Children's movie fairy tales gave us heroes that all girls dreamed of. Aladdin, Gray from Scarlet Sails, the prince from Three Nuts for Cinderella. Who have these fairy princes become today?
For modern children, boy band performers and popular YouTubers are becoming idols. Today, the choice of the object of adoration is practically unlimited, and mothers often do not even know whose photo is on the screensaver of their daughter on the phone. Before, everything was a little different: girls fell in love with popular movie actors en masse. We still remember many of them with trepidation and tenderness. We decided to recall the most beautiful boys and young men from old films, about which millions of girls and girls dreamed. Has beauty and glory brought them happiness? How was their life and what have they become now?
Boris Bystrov - Aladdin ("Aladdin's Magic Lamp")
Boris Bystrov and the role of Aladdin / photo kulturologia.ru
The first role of the handsome Boris Bystrov in the cinema was the main role in the fairy tale film "The Magic Lamp of Aladdin". At that time, the young man was a little over 20 years old, and he was not at all ready for the glory that had fallen on him. Boris recalls that he was very shy about his popularity with the opposite sex. After the role of Aladdin, he starred in several more famous films (“Blow! Another blow! "," The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase "," TASS is Authorized to Declare... "). However, I decided to quit filming. Today, the former successful actor has become an equally successful master of dubbing: he voices cartoons and foreign films. The voice of Boris Bystrov is spoken by all the male characters in The Simpsons, Jim Walsh from Beverly Hills, the Emperor in Star Wars, and many others.
Vasily Lanovoy - Arthur Gray ("Scarlet Sails")
Vasily Lanovoy as Arthur Gray / photo adme.ru
People's Artist Vasily Lanovoy was already a rather experienced theater actor when he was offered to play the role of Arthur Gray in the movie "Scarlet Sails". At that time, he was 27 years old, and he did not fit the age of a young romantic hero. However, the type was so suitable for the director that Lanovoy was approved for the role without a doubt. This film became the starting point in the film career of a theatrical actor: after the role of Gray, they began to offer him participation in many box-office films. Vasily Lanovoy starred in the epic War and Peace, the TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring, the films Anna and the Commander and Days of the Turbins. He combined filming with performances at the Vakhtangov Theater, where he worked until his last breath. He last appeared on stage on December 24 last year, and in January he died of coronavirus pneumonia.
Pavel Travnichek - prince ("Three nuts for Cinderella")
Pavel Travnichek in the role of the prince / photo adme.ru
A young Czech guy became a real star after the movie "Three nuts for Cinderella" His beautiful romantic appearance so well "fit" in the image of a prince on a white horse that after this tape he played princes and princes still three times. In the film "The Third Prince" Pavel Travnichk got a double role: he played the main character, who had a twin brother. All these roles became defining for the young film actor: he went to drama school and then became a theater artist. Due to the great popularity among women, Pavel's personal life did not develop immediately: he was married four times, and only at the age of 67 he finally met true love. Now the actor lives in the Czech Republic, continues to perform on stage and willingly communicates with journalists.
Vyacheslav Voskresensky - Finist (Finist - Clear Falcon)
Vyacheslav Voskresensky in the role of Finist / photo kulturologia.ru
Vyacheslav Voskresensky was born into the family of a policeman, but from childhood he showed creative talents. After school, against the wishes of his father, he entered the theater school, and became a rather popular actor. He traveled around Russia, played in theaters in Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Tambov, Ryazan. And at the age of 27, he unexpectedly came to the acting screen test. Vyacheslav was approved for the main role in the fairy tale "Finist - the Clear Falcon", and after the release of the film, unprecedented popularity fell on him: girls and girls from different parts of the country wrote to Finist. Paradoxically, at about the same time he was fired from the theater for incompetence. When the film won the main prize at a film festival in Spain, the director wanted to bring the actor back, but Vyacheslav refused. He tried to work at a film studio, but did not get along with his superiors, after that he tried to open his own theater studio for children, but the business did not go either. Today Vyacheslav Voskresensky teaches acting in one of the centers of creative development.
Andrey Podoshyan - Prince ("The Princess and the Pea")
Andrey Podoshyan in the role of the prince / photo adme.ru
The handsome, sophisticated and romantic prince from the movie "The Princess and the Pea" became the debut role for Andrei Podoshyan, and determined his acting future. After filming the film, the young man entered the theater institute at the faculty of "Theater and Cinema Actor" without any problems. In parallel, he continued to act in films: today the actor's filmography includes more than 30 films. But they did not bring more popularity than the role of a prince to Podoshyan. But after 40 years, he discovered a talent for photography. In 2001, the actor entered the painting section, graduated from it and became a sought-after photo artist. Now in his portfolio there are hundreds of shootings for popular actors and models. In addition, Podoshyan works as a designer: he creates posters for theater and cinema, covers for music CDs and exclusive calendars.
Nick Pickard - Prince of Mio ("Mio, My Mio")
Nick Pickard as Prince Mio / photo film.ru, youtube.com
The youngest actor in our selection, Nick Pickard, will be remembered by our viewer as the young Prince Mio from the fantasy film-fairy tale "Mio, My Mio". This tape was filmed by the USSR together with Sweden and Norway based on the fairy tales of Astrid Lindgren. The role of Mio helped Nick at the age of 11 to understand who he wants to become in the future. The boy entered the London Theater College, and after graduation he worked in several theaters. From 1995 to the present day Nick Pickard has played the main role in the British television series Hollyox: he is the only actor who has been involved in the filming from the very beginning. With the money raised from filming, Nick opened his own restaurant, and now considers himself independent of the success of his further film career.
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