He told the Zvezda TV channel about this.
“We have known her for 40 years, and I came to Moscow for an internship and immediately got into the play “Optimistic Tragedy”, where she played the main role.
Then, when I released a chamber performance at Lenkom, Inna Mikhailovna looked, said that I was talented, that it was from heart to heart, it was real, and so my fate was decided, ”he said.
According to him, after that Churikova invited him to continue working at Lenkom.
Gilyazev called the death of Churikova a loss for the entire world of art.
Earlier, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova spoke about severe pain in connection with the death of Inna Churikova.
According to the Izvestia newspaper, Lyubimova attended the farewell ceremony for Churikova at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.