“I like the feeling of excitement before a take”: Vladislav Tiron - about the series “Couriers”, choice of profession and self-analysis

— In the new project you played a courier.

You yourself once worked part-time in a courier service.

Did this experience help you?

— When I started reading the script, I found a lot that was connected with my life.

At one time I also had difficulties with separation from my parents, so this is a bit of a personal story.

Then, when I found out that the hero would be a courier, I realized that it hit me even deeper and I could share my story.

I worked as a courier when I had a break between filming.

This experience helped me understand that couriers are not just people who drive around the city.

I began to look at it differently and realized that the courier is a person with his own world.

This made me reconsider my views on the service sector and people in general.

— Your hero is a guy from a wealthy family who got a job as a courier for his dream of becoming a director.

Do you and Gosha have any common traits, besides your choice of part-time work?

— I am as obsessed with my profession as Gosha is with the idea of ​​becoming a director.

While he is at the beginning of his journey, he has ideas about directing, but does not have the tools to bring his potential to life.

I was the same person a few years ago, so we have a lot in common.

I had the same conflicts with my mother about entering the acting university, there were conversations of a similar nature.

There are many parallels, only in my life all this has passed, and it turns out that when I play Gosha, I am talking about my past self.

Gosha is obsessed with cinema, and I really like cinema.

Gosha is a person who can grow into a good director in the future.

And I hope that I will grow into a good actor.

— And now how does your mother feel about the fact that you eventually became an actor?

“Now she accepts it, and no questions arise.

I did everything right, and she understands it too.

— Gosha refuses financial support from his family for the sake of his dream.

What are you willing to do for your dream?

“I’m also ready to lose a lot, if necessary, to give up comfort.”

For me, the profession of an actor is the ability to see everything as it is, and in order to see it that way, sometimes you need to give up some of your preferences and principles.

This is necessary to understand the hero and not look at him through your ego.

Therefore, I am ready to give up some blessings in life, from finances, from myself, from comfort, in order to move towards my dream - to be a good artist.

— Tell us about the filming: how long did it last?

Were there any unusual difficulties?

— We have already filmed everything, we started in mid-November.

The only difficulties are associated with filming scenes where we ride bicycles.

The weather changed frequently, it was slippery, sometimes physically unpleasant, and we sometimes fell off these bikes.

But there were no injuries.

In fact, it’s difficult with bicycles: they either work or don’t work due to the electric drive.

Sometimes they freeze or something.

In any case, everything went well, positive, fun, and we became friends with the guys.

We have the main four, who were together throughout the story and on set, we got along well and really became a team.

I am sure we will continue to communicate.

The filming left a pleasant impression.

— According to the plot, Gosha will find himself in various ridiculous and funny situations.

Were there any funny moments during filming?

— In one of the scenes I had to get out of the elevator.

To do this, you constantly had to go to another floor in order to then go higher and film the desired moment.

I remember once we drove around a huge 24-story building for about 40 minutes because we were taking the residents with us.

That is, we went to the fifth, but we should have been on the sixth, but in the end the elevator went to the first, and while we were going down, people were captured, then people came in at the bottom.

We still couldn’t get to our sixth floor. 

• Still from the TV series “Couriers”

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— Have there been any incidents in your experience as a courier?

— I worked in the center of Moscow from one restaurant, it was very civilized there.

I only remember that it was slippery, I fell and thought that I had turned over the orders, and I would receive some not very positive feedback - this happened to other guys.

But I was either lucky, or everything was really in order - such cases did not arise.

One day, when all the other couriers were sick, I had to work at two points at the same time.

I usually made one order per hour, but then I delivered about 20 orders in eight hours.

Physically it was very difficult.

I remember when I was riding the subway home, I felt depressed.

I looked at the tired people who were coming from work... The metro for me is a worm that transports people from the center to the outskirts.

I looked at all this, I felt a little uneasy, but I was impressed by the people who also worked a hard day at work.

— How plausibly do you think the series portrays the profession of a courier?

— Of course, there are artistic conventions, but the process of service and delivery is reflected 100%.

In our history, this is not a delivery service from different restaurants, but a closed point called “We bring you everything.”

Orders are collected in the warehouse and we distribute them.

There is food and household appliances there.

And it's quite plausible.

When I read the script, I thought that now there would be some kind of made-up story, untrue, but it turned out not, everything is very similar to real life.

— One of your last major works is the role of Erast Fandorin in the TV series “Fandorin.

Azazel."

The project received positive reviews upon release.

Are you satisfied with the result of the work done?

— The filming was very nervous - for me it was the first big role and, accordingly, a big responsibility.

I understood that they knew the character, they were familiar with him both cinematically and literary.

Before filming, I went to the gym to get in shape, we spent a lot of time analyzing the script and the literary source, looking for any discrepancies, explaining why there were differences.

In the series, all the action takes place in a different time, so it was important to tell about the hero in the context of this time period.

Time leaves its mark on the character, and he still becomes a teenager of the period in which he lives, where there are already gadgets and the speed of life has increased.

It was necessary to take the basis and add some nuances to it.

For me it was a new life: I moved to St. Petersburg for the duration of filming, for about three months, although I myself am from Moscow.

It was very interesting and time flew by quickly.

On the day of the premiere, I was very worried.

It was important for me to see what happened and how the viewer would react.

I'm very pleased with the result.

The only thing I would probably like is for St. Petersburg to be covered in more detail.

Otherwise I'm happy.

But, of course, there are nuances in acting, I am very self-critical, I always write down some things, work on mistakes.

— How different is the book character from your screen image?

— Book Fandorin is a very bright character, as if from a cartoon.

If we brought him to the screen the way he was in the original, it would look quite cartoonish.

“Azazel” is, in my opinion, a preface to the real Erast Fandorin, an already established hero that everyone knows about.

And there he is also very caricaturedly described.

This is good for literature, but in cinema it was important to bring the hero closer to a more documentary existence. 

It was also necessary to take into account the time in which the action takes place.

The viewer sees a person who has problems with his posture because he uses gadgets in his work.

Plus, he didn't do very well in the police academy, which is why he has such a burden on his shoulders.

It was very important to show this.

Our character is not confident in himself because he is just beginning to hear his inner voice, dictating to him what to do in investigations, because one of his main characteristics is intuition.

All these discrepancies with the original are justified.

Moreover, this is not a film adaptation, but a project based on the book.

— What was the most difficult thing in preparing for this role?

— The gym was the most difficult test.

I always dreamed of going to study for a role, but it turned out to be not so easy.

In addition to visiting the gym, it was necessary to control nutrition, schedule everything, eat on time and consume a certain amount of proteins, fats, carbohydrates during the day.

I prepared everything myself.

Therefore, I spent 50-60% of my time on physical training and food, and the remaining 40% on preparing for the role and resting. 

Even before this, I had rarely done emotional scenes where I needed to cry, and at first I was scared to do it.

But the series provided an opportunity to step over the barrier.

Now I'm not afraid anymore. 

• Still from the TV series “Couriers”

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— Did you enjoy being present in such an emotional outburst on the set?

- It was hard.

At that time I was very critical of what I did.

The director told me: “You need to stop evaluating yourself, your assessment always turns negative.

You need to listen to what I tell you.”

I was constantly in some kind of excited state, I can’t say that I really liked it.

This, of course, gives energy for work, but I think there is a healthier approach in which you are in balance and allow yourself to make mistakes.

- Let's discuss Trigger.

Your character Motya has grown and changed over the course of two seasons.

How will viewers see Matvey in the third?

— I really like how the hero was developed in the new season.

This will be a person who has noticeably matured, who is not fooled by provocations from Streletsky, but is busy with his own life.

He becomes a real man and listens to what he wants to do and takes responsibility.

At the same time, he performs some duties related to Streletsky’s family.

I won't reveal the details, but you will see a very responsible person.

— In the first season, Artyom obviously manipulated Matvey for his own benefit, and good-natured Motya with a “good boy” complex did everything he was asked to do.

In the second season, Matvey has already begun to defend his views.

Will Moti's relationship with Streletsky change in future episodes?

- I think that this will no longer happen.

Streletsky will look at him with different eyes.

— How do you like working with Maxim Matveev?

— I adore Maxim.

I was very lucky that I got to be on the same stage with him, because he is a huge professional and just a wonderful person.

I feel comfortable with him.

We communicate a little on set, because he is a rather private person, as it seems to me, and I am, but at the same time, in the frame we feel each other.

— In one of your interviews, you said that you analyze your roles with the help of psychotherapy and internal analysis.

How does this happen?

— I go to a psychologist, sometimes I ask questions regarding this or that role.

This usually happens before filming.

Afterwards, this is an analysis of my own life, which helps me a lot.

Before filming, when I know who I need to play, I take a session with a specialist to talk about this person, understand his archetype, his problems, what he struggles with, what motivates him. 

— Does your work help you in self-analysis? 

- Yes.

In fact, our work is a reflection of ourselves; we still draw everything from our own experience.

Therefore, I look for all my heroes in myself: they arise from my past, my problems.

When I read a script, I start comparing, for example, the actions of the character and what I would do or would do in the same situation.

And based on comparisons I begin to get to know myself. 

— What are you doing now?

Do you have any projects in the works?

— I'm on vacation now.

They finished filming “Couriers” on February 1, and on the 10th I left for Sochi.

I have projects ahead, there are no dates yet when filming will begin, but I think it’s closer to summer.

I have plans to go to boxing.

On the set of the series “Couriers” I met David Sokratyan, he is into boxing, and I’ve been wanting to watch “Rocky” for a long time.... I want to be in good physical shape.

I also do music, and now we are casting for a film project to act as composers.

Plus, my friend has his own musical project, he writes songs, and I will also be actively involved in it, coming up with something on the synthesizer.

The calendar is starting to get packed with things to do, it’s very inspiring.

— Last year you said that you were planning to release an album together with Anton Temnikov and Konstantin Gvozdkov.

Did the album finally come out?

And what is the name of your group?

— It came out, it’s a mini-album with alternative music.

Not many plays, but there are only five songs.

It's called Rom.Kot.

Kostya Gvozdkov, my friend and classmate, and I built this album together.

Everything was written on the computer: musical instruments, drums, and piano.

Then we remotely connected a real drummer, who recorded the score for us in Izhevsk, and we brought everything together.

— Your father is a rock musician.

Why did you decide to focus on your acting career rather than music?

— I am more inspired by the acting profession.

I like the feeling of excitement before a take, I like to act, and I’m good at it, I live for it.

This is the main thing in my life.

And music is like a hobby.

— In one of the interviews, you said that you left the profession for about a year to understand whether an acting career is really what you want.

Now you no longer have such doubts?

“I’m already sure, there’s no doubt.”