Actress Lyudmila Chursina spoke with Boris Korchevnikov and recalled how, during the Soviet era, she frequently received proposals to work in Hollywood. The interest from foreign directors grew after the 1968 release of the film Crane, and Chursina remembered that Philip Yermash, who headed the State Committee of the USSR Council of Ministers on cinematography, forbade her from taking part in American productions.
Chursina does not regret declining a Hollywood opportunity. At that period, she was deeply engaged with numerous ventures in Russia and felt committed to her homeland’s industry.
Years later, during a visit by an American delegation to Hollywood, a chance encounter brought a memory into focus. An elderly man sitting beside her asked why she did not pursue that path, suggesting she might have faced a different fate. She replied that she was content with the life she had and did not desire any alternate future.
Chursina began her stage career in 1963 at the EB Vakhtangov State Academic Theater, marking the start of her long association with Russian theater. By 1965 she had joined Lenfilm, one of the country’s leading film studios, and her rising stature culminated in 1981 with the prestigious title of People’s Artist of the USSR.
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