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Alexey Guskov
The demand for Alexei Guskov in modern cinema can only be envied. There is a feeling that the older the people’s artist becomes, the more interest he arouses among filmmakers. Alexey Gennadievich was looking for inspiration on the stage of several well-known theaters. He became interested in producing, succeeding in this occupation. I started writing scripts. In a word, it is in bloom. On May 20, Guskov celebrates his 65th birthday.
“Although time has passed, but I cried so much”
He had to grow up early. At the age of seven, Alexey remained for his mother the only hope and support. Guskov Sr. was a military pilot. It is no coincidence that the future movie star was born in the city of Brzeg. The head of the family at that time served in Poland.
The Guskovs had already moved to Kyiv when something terrible happened. Alexei’s father died – he crashed in a helicopter due to an absurd accident. Chips got into the fuel tank.
“If they had gone to the tail, they could have survived. But they pull the car. They, the pilots, all do not leave the cockpit, ”the artist now says with bitterness and pride at the same time.
Grief really hit him a little later. Already as a teenager, Alexei came across a preserved telegram, which reported on the tragedy. Guskov does not hide: “Although time has passed, I cried so much.”
He tried his best not to upset his mother. Since she wanted her son to get a stable profession, after school Guskov entered the Moscow Technical University. Bauman. Alyosha showed an enviable ability in mathematics as a child.
He tried hard to be honest. I studied at the university for almost five years. Constantly took part in amateur performances since school days.
And then the future artist saw the magnificent Alexei Petrenko on stage. Here, nothing could turn Guskov away from an impulsive act. Alexey said goodbye to the university and ended up at the Moscow Art Theater School.
“Now taxi drivers recognize me everywhere”
Aleksey Gennadievich changed several theatrical scenes. In his track record theaters on Bronnaya, them. Gogol, them. Pushkin. For the last ten years, Guskov has been associated with the Theater. Vakhtangov.
In the cinema, Alexei began acting shortly after graduating from the acting department and became more and more recognizable. The audience especially remembered the work in the “Classics” in the late 1990s and in the film “Border. Taiga novel” in the early 2000s.
Today, the artist’s filmography includes more than 100 roles. Including foreign filmmakers. So Guskov played John Paul II in the film “Holy Man”.
The picture was watched by many Catholics in different countries. “Now taxi drivers recognize me everywhere as the “Russian Pope” and ask me to take a selfie,” the artist smiles.
He started producing in the 1990s. For the film “Border. Taiga novel “had a hand in this capacity as well. In 2018, he worked on the film “The Eternal Life of Alexander Khristoforov” simultaneously as a leading actor, producer and screenwriter.
“I will not just fight, I will tear you apart!”
Alexei’s first marriage was student and did not last long. Despite the fact that Tatyana’s wife gave the future screen star a daughter, Natalya. “At that moment, my pride was raging. Constant quarrels over every little thing, ”recalls the artist. With his daughter, who is already 40, he has the warmest relationship.
For more than 30 years, Guskov has been married to a second marriage – to a colleague, Lydia Velezheva. The couple raised two sons. The elder Vladimir followed in the footsteps of his parents, was admitted to the Moscow Theater. Mayakovsky. He gave the acting couple a granddaughter Stephanie. The younger Dmitry studied at VGIK at the Faculty of Production and Economics.
Velezheva claims that she was never seriously jealous of her husband. For the family, for loved ones, the artist was always ready, if not for everything, then for a lot.
“1990s. There were no filming. But Lyosha was not afraid of any work. He taxied, not at all embarrassed that he was an artist. And someone lay on the couch and waited for the role of Hamlet to “come” to him. Somehow we were attacked at night. And Lesha said: “I will not just fight, I will tear you apart!” And the bandits got scared. God forbid, someone offends me, Lesha will rush like a tiger, ”says Lydia Leonidovna.
Despite the fact that the children have already grown up, Guskov is still all at work. In favorite, on a speciality. In 2023, a total of seven new films with the participation of the actor should be released.
Photo source: Ekaterina Tsvetkova/Global Look Press, still from the film, Boris Kudryavov, Larisa Kudryavtseva
