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SERGEY ZHIGUNOV

On our telescreens with tremendous success there is a serial "My fine nurse". One of the most known actors who have acted in film in this serial - Sergey Zhigunov. In a film he plays a role продюссера Maxim Shatalina. This trade is not alien to Sergey Zhigunov, after all besides it the good actor, it also also кинопродюссер...  

 

The childhood
Sergey was born and has spent the childhood in Rostov-on-Don. Since early years it grew the present break-headed - together with friends broke lessons at school, burning through at school the electric system or enclosing yeast in a toilet, shirked employment, сбегая at cinema. It is not surprising, that its progress left much to be desired. No not that subjects would not be given to it, it was simple at school to it boringly, and behind its limits so much interesting! Here also left, that three were the basic estimations of the future star. "… to diligence to me was, as to the moon. The basic estimation - трояк. It is norm. On the mathematician the two was always" - he recollects.

 

All it has led to that after the eighth class Sergey has been eliminated from school. But he not especially worried in this occasion and has continued the training in the next. Two times expelled him and from musical - then, the truth, took back.  

 

What interested it those years? Sergey Zhigunov recollects: "In the childhood liked to shoot from onions, to fight on wooden swords, constantly created any" the semimilitary organisations ". Played Indians, ate pigeons, dug out everyones коренья. Horror that was!...". As well as many boys, Sergey took a great interest in music - participated in one of school ensembles, played a guitar and sang. Besides, he much and excitedly read. "The history of the Ancient Greece" became the first book which has interested it. Fenimora Cooper, Alexander Duma's products have then followed, and in the senior classes he has become engrossed in reading О'Генри, Remarque and Хемингуэя.

 

Whom to be?
Mum Sergey was the actress, it has ended theatrical institute, and the daddy constantly participated in amateur performance. Parents have quite often involved the son in New Year's shows which were put by mum. Whom it only was not: and Чебурашкой, and New Year, and jackal Табаки. But, nevertheless, not the trade of the actor excited heart of the boy.

 

The books read by Sergey have led to that it has become seriously interested in archeology. Sergey Viktorovich recollects: "... Wished to be the archeologist. Read only the special literature, up to especially scientific. The grandfather taught history, at it was books much. I" добуквенно "knew history of the Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome. Meticulously ate".  

 

Once to Rostov there has arrived on tour theatre "Ленком". Sergey has not passed any performance and long could not forget the impression made on it Караченцовым. Here then he has already seriously reflected on an actor's trade. In the tenth class Sergey has played one of roles in performance of the Rostov theatre, and the then director of Theatre of a name Vahtangova Evgenie Simonov, having seen the young man, has advised to it to go to Moscow and to test in an actor's field. Father Zhigunov, the person serious, first opposed to such decision a little, considering, that to the son is better to go to work. However by common efforts of it have overpersuaded.

 

Theatrical school
In Moscow Sergey has arrived in Theatrical school of B.V.ShChukina. But he studied there not long. It was not pleasant to teachers, that the future actor writes verses, and takes a great interest in it seriously, giving has not enough time. Songs on its verses were used in performance under Schwarz's play which went to the Moscow State University, and it too not was pleasant to all. Last drop was that Zhigunov has started to act in film. For edification of other students it have deducted from school.

 

Sergey Zhigunov recollects: "And my course has told, that I should not be engaged in this trade. There was such Council of a course which solved all my further destiny and has decided, that I should not be the actor. Absolutely. Me have simply expelled. They as though petitioned before administration that I am unworthy a rank of the student, well and so on...".

 

Sergey has returned to native Rostov-on-Don. There it has worked year in ТЮЗе, playing various roles. And then … has returned to Moscow, in the same Shchukinsky school. It was restored and with other course in 1986 has ended it.

 

The first roles at cinema

As it has already been told, at cinema Sergey Zhigunov debuted still studying in the theatrical. Already from the first courses it has started to fasten acquaintances in the cinema environment actively. But as he admits itself, did not go on offices, did not ask for roles: "the Self-respect always was present at my behaviour".

 

Some years it were tried in different pictures, and each time good luck turned away from it. At last it has been confirmed for a role of the hussar in a historical teleserial "Oath record" (1983), narrating about events in Georgia in XVIII century. The same year he has acted in film in a social drama "to Recognize as guilty" in which, by the way, a leading role Vladimir Shevelkov has played. They will be reduced still by destiny together, but about it later.

 

Marriage
On shootings of a film "Chance" (1984) Sergey has got acquainted with the actress Belief Новиковой. It has occurred just after him have expelled from school. At that time the Belief was two years the actress of Theatre of name Вахтангова. It had many offers to act in film. Than the known young man has involved it to nobody.

 

Belief Новикова recollects: "Between us the fireball has not flown by. Simply there was summer Kaluga. Сережа read me verses, tore among night flowers from all beds... For me it was the usual film-making novel which it is frequent to what does not conduct. And that this history has ended with wedding, and that our relations last here fifteen years, me even is surprising.

 

Our relations at the initiative of Сережи have proceeded. He the person very persevering, has got used to achieve all. I sometimes am simply amazed to these abilities. Here he thinks out the project, goes to ask money, to it speak "is not present". I would cry in a pillow and have forgotten. And it comes next day, with a modern history and again asks money, but already it is less. He will achieve the until will receive. Won me Сережа approximately under the same scenario ".

 

The belief long doubted: "I already had a home life experience, and I have been assured, that second time I will marry intelligently and extremely seriously. And here any young man, frivolous, expelled from school... Сережа was so it is assured of the future and so was able to convince of it associates, that at me even doubts were not, that all will be good. I too lived with confidence, that tomorrow the glory will fall upon us. Then he often spoke to me:" As I promised to you, so all and has occurred "". In two years they have celebrated a wedding...

 

"Naval cadets, forward!"
As a rule, after the termination of study actors choose to themselves theatre, but Sergey Zhigunov has preferred to cinema theatre: "I wished to work at theatre. Especially in" Ленкоме ". But as a result at all it was not shown in one of theatres as has understood, that absolutely easy I can provide myself with work at cinema".

 

The first work at cinema after the school termination has brought to Sergey Zhigunov such popularity about which it was possible to dream only. It is a question of Alexander Belova's role in Svetlana Druzhininoj's adventure film "Naval cadets, forward!" (1987).

 

Sergey Zhigunov recollects: On"Naval cadets" I have got from the very beginning. Шевельков has joined, when already there were shootings. Instead of Харатьяна should play Юра the Frost. And it has begun was to act in film... Very beautiful person. And on a film looks - a handsome man simply. Girls would descend from mind. But has left in direction ".

 

The film made phenomenal success. Executors of leading roles Sergey Zhigunov, Dmitry Haratjan and Vladimir Shevelkov instantly became youth idols. Surprisingly, but even during shootings such success to a film was predicted by Michael Bojarsky, experience of this actor has probably affected. In what the reason? Sergey Zhigunov reflects: "I then looked a film - was not present, with similar return more never worked. And still exact hit in actors. Happens such, fortunately. Here then something occurs.... There all the same there is a riddle any. Something has occurred...".

 

On shootings of this film Zhigunov was traumatised - it have wounded a sword. To the actor - twenty seven days treatment was necessary to pass in a pressure chamber. Role scoring have charged to Oleg Menshikov. As Sergey, Menshikov considers has made it excellent.

 

"Виват, naval cadets!"
In four years Svetlana Druzhinin has put film continuation "Виват, naval cadets!". S.Zhigunov: "I there - very courageous. All of us - little bit grown up. I very rigidly play. I kill many people. Itself I become more rigid, because I would like to resemble even more the man, maybe, more than I actually am. Besides because I wish the spectator to carry away" there ". To tell: children, here such they, the present muzhiks. Let wish to be such as heroes Prick Караченцова, instead of Юры Шатунова".

 

Unfortunately, success repetition has not occurred. Yes there were pursuits, fights, a love intrigue, but … "Think, that its founders could not understand the success reasons: why the picture has turned out, that it was necessary to choose for continuation and from what to refuse flatly, - Sergey Zhigunov reflects. - they have gone on courageous experiment of full change of the concept - and have received the average second film which did not have any relation to first. In the first there was a very precisely worked scheme on types, on mutual relations: Харатьян - romantic, Шевельков - sentimental, I - pugnacious. Our Trinity pulled a picture, we had very good partners - both negative characters, and positive. With such scheme it is possible to play indefinitely, and it was impossible to break it. Instead have cleaned Володю Шевелькова, that has catastrophically affected integrity of ensemble. The main heroine have made Christina Orbakajte, and us, the previous favourite and basic heroes, have thrown. We had nothing to play, we acted behind as plywood: went by horses and waved swords. Simply went nearby. It also became accident ".

 

"A vault of witches"
In 1990 Sergey Zhigunov has acted in a leading role in Jury Moroza's fantastic film "Vault of witches". Jury Moroz has made attempt to shoot a film a-lja "Командос", or something in this sort. For a role of the Russian superman Zhigunov also has been chosen. That its hero Andrey, the officer of a space landing, looked suitably, Sergey had to "be pumped up". For eight months it has typed 12 kgs of muscles. Zhigunov recollects:
"It is blood and sweat. I shook all time while the picture" the Trip to Wiesbaden "acted in film, every day for four hours, it besides ten hours of shootings. From a shot to a shot. Often with a bar on a platform and came. While on me dress coats did not begin to burst. I would undertake the second time for such? It is not assured, that could. It something terrible".

 

It is a pity, that some shots have not entered into a film. Spectators never will see, for example, as Sergey running up, rose, as on a pole, on the end of a spear and forced down blow of a foot of the person from a horse. Drop both: a horse and the horseman. Such force it was blow. But the director had other sights …
The film has turned out fascinating, grasping, but at that time domestic pictures did not use special demand. Some time the film has lain on a regiment and then that it to rescue, Zhigunov and the Frost have decided to be engaged in its hire. It also was a prologue to producer activity. Having done a bit of travelling on the country and having earned the starting capital, they could not stop any more. On the earned money have bought for the next hire any American picture. And then there has come a turn of own film …

 

"A black square"
In 1990 Sergey Zhigunov with Jury Morozom have organised studio "Chance". The studio name is symbolical. By the way, it is necessary to remind, what exactly on shootings of a film with such name Sergey has got acquainted with the future wife. The political detective "the Black square" (1992), removed under novel Фридриха Neznansky "Fair in Сокольниках" together with a film studio Bitter became the first experience of producer activity for Sergey Zhigunov and its studio. As the director Jury Moroz has acted, leading roles have played Dmitry Haratjan and Vitaly Solomin.

 

"Hearts of three"
The same year on a film studio of Dovzhenko Zhigunov has acted in Henry's roles an adventure film of "Heart of three" under the novel of Jack Londona with the same name. The director of a film Vladimir Popkov recollects: "When we" Hearts of three "discussed nominees of executors of leading roles with the second director of a film, I have told to it:"Naval cadets"not to offer!" (They were just on popularity peak) It wanted to go by contradiction: to remove actors with the thoroughbred persons, however not so popular. But it has appeared, that with good muzhiks - especially with the American types - in the country напряженка. We have tried a heap of the people, but all, as you know, has ended with Sergey Zhigunov and Vladimir Shevelkovym. It is necessary to tell, at all efficiency and complexity Sergey Viktorovich romantic enough person, since the childhood enamoured in Duma, London, Remarque. Therefore the first, that he has told, having arrived on tests: " I all life dreamt to put "Hearts of three" and have not gone mad nearly of envy when has learnt about these shootings! "". At the desire of Zhigunov кинодилогии - "Hearts of three-2" have been included in the second film also Dmitry Haratjan. He has acted in film in an incidental role of the pilot.

 

"Queen Margo"
After the first success with a film "Black square" producer activity was included into Sergey Zhigunov's life, having taken a place on a level with the actor's. In the mid-nineties it has started shootings of the first scale costume serial in Russia. For a screen version Alexander Duma's well-known novel "Queen Margo" has been chosen.
Why Duma? Sergey Zhigunov speaks: "Беспроигрышность. Such dramatic art is good for perfunctory viewing вечерочком. The problem was very simple - to make successful enough entertaining picture with Russian command". But, probably, has played here and Zhigunov's romantic character. We will recollect - since the childhood he has become engrossed in reading of novels Duma, and now it could embody them on the screen. By that moment in France director Patris Shero has finished shootings of "Queen Margo". Its picture was a success at festival in Cannes.

 

S.Zhigunov: "When we began, I knew, that Шеро is going to start this picture, knew, that Аджани stars. But it was clear, that they not competitors to us, and we not competitors it, therefore without serious consequences and fearlessly we did a picture."Our"magnificent suits and the scenery, slowly developing action are looked by"their"full contrast dynamical, strained, as the insurgent, to a film. Шеро came to us in November, we with it drank champagne, it was on night shooting in Barvikha. All actors who was on a set,"has placed"on roles. To it have shown phototests, he guessed, who whom plays, was not mistaken anywhere. Has looked hour three at fight which we removed, and has told:" Well, you, certainly... Duma do? I to you would make Shakespeare. At us, in France, Duma not so... "I speak:" I know. And at us Duma love ". He has added:" it is similar, you more Frenchmen, than we ".

 

Actors for roles chose as the director of a serial Alexander Muratov, so Sergey Zhigunov. Zhigunov had been offered Dmitry Haratjana, Michael Bojarskogo, Nikolay Karachentsova's nominees, Belief Сотниковой, Armen Djigarkhanyan and Dmitry Pevtsova. It has appointed Itself(himself) to role Коконнаса. In an incidental role wife Sergey Vera Novikova has acted in film also.

 

The picture has gone right, though there were some lacks. Sergey Viktorovich admitted, that the film does not have not enough ease. It is quite clear, that were there and then both hot admirers and opponents. Someone liked a little slowed down rate of a film, the classical approach to epoch realities, suits, to scenery. Others considered, that a serial will tighten. Later Valery Todorovsky has mounted the new essentially reduced version.

 

"Queen Marko" has given "start in life" to many actors. Became known Dmitry Pevtsov, Olga Drozdova, Evgenie Dobrovolskaja, Michael Efremova, Vladimir Ilyin, Evgenie Dvorzhetskogo's popularity … has increased And all of them were guessed"by Sergey Zhigunov!

 

In time озвучания pictures there was an incident which has caused rupture of relations between Sergey Zhigunov and Dmitry Haratjanom. Quarrel was tightened for some years … We will not assort, who from them the rights who is guilty. In hearts all of them admirers it was reflected very painfully.

 

"The countess де Монсоро"
After "Queen Margo" Sergey Zhigunov and Vladimir Popkov have started the next screen version Duma "to the Decanter де Монсоро". This time Zhigunov acted only as the producer, in a serial he did not act in film.
Vladimir Popkov tells: " Unlike Sergey Viktorovicha, I was not admirer Duma even in the childhood. As you remember, the in itself novel "the Countess де Монсоро" - very friable and boring. Having read the scenario, I was horrified: it was even worse. Therefore I have laid down to Zhigunov the conditions: my operator, my composer plus - we copy the scenario. It has gone on it, but has demanded not to shift the schedule of shootings (the scenario has been finished when we have already finished shooting series ten). And, of course, I was not agree with a nominee of the actress the main female role. Has reached that I already wished to leave a picture. As a result it was necessary to change the plan concept completely. The internal reference point which the spectator, probably, and will not catch is always necessary to me. When it is found, all the rest - a trick. In this case I have understood, why were lost Бюсси and Монсоро: they are "superfluous" people. Бюсси - last knight of France, and Монсоро - the first bourgeois, the proprietor born before time. Diana has turned out as though the angel of the death who have accelerated their  destruction. In a picture as it seems to me, there was a social sense. Therefore at us such cool scenes of love. It has been removed a lot of material before to me this idea has come to a head. Other way at me was not... ".

 

The producer and the actor
Producer activity takes away from Sergey Viktorovicha more and more time. It shoots films "the Princess on beans", "Undressed", "Dances under the defective Moon", "the Moon the garden was full", the serial "That has told the dead man" … And that a film, success!

 

In a melodrama "the Princess on beans" (director Vilen Novak) he plays businessman Dimu Pupkova solving by means of fictitious marriage to get rid of the dissonant surname. Before our eyes the semifarcical situation develops into a love story of heroes of Zhigunov and Сафоновой.

 

The melodrama "the Moon had the big success the garden" was full of director Vladimir Melnikova. Here Zhigunov did not play, represented itself as the producer. When Sergey Viktorovich started this picture, to it said, that the history about three older persons will be interesting to nobody. As a result the film has collected a heap of prizes: a special prize of the Moscow film festival, prizes of the spectator liking, two "Gold nymphs" in Monte-Carlo, Grand prix in Plovdiv, 4 prizes on "Film shock", "Ника" for a female role, "Gold овен" for a female role, "the Gold hero", in Iran of Grand prix on a film festival.

 

Zhigunov tells: "… at festival all who him looked, cried. And Давлетьяров (general director ММКФ) cried, and itself Millers cried - I yet did not see, that the director whom all is so much time cried collected and observed, that should not feel like anything any more! Mikhalkov on viewing ran on a hall: jumped from a place, ran up to the screen, caught at a head, spoke:" E-eh! "- also escaped back. I such did not see never!".

 

About a family and about the actor
At Sergey Zhigunov's spouses and Belief Новиковой two daughters - Настя and Masha. Настя has finished college in England, has married and lives there. Masha studies in Russia, and as the film already was told, acts in.

 

Sergey Zhigunov tells about itself: "I do not love a casino. And at all I do not love high life. I very much suffer from parties, from receptions, solemn evenings, anniversaries, simply to fall ill I begin. I is very cool concern spirits, but sometimes happens, that it is impossible to refuse. If it is any negotiations, business meetings with sponsors which consider, that you with them necessarily should drink vodka in considerable quantities. And it can be in the morning or in the middle of day and then everything, that you have planned for this day, write was gone. And I suffer from it. I after all the workaholic, instead of the alcoholic.

 

In the summer I with the great pleasure potter with colours on a summer residence. About, I the expert in this business! At me it is a lot of colours, and I can be dug by hours. It so is joyful! I like to plant trees. In the winter I fill in a skating rink, I skate and on санках.

 

On holidays I with pleasure prepare a goose, a duck. On days off I fry meat. All praise. Once the daddy has learnt me to clean a potato very quickly. I like it to do and in a few minutes I can polish a bucket ".

 

The wife
Quite often happens, that directors or producers include in the pictures of the wives, children. Belief Новикова acts in film in Sergey Zhigunov's pictures extremely seldom. Sergey Viktorovich approaches to this question as the present professional: "… it is necessary, that the role approached the person. I the producer all the same! No, the wife played at me, but not so is frequent. I too play only in every fifth film - recently have counted and was surprised".

 

The largest actor's work of Belief Новиковой - a leading role in a picture "Undressed" for which it has received a prize at the International festival for the best female role. In the same film their daughter Masha Zhigunov has acted in film also, having played the heroine of mum in the childhood. About this film which became the prize-winner of festival "love Faces", many jokes go. Belief Новикова tell, that in the middle of work producer Zhigunov with surprise has found out, that the wife acts in film in frank scenes: "Absolutely trusting Cyril, Сережа has inattentively read the scenario, therefore at material viewing all has appeared for it a little unexpected. There was such ridiculous history. An ear ring has called on studio and has for fun asked:" Well, already act in film the naked? "On what I have seriously answered, that while only have removed body tests - to look, as it will look on a film. And suddenly I hear the dumbfounded voice:" you that, will really act in film the naked? " Now the husband sometimes names me "порнушницей" though it at all does not correspond to the validity and a film our quite serious and chaste ".

 

Having seen a film, Sergey Zhigunov has been amazed by game of the wife: "I did not think at all, that you can so to play. If I have seen it earlier, your destiny could develop differently".

 

Later Belief Новикова has acted in film in a picture of the husband "New year in November". And in a serial "Vovochka" all family Жигуновых has acted in film. Sergey Zhigunov tells: "the Role for my wife of Belief reflected initially, and here the daughter passed the present tests. Машку often invite to act in film. It worked much, strongly got tired, мерзла on shootings in thin dresses - everything as it is necessary. … It is a family comedy. Very good scenario, a debut of the young director and Igor Muzhzhuhina's script writer, very ridiculous scenario which is pleasant to me".

 

Public work
In the spring of 2000 Sergey Zhigunov became the President of Guild of actors of cinema, having replaced on Evgenie Zharikov's this post. Sergey Zhigunov: "I did not want it, but circumstances have developed so, that I simply not could arrive in another way. When me have selected, I at all did not assume with what difficulties to me it is necessary to face. I fondly thought, that all in a full order, not representing a real state of affairs... The First half a year of my work in this post have left on absolutely unexpected affairs for me: litigations, finding-out of relations with tax services, debts under the budget... I was engaged in situation alignment, the decision of the problems which have collected for the previous period. The large quantity of time and forces has been spent for leading the organisation to an initial denominator". On this post Sergey Zhigunov has worked till winter of 2005. Then it was replaced by well-known actor Boris Galkin.

 

Sergey Viktorovich is also the President of festival "Constellation". From the closed action for actors it has transformed it into a bright, pathos show with variety of actions within the limits of festival (concerts, performances of actors).

 

Archi Goodwin
One of Sergey Zhigunov's last works at cinema as actor and the producer - a serial "Niro Woolf and Archi Goodwin" (2003) on Reksa Stout's products. During Sergey Zhigunov's Soviet times have invited to pass tests for Archi Goodwin's role. It has been already confirmed, and the film and has not started to act in film. But the desire to get into a skin of the assistant to the great detective, is visible, was so is great, that after many years Zhigunov has conceived to remove a serial about Niro Woolf, became its producer and itself has invited to Archi Goodwin's role. Niro Woolf in a serial has played well-known Донатас Банионис.

 

S.Zhigunov: "This material very much differs from how the modern Russian detective looks on the screen. Here - a retro. It is a film less bloody and more civilised, intelligent. However, unfortunately, less dynamical, than groundless"стрелялка".

 

Comedy serials
Still in the late nineties Sergey Zhigunov has put the first comedy serial. He considers that experience successful. "There not all has turned out in respect of humour, but all was worthy - a sound, a picture, actors …" - Sergey Viktorovich tells.

 

In 2004 Zhigunov has returned to idea of creation Russian ситкома. This time a leading role - producer Shatalina he has played itself, and unknown person Anastas Zavorotnjuk has been invited to a role of the nurse of its children earlier to anybody.

 

Sergey Viktorovich admits, that, certainly, such producers as its character, in a life does not happen, but... "Max Shatalina's All charm that it anywhere, and the nurse the real-life character. Here she knows all about this life. In a joke film clever. It not" Клубничка "where have laughed and have forgotten. Here all is much deeper and more difficult". With it, certainly, it is possible to argue, but that the serial has won at once a huge spectator audience, having beaten all ratings, is the fact.

16.11.05