Theater and film actor, theater director, screenwriter, TV presenter, People’s Artist of the RSFSR Alexander Shirvindt in an interview with FAN reacted theater director, producer Eduard Boyakov’s criticism of Eldar Ryazanov’s famous painting “The Irony of Destiny”. Earlier, Boyakov in an interview called the Soviet comedy “sick”.
“I have no intention of arguing with Boyakov. He is not for me,” Shirvindt said.
Before that, Polish actress Barbara Brylska, who played Nadya in The Irony of Fate, supported her colleague Leah Akhedzhakova, whose performances at Sovremennik were canceled because she opposed the special military operation in Ukraine. Brylska described Russian officials as “communists” and “damned people”. After that, in the State Duma suggested Replace her with another actress in a comedy using “deepfake” technology.