Anna Banshchikova: “If you need to protect your family, I will go ahead! - You are not afraid of sharp turns of fate.
On the air of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" Philip Brusnikin, producer, Daria Lavrova, producer, Anna Banshchikova, starring in the TV series "Snoop".
The broadcast is hosted by Elena Afanasyeva.
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A rather sensational, popular project, the 3rd season of which is now on the air of Channel One, Snoop, and the people who made this wonderful project are in the studio today. Well, firstly, the leading lady, Anya Banshchikova.
A. Banshchikova- Good evening! Hello!
E. Afanasyeva- Hello Anna! Thank you, I know that you had, you have a filming shift today, thank you for letting you go ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, they somehow let me go unexpectedly, yes, unexpectedly.
E. Afanasyeva- And the executive producer, Philip Brusnikin, hello, Philip!
F. Brusnikin- Hello!
E. Afanasyeva- Daria Lavrova, the producer of this series, will also join us, we hope, just about, she got into a traffic jam somewhere.
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How do you define an ironic detective or do you have another definition of the genre? Anna?
A. Banshchikova- You know, I'm somehow not strong in defining genres, but an ironic detective story, maybe, yes ...
F. Brusnikin- Sounds good.
A. Banshchikova- Yes, it sounds, the word "ironic" suits us.
E. Afanasyeva- Yes, once somewhere, in my opinion, in the 90s there was a boom in fiction, when they translated Joanna Khmelevskaya, then Daria Dontsova appeared, then they were filmed, somehow then this trend began to decline, and now your series, in my opinion, resumed this story.
Philip, can you tell us where the idea to make the series "The Bloodhound" came from, especially since, as far as I know, this is an adaptation of the Western format, this type of series?
F. Brusnikin- This is an American format, and it is known, in general, all over the world, and, well, I'm afraid to make a mistake with the number of countries in which they made remakes of this product, but, in general, we say that one of the most successful remakes …
A. Banshchikova- Options.
F. Brusnikin- Yes, this format, that's just Daria Lavrova ...
E. Afanasyeva- Here comes Daria Lavrova, yes, the producer of the series. We started from where the idea to make the Bloodhound series came from, to adapt the international format.
D. Lavrova- Wow, hello!
E. Afanasyeva- Hello!
D. Lavrova- Where did the idea come from, well, in fact, every producer is always looking for some options that would be easy to produce, interesting and easy, and then one day, it means that they put a flash drive with this wonderful “The Closer” format on my table ...
E. Afanasyeva- Is it American, yes, format or not?
D. Lavrova- It's Warner Brothers.
E. Afanasyeva- Warner Brothers.
D. Lavrova- Yes. So, at first we looked, we didn’t seem to find anything special there, but at the same time I thought, after all, 8 seasons in the original format ...
E. Afanasyeva- Yeah, this is already a hint to our viewers that this week everything will not end, this is already encouraging.
D. Lavrova- I hope that there will be even more than in the American format, we all hope so ...
A. Banshchikova- Will.
D. Lavrova- So, we looked and realized that there are absolutely fantastic vertical cases ...
E. Afanasyeva- Vertical affairs, let's explain to our listeners ...
D. Lavrova Yes, the detectives themselves.
E. Afanasyeva- That series are divided into those where there is a horizontal line, when everything develops gradually from series to series, there is a vertical one, when everything ends inside one series, and horizontal-vertical is like yours ...
D. Lavrova- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Where is the line of the main character and her colleagues, they develop, and the cases in each series are new, did I explain correctly?
D. Lavrova“Absolutely, that is…
E. Afanasyeva- Well, that's good.
D. Lavrova- All these bloody, terrible crimes pass through the prism of the life of the main character. So, the cases themselves, these crimes themselves were so interesting, original, that we thought, why not, but naturally we wanted to make our heroine very unusual, because there were strong, powerful, such iron women on television there are plenty, here, there are a lot of examples of this, and we thought, why not go from the opposite, why not make her absolutely a little bit of Columbus in a skirt, so a little confused, a little lost, a little some always ...
E. Afanasyeva- Quite a woman ...
D. Lavrova- A woman...
E. Afanasyeva- Yes, and the mess on her desk ...
D. Lavrova- Absolutely.
E. Afanasyeva“And he also likes cakes and so on, yes.
A. Banshchikova“Yes, but it wasn’t perfect, that is…
E. Afanasyeva- This is what you came up with...
A. Banshchikova- In the American format, there was absolutely no ...
D. Lavrova- Absolutely.
A. Banshchikova- Yes, because Kira Sedgwick is strong, in general, such, some kind of direct stylish, that's the word ...
D. Lavrova- Bitchy, yes...
A. Banshchikova- Such a woman is very, and when I ...
E. Afanasyeva So the original heroine...
A. Banshchikova- I was afraid to look at first, when I looked, I realized that I was completely, that is, I was, as it were, completely not her, and I need to go in some other completely different way, and come up with something completely different and my own, but to us by the way, we recently talked about this, people came who monitor these formats around the world, and they sat on our site for so long, watched, and I think, well, everyone, as it were, sits silently, watches for a long time, and then at some point this woman came up to me, spread her arms like this, hugged me, said, you did it, you felt it, I think, thank God, because, because they looked at it for a long time, in general, how- who we managed...
E. Afanasyeva- Yes, it is necessary to explain that when there is an international format, the company that sells it sends the so-called ...
D. Lavrova- Consultant.
E. Afanasyeva- A flying producer, a consultant who flies to those countries where he adapts, and make sure that the integrity of the idea is not violated ...
A. Banshchikova- And he follows strictly.
E. Afanasyeva- And watching.
D. Lavrova- And we were generally nervous, I must say.
E. Afanasyeva- Yes Yes. I remind you, we are talking about the series "The Bloodhound", which is now on its 3rd season on Channel One, you still have a week left, Anna Banshchikova, the lead actress, here is Philip Brusnikin, executive producer, and Daria Lavrova, producer series. Who appeared first in this story, director Dmitry Brusnikin or the leading actors, including Anna?
D. Lavrova- The first to appear was Dmitry Vladimirovich Brusnikin, because as soon as we decided to make this series, we naturally began to think about the candidacy of the director, and since Philip and I came ...
E. Afanasyeva- And since Philip is the son of Dmitry ...
D. Lavrova- Yes…
F. Brusnikin- Yes…
E. Afanasyeva- He worked at the Star Media company, then there were probably family ties, did you persuade your father, Philip?
F. Brusnikin- Well, they persuaded, yes ...
E. Afanasyeva- Didn't want to, probably, come off on the series?
F. Brusnikin- It was hard to persuade him to shoot something, because after all, his main profession is theater and pedagogy, so he had to be persuaded, yes ...
E. Afanasyeva- I was just when I found out that director Dmitry Brusnikin, but didn’t know yet that Philip was an executive producer, I was surprised, I think such a light genre, such a semi-comedy, and suddenly Dmitry Brusnikin does it, now it’s clear that my son was persistent , including his colleagues.
D. Lavrova- Well, I’ll just add that this idea didn’t even come easy, but because Philip and I, in general, came out from under the wing of Pavel Petrovich Korchagin from Studio 2B, who ...
E. Afanasyeva- Our wonderful...
D. Lavrova- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Dear and beloved ...
D. Lavrova- Our beloved, dear.
F. Brusnikin- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva“Greetings to him big.
D. Lavrova- We are his, so to speak, chicks, yes, here, and there Dmitry Vladimirovich did, in my opinion, 3 or 2 seasons, I don’t remember now ...
F. Brusnikin There have been many seasons...
D. Lavrova"Law and Order"...
F. Brusnikin"Law & Order" was...
D. Lavrova- This is also an adaptation of the famous world ...
E. Afanasyeva So you knew he could work. How I searched, how the director searched for actors and were, how many competitors did Anna have, that's an interesting question ...
A. Banshchikova- Very.
E. Afanasyeva- Very. Tell us, Philip, how they searched for actors and how long it took ...
F. Brusnikin- Somehow...
E. Afanasyeva- Competitors put on the shoulder blades?
F. Brusnikin- I don’t know, Anya somehow appeared with us, in general, and appeared, and that’s all, and there was Anya, the main character and I didn’t think for a very long time, we gathered a team, an environment, there already, yes, dad sort of recruited , there are a lot of his, well, MAT actors, there are Denis Burgazliev, and Edik Chekmazov, and they are all, in general, MAT, well, somehow he gathered such a cool team around Anya, they are all so organic and live in the frame, and all this, in general, works out so well.
E. Afanasyeva- Anya, you said that you were worried, everything, how difficult it was for you to invent it, how did you invent it, due to which this Alexandra of yours ...
A. Banshchikova- She somehow came up with it, because, however, I will not hide that I looked, yes, here is an American heroine, I found something like that in her, she is somehow, on the one hand, strange, on the one hand , some here, I felt some kind of thing that just had to be adapted to ours, that is, to me, again, so that it would be some kind of person not alien to me, and I somehow, I don’t know , it actually turned out so intuitively, this woman came up with, who empathizes with everyone in general, empathizes with these people whom she interrogates, because everyone has their own truth absolutely, and she stands on them, as if on their side, on some understanding of them, because if you take two people there, they always have it, everyone there, yes, if a husband and wife get divorced, they will have some kind of truth of their own, each, and this is some kind of some such thing seemed right to me, and then some of her personal experiences were superimposed on it all, she is a person, emotional, and at the same time she ...
E. Afanasyeva- And these details, female details of the image ...
A. Banshchikova She can be very tough...
E. Afanasyeva- Yes Yes.
A. Banshchikova- And at the same time, she is completely uncollected in life, that is, this is such a contrast, it seems to me, interesting.
E. Afanasyeva- I think that a lot of Russian women are just like that, at work hoo ...
D. Lavrova- Absolutely.
A. Banshchikova- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- All the men are on the shoulder blades, and then they get lost in their personal and domestic lives, and cannot talk to the management company in the house there.
A. Banshchikova- Yes, she can’t seem to be in everything, yes, if she is very focused on something, something is very important for her, she focuses on something, then, probably, in life she can be such some kind of opposite, in general, somehow it was thought up in the process, in general, of everything, and of course, and thanks to Dmitry Vladimirovich, it’s huge simply because it’s such a joint thing of ours, that’s our kind of sense of humor that Dmitry Vladimirovich has incredible, it is somehow like this, all this together gave such a result.
E. Afanasyeva- Did you shoot for a season a year or somehow in a different mode?
D. Lavrova- Oh, well, if...
E. Afanasyeva- Daria Lavrova.
D. Lavrova- Yes, we filmed, we filmed the first season separately, and we filmed the second and third seasons together, because it was such a rare case for Channel One when they believed in us so much ...
E. Afanasyeva- You ordered 2 at once ...
D. Lavrova- We ordered 2 seasons at once.
E. Afanasyeva- That is, how many episodes did you shoot in a row?
D. Lavrova- 32 episodes.
E. Afanasyeva- Wow!
D. Lavrova- Well, for the TV series, this is not the limit, as we all know, so ...
E. Afanasyeva- This is what I wanted to say, well, it is known that very often people working in the theater and in big cinema, on TV shows, as they say, earn extra money, yes, there is time, well, we will quickly act in the series, you said, Philip that the father attracted the Mkhatov actors, that’s all, and suddenly there’s not only hack-work, there’s not a single passing scene, they are all beautifully built, everything that’s for the Mkhatov people, for the actors, for the father and for, like here for the people of the theater there was a shooting of the series, tell us, please, Philip?
F. Brusnikin- No, well, of course, this is an opportunity to earn money, including ...
E. Afanasyeva- No one hides it, of course.
F. Brusnikin- Yes, and there, well, our family was greatly helped there by my father’s opportunities to shoot some series at one time or another, because there, for example, in the late 90s, I didn’t earn anything in the theater at all, and somehow everything it helped, so even there there are actors, he also filmed a lot of his students in the Bloodhound, though he didn’t let someone in, he still let someone in ...
E. Afanasyeva“This punishment was for a student or…
F. Brusnikin- He took care of it very much ...
A. Banshchikova“I’ll even interrupt you because…”
E. Afanasyeva Yes, Anna Banshchikova...
A. Banshchikova- This is a great happiness, well, you know how to shoot with Dmitry Vladimirovich Brusnikin, you know how there are notorious directors who in America shoot people for free, so, as it were, in general, that is, well, this is for students, who are generally there their master invited there ...
F. Brusnikin- Well, yes, they are happy to ...
A. Banshchikova- This is a great happiness in general, awe, they were wildly worried and in general they were just so happy and this ...
F. Brusnikin- Well, plus this is earnings, this is help to these same young actors who have just graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School there or something else, to somehow help ...
E. Afanasyeva- But at the same time, I heard in one of your interviews or somewhere that everything was so brilliantly organized and filmed so easily that you even had time left from the shooting day, and you enjoyed spending time in a beautiful city , was it or is it a legend already?
F. Brusnikin No, that's why...
E. Afanasyeva“Especially as an executive producer, you know everything about the filming schedule.
F. Brusnikin- He was able to shoot really fast ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, you know...
E. Afanasyeva- A unique thing for a theatrical person, yes.
A. Banshchikova- You know…
E. Afanasyeva- Anna Banshchikova, yes.
A. Banshchikova- Well, how would I just say from the outside that I don’t know such a second person in general, who is simply, so I always say that Dmitry Vladimirovich, he is such a person in general, just to shoot, he makes huge scenes there out of 100 people in just a minute and a half, and he knows exactly what he wants and how it will all be, and it’s just incredible, I don’t know, I haven’t had such an experience, that’s more than a second, I think it’s unlikely, to Unfortunately, it will probably be...
F. Brusnikin- Yes, he knew how to make scenes very quickly ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, in order to spread it so quickly, to know exactly and at the same time to preserve absolutely, as it were, the meaning, to preserve everything in general, so that people can quickly play it, understand what it is about, convey the meaning, and in such a short period of time to do it emotionally, it is clear how it is very such a quality ...
F. Brusnikin- Therefore, we still have time, yes, and watch football ...
D. Lavrova- Yes, especially during the World Cup it was ...
E. Afanasyeva- Were you still filming at that time?
D. Lavrova- No, at the time, what is there ...
F. Brusnikin- There was some kind of championship ...
D. Lavrova- Some kind of championship was ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, there were some football games, when we had to come in the morning and we understood that before three, at three football ...
E. Afanasyeva- Everything, everything is clear ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, we play fast and cool.
E. Afanasyeva- And dad was a fan, no? Or is it others on the court?
F. Brusnikin- No, he was very fond of football, he himself played it well, and in general, these were all, well, they haven’t been there for the last 10 years, but earlier, well, there are some there ...
E. Afanasyeva“Ah, theater clubs…”
F. Brusnikin- Between, yes, these theatrical ones ...
E. Afanasyeva- Between theaters, yes, they played?
F. Brusnikin- And he pulled out, there the Moscow Art Theater is always in the forefront, because he came out, scored quickly and ...
E. Afanasyeva- Is everything too fast?
F. Brusnikin- Yes, he played football very well ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, and we had such, of course, funny ones, that is, these shifts, when all around me and only men, who are all fans and I alone, and the text is basically all, there I have a lot of text, and they , Anya, so, everything is fast today, you have 3 hours there ...
E. Afanasyeva- No...
A. Banshchikova“Come on, everybody, yeah.
E. Afanasyeva- We are talking about the TV series "Snoop" in the program "Teleguard", the third season is on "Channel One", another week, a week, yes, the show ...
D. Lavrova- A week, yes, still.
E. Afanasyeva- It remained, especially as far as the audience noticed or did not notice, it was with the series “Snoop” that a unique situation occurred, for many years TV channels showed the series not one at a time, but the so-called double, built-in, which is not in the world at all, because there are a vertical series, which is generally shown once a week, which gives producers a unique opportunity to watch, develop the series, shoot in the process, we showed series that ended very quickly, because they were watched in 2 episodes, and on some channels even 3 episodes, by 4…
D. Lavrova- And it happened 5 times ...
E. Afanasyeva- And it used to be 5, Dasha, this is, well, firstly, it’s out of the economy and out of relation to the viewer, because if the viewer likes it, he wants to prolong it, and not everyone has so much time to watch a lot a day , so, for the first time Channel One took a chance on the third season of The Bloodhound and returned this show one episode at a time, and, in my opinion, did not lose ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes…
E. Afanasyeva- Because the audience is watching, Anna ...
A. Banshchikova- I’ll even say yes, because this is really such an experiment, probably, here ...
E. Afanasyeva- Very risky.
A. Banshchikova- Yes, and he obviously succeeded, because in fact, on my Instagram, they write me a huge number of letters, people at first are very somehow, how come, we can’t live there, we can’t in such small portions ...
E. Afanasyeva- We want more and more, we are already drug addicts, yes.
A. Banshchikova- At first everyone cursed, but they looked, as it were, yes, and looked, and the more we were like this, some kind of excitement created, judging by some letters about the fact that people, how they comment on it, that they are vice versa more waiting and somehow...
E. Afanasyeva- And they want to stretch the pleasure ...
A. Banshchikova- No, they want it sooner, but they wait and discuss it more, and somehow it became somehow ...
E. Afanasyeva- You said that you have more, that is, you have subscribers on Instagram and have increased everywhere after the Bloodhound?
A. Banshchikova- Yes, I now have a huge number of simple ones, that is, I recently started using Instagram, and a huge number of people write to me, and I don’t have a single negative one, it’s called by some word, there isn’t a single negative one ...
E. Afanasyeva It's called Hater.
A. Banshchikova- Hater, yes...
E. Afanasyeva- In a fashionable word ...
A. Banshchikova“People write such pleasant absolutely amazing some things, just some, and thank you very much for this ...
E. Afanasyeva- Well, probably, because the series is kind and you feel in your relationship that it was done with kindness, and there are good comedies and so on, and such ones are filmed with a fierce hatred for everything that I do, a little closer the microphone, Dasha ...
F. Brusnikin- No, we had such a good atmosphere on the site.
D. Lavrova- We practically have a family, and very few, few people have changed over the course of three seasons, that is, our camera crew is practically the same, costume, makeup, these are all the same people ...
E. Afanasyeva- We will now break for news on Ekho Moskvy and continue our conversation Anna Banshchikova, the main bloodhound of our television now, yes, Dmitry Brusnikin, executive producer of the series "Snoop", and Daria Lavrova, producer of the series.
E. Afanasyeva- Good evening again! The wonderful people who make the series "The Bloodhound" guest today in the program "Teleguard" are Anna Banshchikova, the lead actress, Daria Lavrova, the producer of the series, and the executive producer, Philip Brusnikin.
They are upset that we lost your chat on YouTube, yes, I was sitting a little in a different place, now we see you, so if you have questions, remarks and comments, please ask them, yes, otherwise you are here already without us communicated well.
There is a question, for example: “Why so many police series?”
Daria, why so many police series?
D. Lavrova- Well, I don’t know, it seems to me, detectives, crimes, beautiful policemen or beautiful policewomen, and it’s always terribly interesting, there are a lot of them, why not, if it’s done well, smartly done if it’s done interestingly.
E. Afanasyeva- I just saw a fragment of the “Let them talk” program, where a specialist, in fact, from the criminal investigation department tried to rudely tell you that this does not happen in life, in serials it should be this kind of ironic, it should be like in life or you Was there another task? An?
A. Banshchikova- Oh, I don’t know, well, no, probably in the cinema, I don’t know, I don’t know, Philip, tell me, how should it be?
F. Brusnikin- I always say, this is a movie, we are not a documentary story ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes.
F. Brusnikin- We’re filming, yes, so it’s clear that there are a lot of mistakes for specialists, but we’re not specifically talking about this, it was a funny story about, about the mayor of Gelendzhik, when we filmed the first Bloodhound, and to him, I was told...
E. Afanasyeva- And the first one you had, in fact, allegedly not in Gelendzhik ...
F. Brusnikin- Well, we hid, yes.
E. Afanasyeva- And the city was called differently ...
D. Lavrova- Divnomorsk, something like that ...
E. Afanasyeva But did you film there?
D. Lavrova- Yes.
F. Brusnikin- Yes. It was like a city made up. And someone, they told me, it means, about a conversation with some official from, from the Krasnodar Territory, came, it means, some official came to the mayor, and they went to talk about the "Snooter", here we have They filmed The Bloodhound, yes, The Bloodhound, he says, but listen, you really have such a crime ...
E. Afanasyeva- That every day it is necessary to solve crimes, he was upset?
F. Brusnikin- He was upset and tense when we came up with an offer to film the second and third ...
E. Afanasyeva- In my opinion, now many cities, on the contrary, accept, create film commissions ...
D. Lavrova- Certainly.
E. Afanasyeva- They promote their pride and it just seems to me that Gelendzhik is such an ideal place in your film where you want to relax.
D. Lavrova- Well, I must say that Gelendzhik helped us a lot, absolutely wonderful people work there ...
F. Brusnikin- Yes.
D. Lavrova“Absolutely in love, by some Soviet standards, you know, in love with cinema by such standards, who work on such an absolutely amazing enthusiasm, so, the mayor’s office of Gelendzhik helped us, and the leadership, in general, of the Krasnodar Territory helped us, and I hope so it will be...
A. Banshchikova- And we are already in love with Gelendzhik ...
D. Lavrova- And we generally ...
A. Banshchikova“As honorary citizens…
D. Lavrova- Yes, this is already some kind of our second hometown.
E. Afanasyeva- I think that yes, indeed, you will bring so many new vacationers there.
"Good evening! I like the Bloodhound, Anna Banshchikova is good at it…” - this is a comment from Olga from Moscow. “But when voiced, it often sounds intrusive ....”
Oh sorry, I coughed.
A. Banshchikova- How how? “When voice acting is very often, intrusive, not too much for a heroine of this age ...”, but, oh, “... oh, sighs and mooing of the heroine by the middle of the series starts to unnerve”
D. Lavrova- It's not in voice acting...
A. Banshchikova- Sorry…
D. Lavrova- Need to say…
A. Banshchikova- This is not with voice acting, this is the hard life of just a heroine ...
D. Lavrova- This is reality.
A. Banshchikova- Heavy...
D. Lavrova- Yes.
A. Banshchikova- Her heavy female share betrays itself simply.
"Good luck to Anya and the series"
Thank you, Olga!
F. Brusnikin- Thank you!
D. Lavrova- Yes thank you. No, well, in fact, it often happens during voice acting that sometimes there is some kind of sigh or it seems ...
A. Banshchikova- No, it means oohs, sighs, that she is like that, she, in general, is such Alexandra Ivanovna, not the lightest, not a fluff, she somehow herself, in general, she, I invented her like that, she’s not like that , if she sits down, then everything is not so easy for her ...
D. Lavrova- Well, everything is like in life ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, everything is like in life, it’s so, yes, life is not easy, she is very tired and works hard.
E. Afanasyeva- I'm very sorry, yes, I coughed and my guests were forced to ...
A. Banshchikova We are nothing...
E. Afanasyeva- They ask, and, here is the letter, then.
“Homemade, cute series, thank you, success!” - Snezhana from Tambov.
A. Banshchikova- Thank you!
E. Afanasyeva- "Good evening! We love the series, a wonderful cast ”- Olga from Moscow.
So, what else did they write to us.
“Why are aunts always smarter than everyone else? ...” - Ruprecht asks, “... This is rabid sexism”
Philip, let's give an answer.
A. Banshchikova- Philip, come on, answer us.
F. Brusnikin- Why? They are really smart, well, what are you? They are smart, why would we be deceived.
A. Banshchikova- Yes.
F. Brusnikin- Therefore, there is no sexism, and we have beautiful ones there ...
A. Banshchikova But not without him...
F. Brusnikin- Well, they are wonderful, the whole team is male, in general, they reveal everything, they help to do it all.
E. Afanasyeva- Well, she builds them perfectly, and I think women really like it ...
A. Banshchikova- We ourselves have become those tough guys for whom once ...
E. Afanasyeva- Yes…
A. Banshchikova“When you were young, you dreamed of getting married.
E. Afanasyeva- By the way, I saw this one of yours in some of your ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Interview this quote, I think it's brilliant.
A. Banshchikova Well, that's not my quote...
E. Afanasyeva- And whose?
A. Banshchikova- This is some famous actress said, it just seems to me that she fits somehow in general, to today, even to today, maybe ...
E. Afanasyeva- The state of affairs in gender relations ...
A. Banshchikova For our series...
E. Afanasyeva- In Russia, including.
A. Banshchikova- A?
E. Afanasyeva- On gender attitudes in Russia.
A. Banshchikova- Well, somehow we took the reins of government into our own hands, and the men, in general, allowed us what to do.
E. Afanasyeva- I still…
D. Lavrova- With pleasure and allowed
A. Banshchikova- With pleasure, yes.
F. Brusnikin We help behind the camera.
A. Banshchikova- They will reconsider their somehow, yes.
E. Afanasyeva- I, yes, once again remind you, we are talking about the series "Snoop" and since Daria Lavrova, the producer, told us that there are 8 seasons in the original, we hope there will be more, we also hope, but how will the work be built further, whether orders channel, what will happen, because, well, the tragic death of Dmitry Vladimirovich will probably complicate the work, Daria?
D. Lavrova- Well, look, now, of course, negotiations are underway with the channel to continue, we are all of this, in fact, at first, when everything happened, we were, well, simply, we, of course, did not even discuss it, but after that , how it became, such a success came from the third season and we, and Anya, and I receive letters with people, and we all talk and understand what everyone wants, these heroes have become dear to everyone, that’s why most likely the continuation , probably, we really hope it will, but as for the candidate for the director, this is the most difficult question now, because in addition to the fact that, of course, there will never be the same person again, we all understand this very well, but this is a huge responsibility, and I'll tell you honestly, I'm negotiating with several people, and first of all, everyone says, Dash, well, this is a terrible responsibility, we think, we should think, here, but I hope that now if, I I won’t name names, but in principle I hope that the continuation will be worthy, this is by no means a replacement, it will be a slightly different continuation, but with the same characters, with the same moods, and with the same beautiful our Anya, who , of course, is the soul, heart and face of this wonderful project.
A. Banshchikova- Well, without Dmitry Vladimirovich, of course, it will be difficult to imagine, sometimes I do something like this, I can’t even imagine it at all, that is, it seems to me that somehow it doesn’t matter, I still, it always seems to me that he is with us and somehow, and I still talk about Dmitry Vladimirovich all the time, as if he is here next to us, and somehow, and I can’t imagine, it seems to me that it’s like Well, I don't understand how it would be without him.
D. Lavrova- No one understands yet.
E. Afanasyeva- Philip, well, here I can only express my condolences once again, especially to you ...
F. Brusnikin- Thank you…
E. Afanasyeva- As a son, I know that your youngest son was born, you named him Dmitry ...
F. Brusnikin- In honor of the Pope, yes.
E. Afanasyeva Did this almost coincide with the departure of your father?
F. Brusnikin- Well…
E. Afanasyeva- A few days difference?
F. Brusnikin- 10, yes.
E. Afanasyeva- That is, dad left, and the son was born 10 days later?
F. Brusnikin- Yes, in 11.
E. Afanasyeva- After 11. You know, how they believe, they don’t believe in the transmigration of souls ...
F. Brusnikin- Yes, it really is...
E. Afanasyeva- Mystically.
F. Brusnikin- Here on, on, 40 days when it was, one of the guys from his, from my father's, Zolotovitsky, in my opinion, it turns out that Roman Efimovich Kozak also, when he died ...
E. Afanasyeva- Yes you…
F. Brusnikin- His daughter gave birth literally a week later, or something, relocation ...
E. Afanasyeva- The soul of the pope is with you in the new Dmitry Brusnikin.
F. Brusnikin- Well, yes. That is, now there is, yes, Dmitry Brusnikin.
E. Afanasyeva- Yes, I understand how you all became orphans, but God forbid that your family, your mother, courage continue to live ...
F. Brusnikin- Thank you very much.
E. Afanasyeva- Because I understand that the Brusnikins stayed on their mother, right?
F. Brusnikin- Now she is dragging, yes, this whole story, because, well, there are no official appointments yet, but I think that this will all happen.
E. Afanasyeva“Well, once again, we send our deepest condolences…
F. Brusnikin- Thanks a lot.
E. Afanasyeva- And the strength to raise her and everything that was, and you have the strength to find a director who can continue this.
Let's still read what they write, we have a chat on YouTube, they, in my opinion, perfectly discuss the series between you and others.
“What is the zest of the Bloodhound, in contrast to the Capercaillie, Secrets of the Investigation and Kamenskaya?”
Here Sergei, probably not very ...
D. Lavrova“I didn’t just look…
E. Afanasyeva- She watches women's TV shows because "Capercaillie", although "Secrets of the Investigation", "Kamenskaya" can probably be compared, these are series of different times, "Secrets of the Investigation", in my opinion, 18 seasons are kept somewhere, which means that in in general...
D. Lavrova- Yes, they have, they, of course ...
E. Afanasyeva“That heroine matched her time.
D. Lavrova- I agree, yes, but there you can compare by people's love, I would say so, but, of course, in mood and in, even in realism, you can’t compare, because “Secrets of the Investigation” is still more, more documentary, a true series, and we have, of course, a completely different heroine, our heroine is some kind of explosion, an explosion, always some kind of uncombed, disheveled, so terribly funny, and as Anya herself says, damn charming, the woman there is completely different, she always, she always in shape, even when out of shape, and our woman, our heroine...
E. Afanasyeva She is always out of shape, even when she is in shape.
D. Lavrova“She's always out of shape, even when she's in shape, that's exactly right.
E. Afanasyeva- It's clear.
D. Lavrova- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- But I remember the story, probably already eighteen years ago, if not more, that the actress, the performer of the role, Anna Kovalchuk gave birth practically in the frame, because her heroine gave birth there, as far as I know, your daughter was born between seasons, Yes?
A. Banshchikova She was born before those two...
E. Afanasyeva- Before two, that is, you filmed the first season without her?
A. Banshchikova- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- And the second one has already appeared in your frame even?
A. Banshchikova- She appeared, yes, quite by accident, she appeared.
E. Afanasyeva“Yes, and even she was a boy there?”
A. Banshchikova- She was a boy, yes, she was so wonderful, I already told you somewhere, Dmitry Vladimirovich also said what would happen, how would it be, how funny it would be when she grows up and says that I was Mashenka, and played Yurochka , it will be somehow, but if she just says she was Mashenka, she played Mashenka, well, somehow it’s not interesting ...
F. Brusnikin- Nothing interesting…
E. Afanasyeva- Almost Sofia Coppola, who played the father, yes, breast, child during the scene of that famous ...
F. Brusnikin- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Baptisms, so that's it.
I remind you once again, we are talking about the series "The Bloodhound", this series was shot by the wonderful company "Star Media", otherwise we have never named ...
D. Lavrova- Yes Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Where does Daria Lavrova, producer, Philip Brusnikin, executive producer work, and here Anna Banshchikova is filming in this series.
I wanted to ask, after all, you are still working with the channel and it is difficult to give dates, maybe you will tell me what other projects Star Media is preparing ...
D. Lavrova- Oh, we have a lot of projects, and Vlad Ryashin is absolutely the same as our general producer, he is such a rocket that generally rushes uncontrollably to the stars, but I can, we sort of have several producers, I can just say that a lot is in development, several projects are being filmed, Philip and I have just finished a very interesting work with Andrey Eshpay, this is also, by the way, an adaptation of the Doctor Foster project, this is the BBC, which also has 2 seasons and is very successful passed there, we just finished, we had Vika Isakova in the lead role, and a whole constellation of actors just with her, a completely poignant drama ...
F. Brusnikin– Cast serious gathered.
D. Lavrova- Yes, a very serious cast. About a woman who, in the very first episode, a woman finds out that her husband is cheating on her, it’s not like an intrigue, and that’s all ...
F. Brusnikin- You don’t tell the whole movie ...
D. Lavrova- Yes, no, in fact, this is all, in fact, all that can be told about this story, then a thriller begins, which takes place practically in the head of this woman, and how a woman becomes completely, completely different, and understands that all life, which she had, she, in fact, did not actually exist, a very life story.
E. Afanasyeva- I saw that you are working on the “Heart of Parma”, a project ...
D. Lavrova Oh yes, it's our...
E. Afanasyeva- Tell me...
D. Lavrova- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Philip, maybe you can tell something, Daria will continue, because ...
F. Brusnikin- Well…
E. Afanasyeva- Some kind of grandiose swing ...
F. Brusnikin“A big, complex project…
E. Afanasyeva Is this a series or a movie?
D. Lavrova Well, now we are discussing both.
F. Brusnikin“We’ve been doing it for quite a long time, and now, finally, we have already entered into some kind of construction of scenery for these huge…
E. Afanasyeva- Well, what kind of decoration should be built so that this is the 15th century?
F. Brusnikin: 15- th century, yes ...
D. Lavrova- Yes.
F. Brusnikin- This is the 15th century, and this is Perm, the ancient Russian Permian city, which was called Cherdyn, well, by the way, it still exists, this city, Cherdyn, well, just now it is such an ordinary, in general, Russian town in the outback, and then it was such a center of the Perm principality, well, difficult, difficult ...
E. Afanasyeva- And where are the decorations themselves, are they somewhere in the Perm Territory?
F. Brusnikin- Part of the scenery in the Perm region will be built, part of the scenery is being built in the suburbs, and part of the scenery in the pavilion.
E. Afanasyeva- Well, in fact, you probably also filmed when you have Gelendzhik in Gelendzhik, and probably the police department because of the logistics of filming ...
D. Lavrova- Moscow.
E. Afanasyeva- This studio is here, yes.
F. Brusnikin- In Moscow, of course.
E. Afanasyeva- Irene Byron noticed in our YouTube that Daria has a very beautiful sweater, the color is beautiful.
D. Lavrova- The color of the sweater?
E. Afanasyeva- Yes.
D. Lavrova- Thank you.
E. Afanasyeva See how careful we are...
D. Lavrova- Thank you.
A. Banshchikova We noticed right away too.
E. Afanasyeva Yes, we noticed it too.
“I could not tear myself away from the detective series ″Grunchester″,” Tina writes.
Stas asks: “Good evening everyone! I watched the first series a little, Anya fit the main role well, you look great, tell me, what is the highlight?
So, in general, in my opinion, this is what we are talking about ...
A. Banshchikova“That's all we talk about, yes.
E. Afanasyeva- We are talking about the zest. In my opinion, the highlight in this case is how you successfully identified on Russian soil, because very often in adaptations, when there are even beautiful, as Daria said, vertical cases that are built dramaturgically, but it’s hard to believe that us in our country, how, that's how difficult it was to land all these stories on our soil?
D. Lavrova- Well, it was just that “Snoop” was not as difficult as “Law and Order”, because “Law and Order” is pure procedural, that is, there are a lot of some judicial legal things ...
E. Afanasyeva- Which are very different from us ...
D. Lavrova- We, well, of course, they are different, here, but the Bloodhound is still built more on human dramas, these vertical stories, detective stories, and I want to say that we have 3 excellent screenwriters, Denis Chervyakov, Volodya Arkusha and Sergei Stepanov, and now Yusup Razykov has also joined us, by the way, a well-known director, he also worked on the second, on the third season, and I hope that with us, if everything goes well, he will continue to work, these are the people who did, in general - then, the series “The Bloodhound”, who found this style of precisely the speech characteristics of our heroine, and set a certain scenario rhythm, and they just watch the original stories, select those that can be adapted, well, because there are, for example, some cases - it’s only there local peculiar to America, migrants, for example, who, in general, they are also transferred to our soil in the same way, because I repeat once again, this is a human drama, that is, if someone’s loved one is killed , then it doesn’t matter, in fact, who he is, what he is, well, yes, some there, the chain will develop a little, maybe in a different vein, and the motivations, or rather the motivations will be the same, just the course of the investigation will be a little different for us, that is, it was not difficult, I will say this, it was interesting.
E. Afanasyeva― Daria Lavrova, producer of The Bloodhound series. You said about speech characteristics and so on, did they immediately, the scriptwriters, find it, or did Anya add something from herself later and gradually develop?
D. Lavrova- Well, Anya, of course, added a lot of herself, because Anya has such a life, Anya, if you will, yes, I ...
E. Afanasyeva- Anh, what's your own, in speech some words, habits?
A. Banshchikova- No, it seems to me the opposite, I notice that in my life I speak quite quickly, and Alexandra Ivanovna speaks in a completely different way, she somehow builds in a different way, firstly ...
D. Lavrova She speaks too fast...
A. Banshchikova- She doesn't...
D. Lavrova“I think that's the beauty of it.
A. Banshchikova“No, on the contrary, are you…”
E. Afanasyeva- Compared with…
D. Lavrova- She's chattering.
A. Banshchikova- No, she is very, she speaks slowly about some things, very clearly, very clearly ...
F. Brusnikin“Compared to Anya, she speaks slowly…
A. Banshchikova- Yes, compared to Anya, she speaks slowly, yes.
E. Afanasyeva- It's clear. And who invented cakes to eat, was it in the original?
D. Lavrova- These are our screenwriters, it was their trick.
E. Afanasyeva- How many, An, I look with horror like a woman, and I think, how many takes, was Anya afraid to get better on these cakes?
A. Banshchikova“They always ask if we eat so often, I don’t know, I wasn’t afraid, I’m not, I’m not afraid ...
E. Afanasyeva- “We love the series ...” - writes Christina Poddubnaya on our channel “Echo Culture” in “YouTube”, “... it is already impossible to imagine an evening without it. Anna is beautiful"
A. Banshchikova- Thank you!
E. Afanasyeva- Sergey is interested in: “Anna, didn’t you work at least a day at the police station for the experiment?”
A. Banshchikova- No, you know, purely, on pure intuition, we work.
E. Afanasyeva- Olga is interested in: “I have never looked, why is it being shown on ″Culture″?”
No, they don’t show on “Culture”, but on “Channel One”, and you, Olga ...
D. Lavrova- NRZB.
E. Afanasyeva- On the channel "Echo Culture".
And where else is it possible, we talked about that work, except for the Bloodhound, which Philip and Anna have, you have ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, I am now...
E. Afanasyeva- An...
A. Banshchikova- Now I’m filming, by the way, also in the Star Media company ...
E. Afanasyeva- Well…
A. Banshchikova- Here…
E. Afanasyeva- You found each other.
A. Banshchikova- We found each other, yes, in another project, which is called, will be called "Desperate", this is such a story about two desperate girls.
E. Afanasyeva- Desperate housewives?
A. Banshchikova- Well, they are not housewives, but they are desperate, they overcome various ups and downs there, too, in their lives, here.
E. Afanasyeva- It's clear.
I wanted to know if there are 4 episodes left, so as not to spoil, but suddenly there are people who haven’t watched again in 3 seasons, but now you can catch them on the hook, they might look tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and watch previous ones, what would you tell them? Daria Lavrova?
D. Lavrova- Well, it’s a must to watch, because I have my relative, my husband’s sister, who writes angry SMS to me after each episode, for example, you killed him, why, or, for example, that he will remain disabled, why are you, Well, here she is very reverently perceives all this ...
E. Afanasyeva- And the producers who filmed this one and a half or a year ago, don’t always understand a little what kind of business they are talking about, right?
D. Lavrova"Oh no, you're wrong...
E. Afanasyeva- Or are you following?
D. Lavrova- Because we, well, handed over the series, we, in fact, were engaged in post-production in the summer ...
E. Afanasyeva- So you passed on the air?
D. Lavrova- Well, practically, because I watched every episode there 16 times, so I remember everything very well, here, and I must say that it is necessary to watch, because we ask so many questions for each episode, how will our personal life develop? heroines...
E. Afanasyeva- This is the main thing for the audience ...
D. Lavrova- She is, so to speak, pregnant, without a man ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, we have such a heroine, yes, she ...
D. Lavrova How to live, how to live...
A. Banshchikova- It is not clear from whom she is pregnant, here, but this, apparently, will be clear at some point, and you know, you need to look, because even men ...
D. Lavrova- It will become clear.
A. Banshchikova- I just already told somewhere, recently because it was, I was so impressed, I'm standing in a traffic jam and some man, it means, beeps me ...
E. Afanasyeva- Did you know?
A. Banshchikova- Anya, yes, Anya, open the door, I think I don’t know, he wants to meet, but he, tell me, please, tell me, Alexandra Ivanovna will be with Boris or not, and the man is so serious ...
E. Afanasyeva- Man…
A. Banshchikova- I say, what are you, yes, so look, here, even men, you see, it’s interesting, so check yourself how involved you will be too.
E. Afanasyeva- Here is a more rude question, “I watched the whole American one, I didn’t see yours, but it’s weak to come up with a plot ourselves?” - Alexander.
And there is a more delicate version of it: “Why do we have so many licensed serials, why not turn to remakes, for example, of old Soviet films? An excellent detective thriller would have come out of ″Educating Violence in Women and Dogs″″, suggests Olga from Moscow.
D. Lavrova- Well, to be honest, when I went to the program, I was sure that such a question would be asked, and I can say, answering the first part of the question, which is really very difficult, we have a huge problem with scriptwriters, with scripts, that is …
E. Afanasyeva- Despite the fact that there are many film schools and everything ...
D. Lavrova Despite this, absolutely, even I would say that sometimes it is not always good. There are a million wonderful ideas, but very few people know what to do with them further, and they know how ....
E. Afanasyeva“No one knows how to build...
D. Lavrova- Build, yes ...
E. Afanasyeva- The dramatic construction is correct.
D. Lavrova- Yes, and especially the ending, we always have a problem with the ending, so, of course, it’s easier for us to work with an already developed design, especially since there is a completely different production cycle, and they write for a long time, and a lot of people write, so well, honestly to say, it is easier for production, simpler, easier and more comfortable if someone can send a good script ...
E. Afanasyeva- Where to send, just say.
D. Lavrova- To the address of Star Media, we are waiting, we are really looking forward to good developments, but not just an idea, as an idea, but let's shoot there about, I don't know, about a pink bear that got lost somewhere, well, let's just next what?
F. Brusnikin What is happening to him...
D. Lavrova What is happening to him...
F. Brusnikin- With this bear.
A. Banshchikova And why did he get lost.
F. Brusnikin- Well, we shoot, we sometimes shoot ...
E. Afanasyeva- Philip Brusnikin, yes.
F. Brusnikin- And we have original stories ...
E. Afanasyeva- No, well, “Heart of Parma” is much more original ...
D. Lavrova- This is Alexei Ivanov ...
E. Afanasyeva- Yes, I say, much more original ...
D. Lavrova- Well, it’s also like, it’s not something that someone thought up, it’s a novel.
F. Brusnikin- Yes, and it happens often, but it's just that there is not so much of this good material, but it is, why, there are good screenwriters, authors, now the younger generation is now very somehow so happy sometimes, well, even watching what takes place in the theater, just a lot of young wonderful authors with very good material.
E. Afanasyeva Well, let's hope they grow...
F. Brusnikin“Of course it should…
E. Afanasyeva- Including they will come to the series. An, as far as I understand, again, the video fragment of the “Let them talk” program, your older children, sons, watch the series and protected you very much from that particular criminal investigation officer ...
A. Banshchikova- Yes, they are really in love with The Bloodhound, they never watch anything, there are somehow such films, but for some reason they somehow fell in love with them, and the whole school watches them in general, and I there…
E. Afanasyeva- Because mom plays or do they like something else?
A. Banshchikova- No, not because mom, that's just the point, they just like the Bloodhound, and they all delve into all these plots, and Misha is there all the time, for example, watching Sasha, don't distract them there, they they are watching the plot, they are interested, and they somehow, somehow, this is such a children’s series, in a sense, it’s also a series, because somehow they respect the school there, in general, treat and defend me, yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Philip, is your eldest son watching or not yet ...
F. Brusnikin- Looks, looks, looks "Snoop" ...
D. Lavrova So he filmed there.
F. Brusnikin He even filmed...
E. Afanasyeva- So, where he was filming, we already knew about Anya's child, and where your son was filming ...
A. Banshchikova They are all together...
F. Brusnikin- They, together with Anin ...
E. Afanasyeva- Yes?
F. Brusnikin- Yes, they were looking for a cat, looking for a cat ...
E. Afanasyeva- It's clear.
F. Brusnikin- And they exchanged for sweets, in general, the whole thing.
E. Afanasyeva- It's clear…
F. Brusnikin- No, he watches and, well, of course, now, since he started going to school, he usually does not have time to watch it to the end, because they put him to bed, but ...
A. Banshchikova- One mother recently wrote me a funny letter too, she wrote that it was a nightmare, we can’t, we have only deuces, because how can you do homework at all, because neither my son does, nor I can help ...
E. Afanasyeva- That's exactly why they left one series, and not two ...
D. Lavrova“Yes, exactly, because of this.
E. Afanasyeva- It doesn't end at half 12 now.
F. Brusnikin- Yes.
E. Afanasyeva- Well, well, our broadcast has quickly come to an end, we were talking about the series "Snoop", those who love it have 4 more episodes ahead this week, and we really hope that despite such a tragic irreparable loss of the director , Dmitry Brusnikin, you still continue to work, and this will be a memory of him, of your father, Philip.
Elena Afanasyeva, I say goodbye, all the best! Thank you Daria Lavrova...
D. Lavrova- Thanks a lot!
E. Afanasyeva- Thanks to Anya Banshchikova and Philip Brusnikin ...
F. Brusnikin- Thanks a lot!
E. Afanasyeva- Goodbye!
Having chosen the profession of an actress, Anna Banshchikova never regretted it. Her characters sink into the soul of the audience. So it was, for example, with Alexandra Kushnir from the TV series "Snoop". Surely it will be the same with the new heroine Rita from the series “Desperate” by the StarMedia film company, on the set of which Anna Banshchikova is now.
Have trouble sleeping
- Anna, is it true that now, when the Desperados are being filmed, you leave home at six in the morning to be on the set at seven?
Yes. I won’t say that it’s easy, but with three children I had to become a lark. Even when I have a day off, I myself accompany the children to school. And when I think that today I should get some sleep, I still get up and see me off. After all, you need to check everything: who put on what, who took what or forgot to take ... Therefore, there are some problems with sleep: I sleep little ...
- At home, everyone knows: where did mom go, where is she filming, what is her role in the new film?
It’s not that they delve into all the details, but they are aware that, for example, this time, on the set of the Desperate series, I’m shying around in the woods somewhere!
Rita destroys everything
- Tell us about your role in this project. They say that there has never been a series of this format on our television.
I immediately liked the script, because this is a story about two really desperate women. The second main role is with Anna Snatkina. It seems to me that the result will be a recognizable portrait of a modern woman who relies only on herself in this life. Heroines like ours can overcome any obstacle. In general, cool girls! My heroine Rita, no matter what happens, will decide everything, will destroy everything ...
- And how did your heroines get into the forest?
Not only in the forest... We have an interesting scenario: we are always on the move, on the road. I like it a lot too.
- How does your heroine differ from the heroine of Anna Snatkina?
I won’t tell you everything, but they are completely from different worlds. And by chance they find themselves together, because they have to save their lives. That is, these are friends in misfortune.
With director Dmitry Brusnikin / Photo by Vadim Tarakanov and the press service of Channel One (IA Stolitsa)
I'm glad when they don't recognize me
- Are there any difficulties in the work? Or with your experience in the profession, everything is given effortlessly?
The main thing is that the experience does not turn into such a “horse”. You know what they say: this is her forte! In our cinema, by the way, for some reason this is welcomed. The artists find their "horse", and then, at best, they change the sweater in the new project. And you know that this artist is exactly the same in life, or maybe they just don’t offer him anything but to play himself. I'm kind of lucky in that sense. My fans on Instagram often post videos edited from different films with my participation. And in the comments, people write that they don’t recognize me in some pictures - they think that this is a different person. This is the biggest praise for me as an actress.
- Do you go through auditions? Or are the directors just dreaming of getting Anna Banshchikova?
It's still customary to hold auditions. Let's say the director saw me somewhere in characteristic roles, and he wants to try on another - it's clear that he should look at me in a different situation. If I were a director, I would also audition.
no time to be friends
Is Desperate a film about female friendship as well?
Yes, sure!
- And in your life with whom is it easier to be friends - with women or with men?
With good, funny, witty people! In general, when you have three children and so much work, there is no time to be friends. We haven't seen each other for years, we only talk on the phone. All friendship and communication - while you are standing in a traffic jam and you can dial someone's number. But there are close people whom, although you have not seen for years, you know that at any time of the day or night you can call them, and if necessary, they will come to the rescue. And I will come.
- Were you upset that the Bloodhound was nominated for the TEFI television award, but did not receive it?
No, of course, I beg you! Last year I was nominated as the best actress for my participation in a small film. And the whole country watched The Bloodhound, everyone loved her, very warm reviews about the film, and everyone tells me that the heroine has become like a native. But such awards are such a convention that I treat them with humor. The main thing is that people love us.
Will there be another season of The Bloodhound?
The first channel was flooded with letters asking to return the series. I hope everything works out.
Became "contemporary"
- Tell us about your work in the theatre. Are you enrolled in the Sovremennik troupe?
Yes, Galina Borisovna Volchek invited me. While I play only one performance - "The mysterious night murder of a dog."
- There is a feeling that you are “new in the class”, or has everyone known you outside the theater for a long time?
Firstly, everyone is familiar, of course: I have already played with many actors, acted in films, and I’m just friends with someone.
- What theatrical work ahead? Are you planning a tour?
With Marat Basharov, the performance was released - “Love. Dogs @ Tochka.RU”. There was a premiere recently. I have a tour schedule on Instagram. I recently started running Instagram, and somehow I began to like it. It's really great when people leave 700 comments on your photo. Or 15 thousand likes. And now, if suddenly a bad mood, I read what they write to me. And there - so much pleasant, such warm words!
Daughter loves to dance
- Enough strength for everything that you want to cover?
If interested, I can mobilize from the ruins. But only if it's interesting.
- How to do everything when such an unpredictable profession, three children, and even the youngest daughter is very small ...
I don't know how, but you have to do everything! Life is like this now: either you do everything - or nothing. Why and where we are in such a hurry is another question.
- Your grandmother, who was an actress and who saw you as an actress since childhood, caught your success?
Grandmother knew that I entered a theater school, she even insisted on it, one might say. Although I was a modest, shy child, it was difficult to see an actress in me. But my daughter Masha is completely different: she loves to dance and perform.
What are your sons interested in?
A lot of things you can't keep track of. The elder goes to museums every weekend: he is interested in art, history. The youngest son became interested in football, every day he goes to the section. After the World Cup, the boys all fell ill with football, and it's so great! Now we are going to go to Manchester for the match. So now even I know a lot about football.
- How do you rest?
On the sea. She also loved to travel around Russia. We have absolutely unique places - Ples, for example. Or Kaliningrad, there is a stunning village of Yantarny.
I'm not alone - and this is happiness
- Can you cook?
I can do everything. I iron shirts best, for example. And I cook well too. But I never do it: there is no time.
What is still a dream?
Travel the whole world. Also, write a script. I'll write sometime, it's already in my head. It needs to be quiet so I can just sit down and write it. But as long as I'm not alone. And today this is my great happiness.
- Anya, fate was kind to you, are you generally lucky?
- Don't even know. To be so out of the blue lucky, probably not. Some people are really amazingly lucky. A person does not make any effort, but he is really lucky, just like manna from heaven is pouring in. Taken, for example, in a cool film, and he does not need to do anything further. Everything goes by itself, sit and wait. And he lives on this luck all his life. It happens. I can't say that I'm an unlucky person. I got lucky, of course. I knew people who could help in a difficult situation, there were fateful meetings in my life. But still, I got everything by my own work.
Are you afraid of sudden twists of fate?
- In fact, I live "headlong". When something is already happening, I can't stop. I never look back. If I fall in love, then to the fullest, and so on in everything. In life, I am not prudent, I do not know how to calculate everything in advance. Because of this, there were such turns in my life that I may not have wanted, but they happened because I am such a person.
- It seems that you are so calm, but you have a storm inside?
- No, what are you! I am quite restless and unbalanced. It's not about me at all. I'm stubborn, stubborn. If I decide something, then nothing will stop me. I can stop the plane if necessary (laughs). Indeed, I had it. I flew a lot, especially from St. Petersburg to Moscow and back. And then one day it was too late. Registration has already ended, the gangway is leaving, and I have to fly. I persuade the airport staff, they first refuse, and then they call the crew. And I'm flying!
- Have you tried to surrender to the flow of life, to become a fatalist?
“It is wise and beneficial. But I can't do that, unfortunately. I don't have much patience at all. It only suffices in relation to my children. It seems to me that everything depends on me. But in fact, life itself tells us a way out. When a person lets go of the situation, does not insist, stops beating on closed doors, everything is decided and comes by itself. And we are constantly fiddling with space, trying to do everything faster, faster. We need everything right now, this very second, we are always running somewhere, fussing. And you need to listen to yourself, learn to trust your intuition, calm down, relax and not be nervous. But we do know this theory! (Laughs)
– How do you manage to free your mind for a while, to relax?
- When I have a free minute, I run to the club to do yoga and Pilates. It is very calming, balances, and when you get used to it, you simply cannot live without it. In general, I recommend Pilates to young mothers. 100% helps to recover after childbirth. I have two small children, the eldest Misha is 4 years old, the youngest Sasha is 2. I work and, of course, twist and turn, like all mothers. Therefore, I simply do not have the strength for active training, and the time too. And Pilates trains internal muscles that cannot be worked out by any simulators. And most importantly, it suits absolutely everyone.
- Anya, are you conservative or do you like to experiment with style?
- From dressing up and makeup, I already get tired at work. Therefore, I do not want this at all in my life. In everyday life, I practically do not paint, I put my hair back, I just tie it in a knot at the back, and that's it. I feel so comfortable and feel great. From clothes I prefer jeans. My favorite color is blue.
Do you find time for beauty salons?
- I really like facial massage and, if I manage to find time, I go to the salon with pleasure. I can sleep there and rest. In general, full sleep is my main recipe for beauty. You need to sleep well, and then you will look good. My children were born one after another, I fed them for a long time and filmed at the same time. Therefore, I have such accumulated fatigue and chronic lack of sleep. The last time I slept was probably 4 years ago or more (laughs). Now I need at least six hours of sleep, otherwise I feel tired.
- How do you feel about plastic surgery?
- What, is it time? (Laughs) Negatively. Besides, I'm still such a coward that I can't even imagine how people decide to do this. Maybe when I'm quite old, thoughts will appear. But I pray to God that this does not happen! When a person tries to rejuvenate in this way, it looks stupid. It would be nice to gain wisdom with age (laughs). And wrinkles adorn people with age. As the famous actress Anna Magnani said: “Don't hide my wrinkles. Each of them cost me a lot.”
- How did your husband conquer you when you met?
– I remember the first time I saw him, he spoke English so beautifully, so really, in general, cool. It's a joke, of course (laughs). The main thing is that men should be men. It is very important.
- First of all, when you come home after filming - tired and hungry, what do you do?
“I can’t do anything because the kids jump on me right away. They don't understand that I'm tired. One pulls in one direction, the other in the other. There's nothing to be done here. We go with them to the playroom, but I can no longer play active games. I just sit next to them quietly, or we sit in front of the TV, I hug them, and we watch a cartoon. I never thought that my life could belong to children. At least now it is. I spend all my free time with them. I have no other interests.
- What are the children interested in? What do they like?
The elder loves nature. We live outside the city, and Misha constantly drags me into the forest. He catches bugs, spiders, and he does not offend them, but only examines and studies. Then he releases. Sometimes it can hold for some time in a jar, always with holes. For him, this is a great blessing. He is generally very attentive: “Mom. Pay attention to what kind of sun, what kind of moon ”… He dreams of going to the island to fish. Children usually play with cars at this age, and he is a romantic. And it teaches me. I try not to disturb him, not to pull. But the baby is completely different. The span is so small. Likes outdoor games, slides. He is a smart guy. He looks after the elder, asks for everything from him, everything that is in the hands of his brother, he needs it too.
“Unfortunately, babies grow up fast…
- I understand this, so every second I try to be with them and not miss anything. I have been keeping a diary since the birth of my first child. Sometimes I even force myself to do it, because there is no time, but I have to sit down, remember what and how he said. Life flies by with such speed that later you won’t remember what they were like, what they said. Everything is erased. I generally have a short memory (laughs). And I want to capture beautiful moments. Then read and just remember how it was. I advise all mothers to keep a diary.
- Do you have your own principles of education?
“Children need to be loved and brought up in love.
- When you are on the set, does your husband take care of the children?
- Certainly. They go to the zoo, children's theater, always come up with something interesting. Recently, my husband took the elder to the 3D cinema to see a cartoon, and then I scolded him, because I think that Misha is still too early to watch cartoons in 3D. And the son was simply stunned and was completely delighted. In the planetarium, Misha was very scared, because everything there is very realistic.
Do you sometimes look into the kitchen?
Not now, sorry to waste time. I'd rather hang out with the kids than stand by the stove. In fact, I am a good cook and very tasty. I have, apparently, to this ability. In general, a person either knows how to cook, or not. It's impossible to learn it. Have at least a hundred recipes, but if you are not given, you still will not succeed. My husband is a great cook. Incredibly tasty makes pasta, various salads. And quickly and beautifully, like in a restaurant. I look, and at my girlfriends men have recently begun to cook. Maybe it has become fashionable or women are just lazy. In general, I like to eat.
- Were you on a diet?
- I tried it once. I was on a salt-free diet, although I like everything salty. I lost a lot of weight. I remember when the diet ended, I ate some cold buckwheat porridge, and it seemed to me that there was nothing tastier in the world. And when I started eating everything with salt again, the lost kilograms came back. Now I think that all diets are complete nonsense, because this is a temporary phenomenon. And the less you think about it, the better. You just need to stick to the measure and not eat any harmful things.
- Anya, I know you like to travel?
– I am generally interested in everything new, and every place amazes me. I have visited many places. I remember Havana. It's the city. Some kind of crazy, neglected and at the same time very beautiful. We traveled to India with Boris Grebenshchikov and his wife. I was incredibly lucky, because he showed us places that simply, being a tourist, you will never get. It was an interesting trip. We visited the Ashram. People from all over the world come there. There is incredible energy, peace, harmony. All women wear colorful saris. I have never seen such crazy, bright, beautiful flowers. The men are all in white. In the morning everyone gets up very early and goes to dorshan, it's like a prayer service, they sit on the floor in the big hall and sing mantras and pray. When people return home from there, they hug everyone, pass on the energy that they received there.
- In what projects can you be seen?
– Just finished filming in the mystical series Cupid. It's already on the air. There is a dubbing of "Marshal Zhukov". This is a 12-episode film that will be released on Channel One in the new year.
- Can we rest now?
- Yes, now I have a short break, and I want to go somewhere with the children. I still don’t know for sure, somewhere far away on the islands. As Ninucci said from the play by Eduardo de Filippo, which I once played: “There is only the sea around and nothing else ...”.
Photo from personal archive
Anna Banshchikova is a sought-after actress and mother of three children. Moreover, the youngest, Masha, is only six months old. Anna frankly told HP about the best diets and a healthy attitude to life about how to do everything, and being tired, not to show this to loved ones.
Anya, last year the TV series "Snoop" (Russian adaptation of the American series The Closer), in which you played the main role, became one of the favorites of the TV season. And almost immediately began filming the sequel. Did you doubt your abilities? After all, I had to go to the site when Masha was only a month old.
Doubt - do not doubt, but there is no turning back, since you have already got involved (laughs). We started filming in the spring, almost immediately after Masha was born. It was impossible to delay the filming - the audience is waiting for the continuation of the Bloodhound now, and not someday later. It wasn't easy, to be honest. Three of us flew to Gelendzhik: a nanny, a daughter and me. After all, Masha is breastfeeding. At first there were agreements that I would feed the child right on the set, but this idea had to be abandoned. Because my heroine - Sasha Kushnir - in every frame. And we shot in a hard mode: without delay and very quickly. I returned home almost at night, pumped milk into bottles so that Masha would have enough the next day, and only then did I go to bed - for five hours, no more. It was an experiment on myself, on life (laughs). Our director - Dmitry Vladimirovich Brusnikin - did not give concessions and indulgence. And rightly so: if the actor went to the site, he must work at full strength.
Where did they get the energy from? How did Anna Banshchikova, who constantly did not get enough sleep, manage to “deceive” the viewer so that he would not understand that there was a nursing mother in the frame?
There is only one secret - you need to “get infected” with the process. Our make-up artist, she is my friend, asked with surprise: “Anna, how is it? You arrive at the site in the morning tired, broken. I think to myself - how will she play in such a state? And after an hour, having heard the command: “Motor!”, You are changing before your eyes! Energy beats, eyes burn. Probably because the material was interesting.
But you had to learn a lot of text! Tell me how to memorize a large amount of information in a short time?
Memory, like muscles, needs to be constantly trained. It was difficult in the first week of filming the first season. And then the brain entered the operating mode, when it is worth reading ten pages of text, they are instantly imprinted in the memory. I remember how at school I memorized a paragraph on chemistry word for word, like poetry, although I didn’t understand a word. The teacher never thought about it. But at the household level, I don’t boast of a good memory. I am absent-minded, I don’t remember where I put the phone, the bag, what I was going to do. I'm bad at remembering people's names. But the roles, even those that I played a hundred years ago, I remember. Show me the mise-en-scène, I'll go out and play the whole show.
You once admitted that in the previous two pregnancies, you gained a lot of weight. What happened the third time?
In my first pregnancy, I gained 6.5 kg and was very beautiful - one big breast! With Sanko, I got better, my stomach stood out strongly, but after giving birth, no diets were required, I quickly returned to my usual 60 kg (Anna's height is 170 cm). I heard that breastfeeding protects a woman from being overweight, that if you breastfeed your baby for a long time, the metabolism is activated and the woman becomes slimmer. Convinced of this on my own experience. My advice to new mothers is to breastfeed your babies for as long as possible. My record is 15 months - both with the first child and with the second. Although I was active.
This time again, she did not gain much weight, only 7 kg. But the screen enlarges the actor, adding visually another 7 kg. In addition, like any young mother, she got big breasts (laughs). But I didn’t have to lose weight, slim down my figure and go for other tricks. It all turned out by the way, I was filmed as I am, but I will not reveal the secrets of the picture. In general, I quickly got into shape, because throughout the pregnancy and after I was in perpetual motion, there was no opportunity to lie down, spend time as I dreamed. When I found out that I was in a position, I thought: “Now, as an experienced mom, I will spend 9 months in a calm mode. Sleep, walk in the park, relax. But again it didn't work. I didn’t have time ... There was a lot of work, and the children demanded my constant attention.
By the way, about work. And why does the decree not sit quietly?
I'm not comfortable being a housewife. She constantly dragged older children with her both to the theater and to film sets. The same, as you can see, is happening with Masha.
Anya Banshchikova knows how to lose weight correctly?
Of course not. I only know how to lose weight wrong. Shut up your mouth and just forget about food. But it's not helpful. An effective diet is protein, with a complete rejection of carbohydrates, including fruits. You will never get better if you eat fish, meat (except pork) and green vegetables. At the same time, you can drink only half an hour before the meal, and not during - a glass of water with lemon.
I have never been on a diet, I have never eaten any special food. I also don’t change my diet when I’m pregnant, I don’t graze in water meadows in ecologically clean areas (laughs). And I don't eat everything that is healthy. If a nursing mother ignores carbohydrates in the morning and does not eat a bowl of porridge, there will be no strength left until the evening. In general, I know how to act, but ... I live by my own rules!
If for the sake of an interesting role you need to throw off a few kilograms, what diet will you use?
I will completely give up carbohydrates: any rolls, yeast bread and, of course, alcohol. If you need to quickly get yourself in good shape, drink plenty of clean water. And most importantly, do not eat after 18 hours. If the feeling of hunger in the evenings can still be experienced, then it is more difficult to refuse a cheesecake or a croissant for breakfast. I love baking with a cup of coffee. Although I do not like sweets, unlike my heroine in The Bloodhound, who adored sweets and ate handfuls of them.
And how did you absorb chocolate in the frame if you don't like them?
After the command "Cut" they had to be spit out immediately (laughs).
And you don't like sports?
I love yoga and skiing, but I can't say that I'm an advanced user. The best vacation in the mountains for me is this: climb to the top, sit in a chair in the sun, order a cup of coffee or hot mulled wine and read a book.
Anya, how did the new school year start for you?
Since the change of school ... (with a sigh). My sons moved to another, Misha went to the 4th grade, Sasha - to the 2nd, and this transition became stressful, first of all, for me. Again, re-establish the routine - circles, sections, lessons, communication with teachers. Everything is fine, but the need to actively participate in the parent chat is killing me. Are you aware that such communication by telephone has been very developed lately? There is a constant correspondence of mothers, I quickly lose the thread of the conversation, I don’t understand why all of a sudden instead of one topic for a long time another ... I absolutely don’t have time to read all this, but I have to, because you can miss important information.
A new child in the family is often the cause of jealousy of older children. Have you and your husband already had to take preventive measures? Sons do not fight among themselves and with Masha for parental attention and love?
No, this topic is not about us and our family is not familiar at all. Masha - she is so gentle ... Although Sasha and Misha are not bandits either (laughs). She is now six months old, but it is already clear that this is a girl, even if you dress her in boyish clothes. Sasha and Misha are a little afraid, they do not grab their sister in their arms, fearing to harm them. But they are happy to run to her to play.
The boys are 7 and 9 years old. How do you manage to deal with them? At this age, children need constant contact with their parents.
Now, when the sons have grown up a little, it has become easier. But all the same, they are boys - restless mobile and really require constant attention.
“Mom, look what I came up with! Look what you drew! ”, - and they pull me in different directions. “Sasha, wait a second!” I answer, thinking about which one to start with (laughs). It is required to instantly turn on, to give everyone maximum attention. It doesn’t happen that mom came, lay down on the sofa - is resting. Sasha, still small, with a soft, accommodating character and patience. You can go on exploration with him. Everyone will understand and support. Say, for example, “Sanya, I can’t play with you now, I don’t have the strength ....” - “OK, mommy” and go do something himself. Senior, Misha, another. Demanding, stubborn, there was no such thing that he did not insist on his own. A good trait for a man, but it's harder for me with him.
I never scold children, I never even raise my voice. I only change my tone - if I'm dissatisfied, I say stricter, that's enough. But you can’t call me calm, I’m still far from Buddhists, there is still work to be done (laughs). What I like about the relationship of sons is that they are for each other by the mountain. Especially the younger - for the older.
Books on child psychology have time to study?
No. And it's not even a lack of time. I just feel a lot intuitively, I rely on the Lord God and my heart. In addition, the husband helps, both in word and deed. His support is very important to me.
Anya, I understand that you have a lot of worries, and yet, how do you take care of yourself, what cosmetic procedures do you like? How often do you go to beauty salons?
In this sense, I am a complete gouging! I will buy cosmetic sheet masks, I think: I will take it with me on trips, it is useful to moisturize the skin of the face. And what? I'll put it on some shelf and forget! A year later, I remember: there seemed to be masks, but where ?! They are usually found after the expiration date. I know that it is useful to take thermal water on the plane and moisturize the skin during the flight, but I don’t take it either - I forget! I also know that for the prevention of vein disease it would be good to wear compression stockings and ... Same story! Knowledge remains knowledge, I do nothing useful for myself.
When I get very tired, I call Olya, my beautician, and ask her to drop everything and come to me. When the magical hand passes over my face, I instantly fall asleep. I never sleep as soundly and sweetly as on a massage table. I have never done injections, I hold on so far. What are beauty injections, I know only theoretically, because I am afraid of any aggressive intervention. I remember how many years ago Alena Babenko and I flew to Madagascar to shoot. We were told that we needed to be vaccinated against a fever, we went and got vaccinated. Now I would never repeat this feat, because I am afraid of injections and any interference with the immune system. Who knows how vaccination will affect my health?
It's autumn outside. Reveal the secret: how do you treat colds? After all, you, as an actress employed in the theater, have no time to lie at home and calmly be treated.
Right. And in general, I don't care about myself. When I take my mother to the doctors for examinations, I remember myself and ask the doctor: look at me at the same time. And in order to specifically think about health ... I can’t do it. But the stage heals the actors. It often happened to play with a high temperature, when you come to the theater all disassembled, and after a couple of minutes where does everything go? The energy of the hall works wonders. But on the set of such miracles do not happen. Therefore, I keep on hand the drug for inhalation. I will breathe over the steam - and the throat is normal, and the voice is restored.
Anya, has the state of zen been reached? After all, you are both a successful actress and a beautiful woman. You have a wonderful family - and a caring husband and good children. Is there complete harmony in your soul?
It's strange: I understand that everything is fine, but it's far from zen. The outside world makes adjustments, in the form of anxieties, experiences, tension. Ask me how I would like to live and in what century? And I will answer that my time is in the past! When time passed slowly and life was ordered. I would take care of my profession and family, read books in the shady garden of my own house and not twitch over trifles, as I do now.
Are you easy with yourself?
No! Very difficult, I would like to be less restless. It's time to think about the eternal, but I still can't cope with myself (with laughter)
It's good in Gelendzhik, the child breathes sea air. When they started filming the second season, Masha turned ... a month old! Now it's seven. Due to the fact that the leading lady unexpectedly became pregnant and was about to give birth, it was impossible to change the work schedule. The producers of The Bloodhound, of course, discussed the possibility of postponing the start of filming, but ... According to the script - summer, which means that it is necessary to shoot in the warm season and not in a year or five, otherwise what kind of continuation of the series is it? In general, there was nowhere to retreat, with the second season we were delayed by only a couple of weeks, we started work not at the end of March, but in April. Filmed quickly, lively, easily, almost in one take. The second season ended even faster than planned. In the spring, I was going to feed Masha between scenes, agreed on this with the producers, but in our frantic mode it is impossible to drag her to the site. I worked, the nanny walked with Masha along the seashore. She fed only during lunch and at night. From eternal lack of sleep, you come to the site tired, but the command of director Dmitry Brusnikin sounds: “Motor!”, And that's it - both energy and eyes burn.
- Anya, I can’t help but ask, what is it like to become a mother again at 42?
This is a gift, a gift from God. I dreamed of a third child, but I was afraid to decide, everything happened by itself.
- Fear associated with the profession? Were you afraid to fly out of the cage, to get better? Or is it elementary not to cope with three children?
I'm not the kind of person who is afraid of extra pounds and somehow not looking like that, I don't give a damn about it. Basically scared. Sons were born one after another, with an interval of two years. I felt like I was giving birth, feeding, giving birth, feeding all the time. And although she never sat at home, but filmed, even when they were both very small, she still cooked in all this for many years.
- While you are filming in the south, in Moscow - both in the spring and now - the older children remain. How do you cope with separation from them?
You can rely on my husband, I don’t worry about this at all, the children and dad are fine. I guess that in my absence, my sons and dad will relax a lot ... (Laughs.) I feel like a dispatcher at a nuclear power plant: I need to keep my finger on the pulse of the family around the clock. I miss my sons a lot. In the summer, during the holidays, they flew to me, now it won’t work like that. The school year has begun, the boys have moved to a new school, and this is a huge stress, I don’t even know for whom it is more - for children or for parents. All new! Teachers, students, their parents, circles, sections! And I need to figure it all out.
- I feel like a dispatcher at a nuclear power plant: I need to keep my finger on the pulse of the family around the clock. With sons Mikhail and Alexander and daughter Maria. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
- By the way, how do they like their mother's new role? Have you seen The Seeker?
Children adore this series, they fell in love with my Alexandra Kushnir. Probably because she is fair, kind of unexpected, loves to eat sweets and is generally cool. Children cannot be deceived, and adults too: everyone likes the Bloodhound, which means that we are not working in vain.
- If I ask you to continue the phrase about yourself: “Anya Banshchikova is ...”
Oops… Tough question. I can't live without a job and my mother is crazy. So anxious, restless ... If there is a break in work, I become unbearable and splash out my frantic energy on my family, I am a terrible controller, I delve into their every movement, and this, of course, is annoying. And then the sons and the husband ask in chorus: “And when, finally, mom, will you go to work?”
- And what is the role of the wife in your place?
At the very last. As a wife, I don’t do anything at all: I don’t bake pies, I don’t wash, I don’t iron shirts, I don’t feed breakfast.
In terms of comfort with me, not very. But it seems to me that men go for it consciously, because the main thing is different. My husband respects me, you will not get bored with me. It seems to me that men are more attracted to how interesting it is with a woman.
On March 30, Seva and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. Time flew by so quickly ... We came to the registry office together, signed. Soon Misha was born… They celebrated modestly, had dinner with close friends. Kostya Khabensky was, we have been friends since our students, his first wife Nastya was alive ... Another friend who also celebrated with us is no more. Time flew by quickly...
- The wedding was not magnificently celebrated, because, in principle, against it?
I hate all this vulgarity: limousines, baby dolls. I don't like weddings in general. (Laughs.) My first wedding was like this - rock and roll (Anna's first husband is musician Maxim Leonidov. - Approx. "TN").
- Feelings change. Just like the people themselves. But my husband and I are now closer than ever. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
- Did the love story with Seva come out swift or did you look at each other for a long time?
Everything developed very quickly. Alena Babenko and I went to the premiere of one film, and then to an after-party in a restaurant. There I accidentally saw Seva, he flew in for a few days from America.
I heard him speak beautifully in the language of Shakespeare. We accidentally got into a conversation, he didn’t know any of our actors, and the fact that I was an actress, too. Although it turned out later that the TV series “By the Name of the Baron” was shown in America, I was so young and pretty there. It turns out that he noticed me then. And having met, I did not recognize - time passed, apparently, she was no longer so beautiful. (Laughs.)
- And everything spun, spun, soon you began to live together. Remembering that intensity of passions, what can you say about love ten years later?
Love is such a thing ... It's like a good movie with a sequel. The second part can not be as exciting as the first. Feelings change, are reborn. So are the people themselves. At forty we are not the same as at twenty. Other interests, other priorities. But my husband and I are now closer than ever.
- Judging by the fact that your youngest child is not yet a year old, everything is in order with passion. Family psychologists advise experienced wives not to walk around the house in a shabby look, put on makeup and actively take care of themselves. I wonder if you share this point of view?
No, I don’t paint at all in my life, I don’t spend time on it. When we go to visit, my husband says: “Please put on some make-up.” - "No, I'll do it only for money." (Laughs.) And I go in jeans, a T-shirt, sneakers. I can be nominated for the title of the most anti-glamor artist. I don’t like going out on the red carpet, I don’t know how to pose at all, it seems awkward to me. St. Petersburg upbringing presses.
- How to stimulate, intrigue your husband, so that he does not turn his head around?
This is such bullshit! You can even attach a silicone breast of the fifth size even to your forehead and ... languish from loneliness. I know that he loves any of me - the most tired and tired. When I was young, I dressed up, even went to the beach in heels. How can young people express themselves?
- Did you literally go to the beach in heels?
Oh, yes! Anywhere and everywhere! So sexy! Now it’s even scary to remember: was it really me ?! (Laughs.) Everything has its time.
How do you tend to perceive failure? For example, is divorce a defeat?
Sometimes it's luck. In general, I am a positive person, I see a plus sign, not a minus one, I never take offense at anyone, I just don’t know how to do it. While I'm yelling at someone, for example, at our nanny, I already want to make peace with her. (Laughs.) She is offended, and I say: "Wait, I'm loving." It is better to speak the truth in the forehead than to hiss behind your back.
With husband. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
My husband and I often yell at each other. (Laughs.) In general, our family is very cheerful. But I don’t take it out on the children, because they are not to blame for my fatigue, problems and other “joys” of adult life. If I am dissatisfied with something, I can say more strictly, that is enough.
- Anya, I see that you are a kind person. I heard a story about how the first person they met was given hard-earned 10 thousand dollars for an allegedly sick mother.
The man said that the situation was stalemate, there was no one to help, I decided that he needed the money more. I believe in everyone and constantly run into some strange people. Recently, I often remember the phrase of one of the greats: “The more I get to know people, the more I like dogs.”
- By the way! Did you pick up a puppy that has recently settled in your house on the street?
So what to do? The dog almost jumped under the wheels of the car. How could you not take it?
- Your sons are less than two years apart. They are alike?
Generally different. I can’t tear the bear away from the books, I say: “Relax, don’t read so much, you’ll plant your eyesight!” Doesn't listen, turns back to the book. Nobody believes me when I say this, but it's true. He is a hundred times more erudite than me, he does not crawl out of museums at all. And every weekend leads us all there. And, frankly, I'm not such a fan - after an hour I'm already blown away, Sasha and I shed, and dad walks all the way with Misha. When Manya grows up, we will go shopping with her. (Laughs.) Sasha is a different story: he will live peacefully without books and museums. Sasha likes something completely different. In the summer, he sat like glued on the set of "Snoops", even starred in an episode, received his first fee.
Children are different in other ways. If with Sanko you can always agree on everything, then Mishka is stubborn. I am not white and fluffy, it is very difficult to convince me, but I could not even imagine that a child could be more stubborn than me!
- I don’t take it out on children, because they are not to blame for my fatigue, problems and other “joys” of adult life. Photo: Lyuba Shemetova
- Anya, somehow you strayed from fashion! They named the children not flowery - Alexander, Maria, Mikhail. In the trend - the names are more complicated.
No, we are simple people. Why do we need all this?
- What family are you from?
I was raised by two Polinas - my mother, Polina Mikhailovna, and my grandmother, Polina Borisovna. My parents divorced when I was still young. My father has a different family. Nothing was forbidden to me, nothing was imposed on me, I was not scolded or punished. But I didn't really do anything like that. More precisely, she did what she wanted, but nothing dangerous. My mother loved me very much and that's it. We have always been friends with her. She was calm about my studies, she did not force me to study perfectly.
But, the truth is, she fought with me in mathematics. Mom is a design engineer by profession and thinks in mathematics. While Polina Mikhailovna tried to explain the equations to Anya, she thought about the guys. (With laughter.) When my mother realized that everything was useless, she simply solved problems for me.
- "In the artist" you went with whose filing? Or they themselves could not imagine themselves without it?
Grandma insisted. Polina Borisovna Banshchikova was a prima at the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy. And it's good that she insisted, otherwise I don't know what I would do. I was shy, reserved. And at the age of 17, when I graduated from school, I didn’t understand what I really wanted.
But did you even enjoy studying?
Of course, studying at a theater institute is more fun than at a technical university. I remember how I did it. People came to our LGITMiK from the far corners of the country, they were charged to conquer the world. Not like we, St. Petersburg. Of course, shy Leningrad girls and uninhibited girls from Khabarovsk are differently charged particles, where can we compete with them. But the master of the course, Dmitry Khananovich Astrakhan, repeated that we are the coolest, we are all different. And he said that it is impossible to teach the acting profession. You either have talent or you don't.
We got our diplomas in the mid-1990s, the times were hard, many of our boys left the profession to earn money. I traveled from St. Petersburg to Moscow to shoot, returned, played in the theater. She lived in the apartments of her friends.
Alena Babenko, Regina Myannik, Dina Korzun, thank you! We had a great time. Now I’m thinking: how is it, having a family, to shelter someone in your apartment? When you were young, everything was possible. In general, it was cool, we were absolutely free. And fearless: without money, and the sea is knee-deep - it doesn't matter.
And then I left for Moscow for good, because I am an active person: I need to move somewhere all the time, I can’t if nothing happens.
- It turns out, Anya, you, like many, are familiar with lack of money?
Everyone thought I was rich, even when my mom and I were living paycheck to paycheck. And until now everyone thinks: everything is cool with her, and her husband is an oligarch! I just treat money very easily, and my Sevka is the same. We travel a lot and love to eat delicious food. And we live every day like it's our last.
Another value. Mom scolds me for what I keep, from her point of view, various rubbish. I put all sorts of different drawings, notes of children in special folders. This is not sentimentality, but the fear that time passes quickly and nothing remains. In the hustle and bustle that we live in, this is important. I have nothing left of my childhood. No toy, no drawing, no poems that I wrote.
Why do I dislike going out somewhere in the evenings, hanging out at various premieres? Because I want to be with my kids. Soon they won't need us. Why spend money on meaningless pseudo-communication?
- You have an extensive filmography, are you satisfied with how the acting fate has developed?
I was lucky with partners: I starred with Banionis, and with Mashkov, and with Mironov ... And the roles are different. From the director of a vegetable warehouse to the wife of Marshal Zhukov. But I am a dissatisfied, reflective, doubting person. Interesting work is never enough, you want more and more.
- In character roles, actresses often appear ugly on screen. Does it upset you?
God forbid! I treat myself with humor and perceive myself in any form. I'm not going to inject "youth injections". I hope no one will see Banshchikova changed beyond recognition. “Don’t touch my wrinkles, they were too hard to give!” - said the great Anna Magnani. I had a stormy youth, I didn’t miss anything in this life. And I can afford to be at 42 the way I am.
Anna Banshchikova
Education: graduated from LGITMiK
Family: husband - Vsevolod Shakhanov, lawyer; sons - Mikhail (10 years old), Alexander (8 years old); daughter - Maria (7 months)
Career: starred in more than 80 films and TV series, including: "Piranha Hunting", "Sonka - Golden Pen", "Beetles", "Thirst", "Wings", etc.
