Alexander Veledinsky, director of the movie “The Geographer Drank His Globe”, expressed his sadness at the death of actor Sergei Pepelyaev, who starred in the movie. He initially told socialbites.ca that the artist should not have taken part in the filming. After watching the screen tests again, Veledinsky decided to replace one of the actors with Pepelyaev.
“Of course, I was shocked by this news. Seryozha is very young, he acted with us at the age of 20-21. I have not seen him since. However, such a situation was connected with him. When we were shooting with Khabensky’s hero and choosing people who would go for a walk, initially he was not there. We took a five-month break between winter and spring filming. I thought, studied samples, studied material that had already been filmed. I think he is a good guy. I replaced the other guy with Seryozha, and in general he was very good. At that time he was not yet a professional actor, he was a student. He shot the film “I’m very sorry for what happened to him. I don’t know the reason. They say he’s sick with something,” said the director.
Sergei Pepelyaev played a schoolboy named Demenev in the movie “The Geographer Drank His Globe”. This was the artist’s only film role.
pepelyaev dead On Monday, December 18, he is 32 years old. This was reported by the eponymous Drama Theater “Wheel” in social networks. GB Drozdov, where the artist served. The cause of Pepelyaev’s death was a sudden illness.
It was previously known that the dancer Dmitry Krasilov. could die due to heart problems.