Sergey Bodrov

Sergei Bodrov Jr. is a Soviet and later Russian actor. His "Brother" has become a classic of cinema, for many viewers the actor has become a symbol of the generation of the 90s, and the replicas of his hero were quickly taken away by fans into quotes. Sergey is known not only as an actor in a cult film, but also as a screenwriter, film director and TV presenter.

Sergei Sergeevich Bodrov is the son of the famous film director Sergei Bodrov Sr., born on December 27, 1971 in Moscow. The actor's mother was an art critic, so the whole family is directly related to creativity. Parents often worked long hours. As a little boy, Sergei was often alone with himself, and he was great at coping with loneliness. As a child, Sergei dreamed of becoming an actor, but his father discouraged him, since, according to the parent, the boy was too calm for this profession. In his youth, Sergei had strange dreams of becoming a scavenger, in order to drive around the city in an orange car, and in those years the thoughts of cinema did not arise at all.

Sergei graduated from a comprehensive school in Moscow in a class with a focus on French. His teachers recall that the guy was moderately eccentric and sometimes fidgety, but at the same time he never did dirty tricks. Bodrov was prepared for work from an early age, as weekly, together with the class, he visited the Udarnitsa factory, where the guys packed sweets. The money received from labor, of course, was not distributed to schoolchildren. All funds were collected by the school in order to organize excursions for children.

At the end of school, Bodrov Jr. expressed a desire to enter VGIK, but the famous father explained to Sergei that there should be a special passion for cinema, and not just a desire to learn. In his youth, the young man had no feelings for cinema, much less passion, so he entered the history department of Moscow State University. The junior Bodrov's fellow students considered the guy lucky because of his father's fame. But the presence of a star dad never influenced the manifestation of Sergei's talent. Bodrov University graduated with honors, after which he entered postgraduate studies. Then he planned to become a librarian or museum worker.

The debut of Sergei Bodrov Jr. on the screens of cinema took place in 1989, when he took part in the filming of his father's film "Freedom is Paradise". His hero was a young brawler who was sitting in the same cell with the main character. For a short plot, a young man with a shaven head was needed. The actors refused to shave for such an insignificant role, and the only one whom Bodrov Sr. could persuade, or force, was his own son.

As a student, Sergei Bodrov tried his hand at filming the film "Prisoner of the Caucasus", where he got quite by accident: his father took his son with him to Dagestan to shoot a picture. Bodrov Jr. was ready to do any job, but he was honored with one of the main roles. The film was successful, it was noted at the Cannes Film Festival, the film was awarded at various festivals: in Sochi, Karlovy Vary and Sydney.

With his play, the non-professional actor amazed even Oleg Menshikov, his partner in the film. The film crew was surprised to find out that the young guy, who had never studied acting, played better and more convincingly than the master of his craft. Then Bodrov Jr. received his first prize for the best acting debut. In addition, the actor received several prizes for the best role and became a laureate of the 1997 State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art.

The acting world and fame fell on the young man quite suddenly. Bodrov Jr. himself did not consider himself an actor and was ready to constantly repeat to the press that he was not an artist. He did not study acting, and acting in the frame was not a profession for him, he considered it an act.

In 1996, Sergei took part in the TV program "Vzglyad", but not as a guest, but as a presenter and co-author, where he stayed for four whole years. After that, the actor had very fond memories and the feeling that he received a good long-term lesson.

In 1996, Bodrov was fortunate enough to meet Alexei Balabanov at a festival in Sochi, which brought him to the CTB studio. At that moment, they were just working on the cult film "Brother", where Bodrov Jr. played the role of Danila. The film has displeased the media, as, in their opinion, the film is teeming with racism. Along with these accusations, the opposite sounded, critics considered the film Russophobic, oriented only to the Western viewer and exposing the home country in an unattractive light. However, Russian fans perceived this work in a different way. At the festival in Sochi "Brother" received the Grand Prix. Danila became an idol for millions of TV viewers. Overseas, the film also received enough recognition and won several awards at the Chicago festival.

The character Sergei has been repeatedly accused of being too simple and primitive. The actor himself admitted this, but in defense of his hero he answered the press that the world is still quite immersed in chaos, and sometimes we just need such characters who will express seemingly obvious and fundamental things and will defend these things.

The filmography of Sergei Bodrov Jr. continued to grow with the appearance of Stringer, but both the film and the role were unconvincing, and then East-West, which told about the persistent athlete. Both films can hardly be called the gift of significant birth in the cinema to the actor's piggy bank. By 2000, the long-awaited premiere of the film "Brother 2" took place. Like the previous part, the work was seriously criticized, but this did not prevent the picture from becoming a cult one again. The country was literally crazy about Danila. A computer game based on the film, a documentary about the creation of "Brother 2" and collections of soundtracks for the film were released almost instantly. The largest venues in the capital hosted several concerts consisting of songs for the film.

Most of the film was filmed in the United States: Chicago, New York, and Pittsburgh. Many amusing incidents were associated with this. As the actor admitted, the most difficult thing for him, a graduate of Moscow State University and a culturologist, was to talk to Americans in the crooked English of a high school volume. In addition, the Russian film crew amazed their American colleagues more than once. According to the plot, the main characters needed a self-made weapon, which the props could not provide in any way, so a Russian operator made such a necessary self-propeller in a few minutes. Later, the Russians persuaded the border guards to put the real strain in Danila's requisite passport. 

In 2001, Sergei again starred in the film by Bodrov Sr. titled "Let's do it fast" also in the USA, but this time in California. Sergei played the guard of a Russian businessman.

Almost all films with Sergei Bodrov Jr. were directed by his father, but the younger Bodrov also had his own directorial work. But one day the developing actor started writing his script for the first movie "Sisters", in which he himself played a cameo role. Bodrov conducted auditions for the main roles on his own, talking with various applicants for a month. There were a lot of people who wanted to, every day there was a line of about three hundred girls. Sergey chose Oksana Akinshina and Katya Gorina, which opened the way for the girls to the cinema.

Bodrov wanted to find simple and sincere young actresses who would not strive to please the actor, and even more so would not turn out to be enthusiastic fans. That is why he was hooked by the impudent and impudent Akinshina, who dreamed of being a model, not an actress, and came to audition only because of the agency's demands. For Oksana, Sergei Bodrov became a mentor in acting.

The film tells the story of two girls who are being hunted because of their father's criminal life. The picture was recognized as the best debut. Sergey told the press that he really liked directing films, creating and developing his own world, Bodrov Jr. promised fans to continue making his own movie. But "Sisters" became the only directorial work of Bodrov Jr.

In 2001, Sergei played in Balabanov's film "War", which was filmed in Chechnya and the North Caucasus. Almost immediately after the premiere, the film was awarded the Golden Rose prize. Then Bodrov Jr. received the Nika award. In the same year, the actor played in the film "Bear Kiss", which was released a year later.

In 2001, Sergei tried himself as a TV presenter of the "Last Hero" project. The essence of the TV show was that 16 people ended up on a desert island and had to compete in various contests and tasks. Bodrov commented on what was happening.

Sergei Bodrov went missing in 2002 at the age of 30. This year, according to the plan, the shooting of the second film by Sergei Bodrov Jr. "The Messenger" began. The plot of the tape was a philosophical and mystical story of two friends. In the film, Bodrov was supposed to act as the main character, screenwriter and director. In September, the film crew filmed several episodes in the Caucasus. On September 20, the film crew moved to the Karmadon Gorge. The shooting had to be postponed for several hours, as the group could not wait for the transport to rise up.

After a while, it was decided to return to the city. At the same time, the Kolka glacier began to break off in the mountains, onto which a block of ice had previously fallen. The flow of stones and a huge block covered the entire film crew, headed by Sergei Bodrov Jr. For several months, rescuers tried to find the bodies, and the relatives of the victims continued to search for their relatives until February 2004.

More than a hundred people are still missing. The body of Bodrov Jr. was also not found.

In 2008, workers laying the pipeline accidentally found a car with human remains. This find excited the fans of the actor, but as tests showed, the body did not belong to any of the crew. Despite the fact that the probability of Sergei Bodrov's death is incredible, many people still do not want to believe in his death.

Sergey left a huge mark on cinema and culture in general. In memory of him, many iconic rock bands have written more than one song. Documentary films and books try to illuminate the life of an actor, show his creative and life views. In 2016, Bodrov's fans began raising funds for a full-length monument to "brother Danila," the most famous image of Sergei. The signature to the sculpture should be one of the most memorable phrases of the film "Brother": "I think the power is in truth." As the organizers of the gathering comment, the monument will become a tribute not only to Sergei Bodrov Jr., but also to a unique hero, similar to whom there has been no more in Russian cinema for more than ten years.

The personal life of Sergei Bodrov was short-lived, but happy. Sergei was married to a colleague with whom the actor formalized a relationship in 1997. The actor said that at first glance at the girl, he realized that they were going to be together, and instantly fell in love. His wife Svetlana Mikhailova gave Bodrov two children: first, a daughter was born, and 4 years later the couple had a son. The boy was born a few weeks before the events in the Karmadon Gorge. A great tragedy took the father and husband from a happy family. Despite the fact that before meeting Sergei, Svetlana was in a long relationship and even married, after the disappearance of the actor, and even after he was pronounced dead, the woman did not marry again.

Olga, Sergei's daughter, also decided to become an actress. She entered VGIK, hiding whose daughter she was, in order to enroll honestly and through competition. Contrary to the rules of the institute, she did not even give her middle name during the introductory auditions. And only at the last stage the girl got through.

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