woman"or with Valeria Gai Germanika in " A short course on a happy life" Most of Khodchenkova's other works can easily be called a failure.
Danila Kozlovsky
Danila Kozlovsky first appeared on screen at the age of 14. Since then, his acting, by and large, has not changed at all. The same, of course, cannot be said about the actor’s appearance. You can’t help but wonder: if Danil hadn’t been such a well-groomed handsome man, would his career in big cinema have turned out so successfully?
Liza Boyarskaya
The career of Elizaveta Boyarskaya is exactly the case when quantity does not turn into quality. Every year the actress is involved in dozens of projects. She works in the theater and appears in many films and television series. However, in almost every role the actress is the same, except that her costumes change. Although sometimes there are glimpses in her career - remember the role of Anna Karenina. Perhaps the directors themselves don’t really want to reveal the actress’s potential and offer her the same type of roles.
Dmitry Dyuzhev
Shirt-guy - it seems that this image is forever attached to the actor. Although for several years in a row Dyuzhev has been actively trying to destroy it. And often quite unsuccessfully: he wildly overacts and creates drama out of nowhere. The question naturally arises: did the actor have any talent at all?
Alexandra Bortich
Alexandra Bortich is one of the most sought-after young Russian actresses today. In the last two years alone, Bortich has starred in 17 films. But let's be honest, most of these works are hack work. So for now the only advantage of the young actress is her pretty face. But she’s only 24. Let’s see what happens next.
Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov had an excellent start: working with such titans as Alexander Mitta, Nikita Mikhalkov, Stanislav Govorukhin. But, as time has shown, the talent did not last long. The actor gradually slipped into the role of the permanent leader of endless dances and songs on ice.
Marina Alexandrova
Marina Alexandrova was predicted to have a successful career. It's not that the actress hasn't lived up to expectations... She works a lot in theatre, film and television. However, he clearly falls short of serious dramatic roles. Viewers remembered her disastrous reincarnation as the Soviet film star Valentina Serova for a long time. Detractors often reproach Alexandrova for her lack of talent, and believe that the main reason for her fairly successful career is her husband and, concurrently, the chief director of Channel One, Andrei Boltenko.
Mikhail Porechenkov
It would be hard to call Mikhail Porechenkov an excellent actor. Sometimes it seems that he always plays the same role. A military man, a writer, a doctor or a priest - even a radical change in qualifications on the screen cannot save Porechenkov.
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Although her track record includes many roles in soap operas. But, as you might guess, they are all little different from each other. Today, the actress's ceiling is the role of nanny Vika with a memorable Mariupol accent.
Paulina Andreeva
The muse of the most popular Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk is far from perfect, especially when it comes to serious dramatic roles...
Every year, theater institutes graduate hundreds of young actors and actresses. However, new talents are of little interest to famous directors and producers. They still rely on proven actors and cast the same faces in their films. Even if they don't have real talent. We invite you to choose the most overrated Russian actor or actress from our list.
Svetlana Hodchenkova
An ideal figure, chiseled cheekbones, emerald eyes, natural golden curls - but, unfortunately, beauty is not always a guarantee of talent. Sometimes you get the impression that the actress doesn’t even understand what to do on set. To somehow get into character, Svetlana obviously needs a mentor and a strong director. This was the case with Govorukhin in “Bless the Woman” or with Valeria Gai Germanika in “A Short Course in a Happy Life.” Most of Khodchenkova's other works can easily be called a failure.
Danila Kozlovsky
Danila Kozlovsky first appeared on screen at the age of 14. Since then, his acting, by and large, has not changed at all. The same, of course, cannot be said about the actor’s appearance. You can’t help but wonder: if Danil hadn’t been such a well-groomed handsome man, would his career in big cinema have turned out so successfully?
Liza Boyarskaya
The career of Elizaveta Boyarskaya is exactly the case when quantity does not turn into quality. Every year the actress is involved in dozens of projects. She works in the theater and appears in many films and television series. However, in almost every role the actress is the same, except that her costumes change. Although sometimes there are glimpses in her career - remember the role of Anna Karenina. Perhaps the directors themselves don’t really want to reveal the actress’s potential and offer her the same type of roles.
Dmitry Dyuzhev
Shirt-guy - it seems that this image is forever attached to the actor. Although for several years in a row Dyuzhev has been actively trying to destroy it. And often quite unsuccessfully: he wildly overacts and creates drama out of nowhere. The question naturally arises: did the actor have any talent at all?
Alexandra Bortich
Alexandra Bortich is one of the most sought-after young Russian actresses today. In the last two years alone, Bortich has starred in 17 films. But let's be honest, most of these works are hack work. So for now the only advantage of the young actress is her pretty face. But she’s only 24. Let’s see what happens next.
Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov had an excellent start: working with such titans as Alexander Mitta, Nikita Mikhalkov, Stanislav Govorukhin. But, as time has shown, the talent did not last long. The actor gradually slipped into the role of the permanent leader of endless dances and songs on ice.
Marina Alexandrova
Marina Alexandrova was predicted to have a successful career. It's not that the actress hasn't lived up to expectations... She works a lot in theatre, film and television. However, he clearly falls short of serious dramatic roles. Viewers remembered her disastrous reincarnation as the Soviet film star Valentina Serova for a long time. Detractors often reproach Alexandrova for her lack of talent, and believe that the main reason for her fairly successful career is her husband and, concurrently, the chief director of Channel One, Andrei Boltenko.
Mikhail Porechenkov
It would be hard to call Mikhail Porechenkov an excellent actor. Sometimes it seems that he always plays the same role. A military man, a writer, a doctor or a priest - even a radical change in qualifications on the screen cannot save Porechenkov.
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Although her track record includes many roles in soap operas. But, as you might guess, they are all little different from each other. Today, the actress's ceiling is the role of nanny Vika with a memorable Mariupol accent.
Paulina Andreeva
The muse of the most popular Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk is far from perfect, especially when it comes to serious dramatic roles...
Interesting
The most mysterious fortress in the Atlantic Ocean. Do you know what this is?
Paulina Andreeva and Danila Kozlovsky not only maintain friendly relations, but recently they have been working together. In the film “Status Free,” Paulina got a rather important role, in which Kozlovsky represented her, because you can instantly believe in her energy and charm.
Paulina and Danila have been friends for five years. They owe their acquaintance to their mutual friend Philip Yankovsky. Danila admits that Paulina belongs to those few people with whom you can always be yourself and feel free. Danila characterizes Polya as real, very beautiful and funny. She doesn't mind laughing at herself. Kozlovsky finds that such a combination is not often found.
Paulina, in turn, calls Danila crazy, very handsome and sympathetic. For all his enormous popularity and demand, according to the actress, he manages to remain a real person.
They both admit that they are comfortable not only being friends with each other, but also working. Kozlovsky says that when he needed an actress not to play the main role, but at the same time for an important role in the film “Status Free,” he immediately thought of Paulina.
Kozlovsky's hero Nikita breaks up with his girlfriend, which is accompanied by strong emotions and suffering. As a result, according to the logic of events, after all the tests he should meet a new girl. It was not about a happy ending to the story. The ending remains open, but a girl should appear in the life of the main character, says Kozlovsky, looking at whom the viewer would want to be in the place of his hero.
Paulina says that she met Kozlovsky in some “catering establishment”, he began talking about the film and that he had a small role for her, promising to send her the script. However, Polya agreed to act without reading the script. The actress has only two scenes in the film, but since she considers herself Danila’s friend, and the film is his debut as a producer, she was simply obliged to support her friend. In addition, Paulina and Danila are united by a love for St. Petersburg, Paulina was born in St. Petersburg, then moved to Moscow, and Danila, on the contrary, was born in Moscow, and then moved with her family to St. Petersburg.
Paulina Andreeva considers friendship between a man and a woman to be wonderful, because there is nothing to share, there is no competition. She simply rejoices at her friend’s success in cinema and theater. Danila also admits that after watching the series “Method”, he considered Paulina’s performance equivalent to such a great actor as Konstantin Khabensky. Regarding “Locust,” Kozlovsky expressed admiration for Paulina’s courage, since acting in an erotic thriller is not at all easy.
Kozlovsky admits that there are few films whose plot is based on separation. And “Status Free” is exactly where it begins. Kozlovsky had never played such characters before, which is why this story interested him so much; besides, the topic of parting is very painful, sad, but also important, because in life it often happens that you have to let go of another person, while you can maintain friendly relations.
Paulina says that she never thought seriously about her appearance, while Kozlovsky calls her one of the most beautiful women in our country, and it’s not just about her appearance.
Paulina took part in Kozlovsky’s show “The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man,” where with her dancing she simply fit perfectly into the style of the era of the 40s and 50s. When Kozlovsky turned to the actress with a request to support him in creating the show, she immediately agreed. They rehearsed a lot, and as a result the show was very successful.
But the question is, what is the status of Danila Kozlovsky himself? He answers that he has a wonderful girlfriend, but doesn’t want to tell anything else.
