One of the most iconic American film artists of the 90s of the last century, Patrick Swayze, has starred in more than forty films in his thirty-odd years of his career. Most famous for his roles in the films "Dirty Dancing", "Bringing" and "Wave Crest".
Dances, music, sports - to succeed in all these elements, both talent and tremendous work are needed. Perhaps, few people managed to achieve success by combining all three of these elements at once. But Patrick Swayze succeeded.
Since childhood, the artist was the first in everything - that was how his mother brought up - a choreographer and a business woman. Thanks to her, he also from childhood understood one truth: any failure can be turned into luck, if you put your brains and perseverance. When the beginning artist of the Broadway musical "Briolin" Patrick Swayze crashed the entire creative career of a ballet dancer - due to an old sports injury on his kneecap - the world became known to film actor Patrick Swayze. And it was in this form that he conquered millions of spectators: with his remarkable dramatic talent and all the skills that he managed to master from childhood - from professional ballet to black belt in kung fu.
Gentle cowboy
The first low-budget films "Outcasts" and "North and South" did not bring him wild popularity, but brought fame. What is also important is fame in professional circles as a gifted and diverse young artist.
Therefore, the decision of the producers of the film "Dirty Dancing" (1987) was logical to give the role to a young, but already well-established artist, who also was a graduate of two famous American ballet schools.
After the release of this film, which has now become so cult that even in the recent comedy thriller “Red-2, ” the heroine Helen Mirren advises the hero, performed by Bruce Willis, to watch “Dirty Dancing to Reposition the Beloved Girl Again, ” Patrick’s Career soared up.
Romantic, strong, beautiful, and, most importantly, not slobbery, but a hard worker - this is the hero of the film performed by Patrick Swayze. No wonder his film partner Jennifer Gray called him "a cowboy with a tender heart."
Therefore, it was after this film that classical ballroom dancing became a masculine affair too. Thanks to the absolute masculinity of Patrick Swayze, both in the frame and in life, there was a change in audience perception and a negative attitude to this type of art on the part of the male population of our planet changed its vector from minus to plus.
After "Dirty Dancing" there were several more roles that cemented the artist's reputation as a strong dramatic actor and sex symbol. These roles are: Nomad in Steel Dawn, Warsow in Worsou, nicknamed Tiger, James Dalton in Roadside Institution - by the way, for filming in this film, the artist came in handy with his black kung fu belt.
In 1990, a movie was released on the screens of the world, which became the apotheosis of all romantic melodramas - “The Ghost” with Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg in the lead roles. The role of a man in love, overcoming death to save his beloved, could become for any other artist both iconic and killing, but not for Patrick, who built his career in an ascending fashion.
Artist of infinite talent
Immediately after the Ghost, the next film was released, where the actor starred in exactly the opposite role - in the role of a reckless, fanatical surfer and bank robber - On the Wave Crest (1991). The hero performed by Patrick Swayze is an adrenaline ringer. The thrill of sports and relationships is the goal of his life. Life, which is needed only in order to catch your own - is the only one wave.
After this film, the artist’s career was stable, but, unfortunately, quite smooth, although he often played diametrically opposed characters. But the same luck that happened at the beginning of a career, alas, did not happen anymore. Patrick created about 25 more roles, but none of them overshadowed Johnny Castle, the hero of Dirty Dancing, Sam Whit from Ghost, and Body from Wave Crest.
Here is a sample list of films starring Patrick Suezi from 1992 to 2008: Pleasure City (1992), Desperate Dad (1993), Three Wishes (1995), Fiction (1995), Wong Fu, thanks for everything! " (1995), Black Dog (1998), Letters of a Killer (1998), Travel Companions (2000), Green Dragon (2001), Last Dance (2003), Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights "(2004), " Ring of the Dragon "(2004), " Mines of King Solomon "(2004), " Million for Christmas "(2007), " Leap "(2008), " Oxide "(2009), " The Beast "(2009)
The artist died in September 2009 from pancreatic cancer.
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