On January 31, 1964, the Honored Artist of Russia Alexei Nilov, a theater and film actor who brought his national love for his role as Captain Larin in the 1990s cult TV series Streets of Broken Lights, was born. Film director and screenwriter Dmitry Svetozarov spoke warm words about the artist on the birthday of the artist. In his meeting with FAN, shared impressions of their joint work.
“I met Lesha and the whole crew of the “police”, I don’t even remember when Kirill Kapitsa invited me to shoot Streets of Broken Lights in 1997. They greeted me differently. Alexander Lykov was wary of me, he began to study me as a director. An old habit of acting and his method. Everything else – Lyosha, Sergey Selin, Misha Trukhin – somehow immediately felt a like-minded person in me. It was insanely interesting to work with them,” said Svetozarov.
He added that fruitful and comfortable joint activity inspired him to active creative work – several chapters were written specifically for each character. Svetozarov noted that one of them, called “The Cure of Boredom,” was specifically dedicated to Nilov.
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