"Testing by fame is the hardest": Tikhon Zhiznevsky on self-criticism, guidelines in the profession and "Major Thunder"

- Congratulations on the premiere of Major Thunder.

How do you like the movie?

- Two hours just fell on me, where I exist in every frame.

I don’t know how to relate to this - I’m not used to evaluating myself in such a big job.

When I am not enough, I am behind someone's back, there - yes.

And here ... I don't even know how to build an internal assessment system yet.

But I really liked the movie itself.

- I know you are critical of yourself onscreen.

How objective do you think your criticism is?

Maybe this is a subjective emotional reaction?

- No, I just sometimes see errors.

I understand that it could have been better.

This is self-criticism from this, and not simply because: "Fu, what a disgusting guy."

I walk up to the mirror quite calmly, and, for the most part, I like what I see there.

But in the movies it is sometimes different.

- Does it happen in the theater?

- In the theater you do not look at yourself, there you determine only by the audience, by their feedback.

- What do more experienced colleagues advise?

How to overcome this state, how to relate to it?

- It does not seem to me that this is something that should be overcome and from which it is necessary to get rid of.

I think this is a normal internal censor.

I also see positive aspects, I understand that some new skills and techniques have been mastered.

I looked: well done, it’s good here, I’ve crossed over, there’s something new here.

Somewhere there are pluses.

- There are a lot of fight scenes in the film.

Did you have to resort to the help of stunt doubles, or did you do everything yourself?

- I came running, of course.

At first, not so much, because I was alive and well, I tried to do everything myself as much as possible.

And then, when the injuries began, I had to seek help.

There are even moments in which a person just runs after me.

I myself could not, because I practically did not go.

- What's wrong?

- Tore a muscle, then tore it off.

A hematoma appeared, I had to change the filming schedule, rebuild everything, redo everything.

The guys arranged it very quickly, for which many thanks to them.

But I fight in the film myself.

- And the fire?

He is real in almost all scenes ...

- Real, but somewhere a little added.

- Did you manage to avoid burns?

- Yes.

The stunt director Sasha Statsenko, one of the best specialists in this field, worked with us.

And the site has a very high level of security.

The guys made sure that, God forbid, nothing happened to me.

And then I managed to damage myself somewhere, dislocate, break, tear!

There were also a couple of hot moments with fire.

Where it is shown how I close myself with a shield, there is real fire.

They shot some kind of special flammable chemical.

It is colder than usual, but still the heat is very high from it, and you can barely feel the fire.

But that something happened to me from the fire - this, of course, did not happen.

• A scene from the movie "Major Thunder: The Plague Doctor"

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- How much time did you have to spend in the gym to get in the right physical shape?

- Probably, in a month, in parallel with the filming of "Fire", I was already slowly starting to study.

I devoted as much time as I could to this.

There were several trainers and split meals.

And then I did it during the filming.

They also tried to stage the scenes in which I was half-naked, so that I still had time to get in shape.

There wasn’t a lot of time - otherwise, perhaps, we would have worked harder.

Nevertheless, what is is also good.

- Have you returned to your usual lifestyle or do you support that regime?

- Now I do not have the opportunity to study, because I work a lot on one project.

Soon I'll start again, for another.

It’s not that I’m falling apart - I’m in normal shape, but not that one anymore.

- Do you think the superhero theme is, in principle, close to the Russian audience, or is it, after all, purely American?

- I think the film "Fire" was a success.

It tells about ordinary guys, firefighters.

They are also somewhat superheroes.

Like ordinary investigators, police officers, operatives.

This superhero (Major Thunder. -

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) has no superpowers.

The only thing is that he is not corrupt and can live off the investigator's monthly salary.

This is his superpower.

Or eat five shawarms at a time.

And so, he really doesn't have any unreal pieces.

- It turns out that Russian viewers are trying to see heroes in those around them. 

- Yes, this is such a feature of our Russian perception - to see superheroes in ordinary people and in their actions.

- As a child, did you want to be one of them - a firefighter, a rescuer?

- No, as a child I wanted to become a veterinarian or a hockey player.

Such were my dreams.

I wanted to save the animals.

Because they are better than people, it seems to me, somehow more harmless, or something.

I wanted to help them.

But it’s not too late.

Maybe now everyone will say: "We didn't like Tikhon, we don't like his work."

We'll have to go to the vet to study.

What is there to do?

It's hard, but you will need to learn a new profession.

- Your heroes in "Fire" and in "Swamps" are open, merry, ready to take everything from life.

And both, by the way, are called Maxims.

Of course, they are completely different and ended up life differently.

But Major Thunder is generally their complete opposite.

Whom was it more interesting for you to play?

- Each character has its own peculiarities, which are close to me as a person, which are interesting to play.

At the same time, the role has places and moments that the artist does not have.

Or they are present in some rudiments and personal depths.

It's great that there is an opportunity to portray such a person - a very serious, implacable fighter, an investigator.

And somewhere better than a funny one, like in "Swamps", some vulgar.

Each has its own pros and cons.

- Which of these three characters is closer to you in reality?

“Major Thunder is the least like me.

In general, probably, I am not Major Thunder in my life.

I would like to think that Maxim from "Fire" is closer.

I, too, know everything about myself perfectly - that I am not quite light and harmless.

Anything can happen.

And this Maxim from "Marshes" also has something close to me.

• Frame from the TV series "Topi"

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- How to remain a light, lively and spontaneous person in a good way?

I'm not saying openly - it seems to me that you are not like that.

But lightness, liveliness and spontaneity are present in you.

How do you manage to maintain this?

- Lightness, spontaneity ... I don't know, now there is a lot to do, I have become heavy, overweight.

- Third interview in a row.

- No, that's not the point.

I often go to nature somewhere alone, I am in the forest.

I already feel that a long fatigue has accumulated, several months of hard work.

Here, I’ll go, I’ll rest, I’ll sit alone somewhere in the forest, in a tent.

I will look at the sea, at the sunset, at the sun and think if I am doing everything right in my life.

I will return to the origins, to some kind of childlike spontaneity.

True, this is how I live.

Then maybe she'll come back again.

And now I'm already a little loaded.

- Probably, this happens by the end of any project.

Is there anything that can really make you sad or angry?

What can't you put up with?

- I really do not like rudeness, I do not like unprofessionalism.

His own too, he can make me very angry sometimes.

And, of course, something related to loved ones can be very upsetting.

And so - rudeness, dishonesty.

- And how do you besiege people in such cases?

- It seems to me that something of Major Grom opens up in me at such moments.

I very clearly and clearly, absolutely calmly, convincingly begin to speak ... if I understand that he will not arrive.

Somewhere we have to go aside - it is impossible for us, the actors, to be beaten.

Faces must be protected!

But you can say something to a person intelligibly, easily, on the hind leg, and he will be upset.

This is from Major Thunder, I guess.

- Do you have any guidelines in the profession?

From whom do you learn and borrow something?

- There are many films and actors, from each of which you can take something.

In our circles, this is called "creative peeping".

Somewhere intonations are taken, somewhere else something.

But in general, if you look globally, my favorite artist is Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky.

His life brought us and his grandson together, we are friends.

And Soviet artists, a galaxy - Evstigneev, Smoktunovsky.

You can also take something from modern people.

But for me to be equal - so, probably not.

Sometimes I ask myself: "What would Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky say in this situation?"

And I start to fantasize ... Also Tikhonov, Cherkasov are amazing.

- After the premiere, fame will surely fall on you.

Are you ready for this?

- Nobody's ready.

- Someone wants it.

- This is another matter.

In order not to dissemble - it seems to me that latently everyone wants this one way or another.

But when they collide, not everyone can cope, not everyone is ready.

Not everyone understands that they really want it. 

The fanfare test, the glory test is the hardest.

We'll see.

I hope I can keep my individuality and spontaneity.

I would very much like to.

But anything is possible.