According to prevailing ideas, it is difficult for a person with an ordinary appearance to break into the acting workshop. However, reality refutes such maxims. The creative path of Eugene Zelensky can serve as confirmation of this.
Starting conditions
The actor of the Russian theater and cinema Evgeny Vladimirovich Zelensky was born on May 29, 1978 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in Moscow. Worked to raise and raise a child. The boy went to kindergarten, and then to school. All his free time spent on the street. Being physically developed, enrolled in the sambo wrestling section. At school, his favorite subjects were geography and English. Zhenya dreamed of visiting Australia and seeing living kangaroos.
As a teenager, Zelensky learned to strum on a guitar. In subsequent years he became interested in playing this instrument and very well mastered the technique of “attacking strings”. In high school, Eugene began to attend the theater studio, which operated in the nearest palace of culture. Lyceum classes he liked. The teenager sang, danced and performed roles in amateur performances. Having received a certificate of maturity, Eugene pondered for some time on where to get an acting education.
On stage and in the movies
A promising actor, with a textured appearance, was invited to study at the Rodars Film Studio Theater. This creative association operated at the Gorky Film Studio. It is interesting to note that Zelensky, after a short period of time, was invited to star in the crime drama Pyatnitsky-3. The director explained his decision simply - the actor has a gangster appearance. He doesn’t even need to make up before going to the set, enough light bristles on his cheeks and steel fixation with a wry smile.
Spectators and critics note that Zelensky is regularly invited to projects where he needs to portray a representative of the criminal environment. The actor himself is not particularly worried about this. The main thing is that the fees correspond to the expended forces and nerves. The list of paintings shot on "gangster plots" includes "Cop in the Law", "Love Network", "Police Officer's Wife". Of course, the actor’s creativity is not limited to these works.
