Leonardo DiCaprio
Have you ever associated the name of this popular actor with anyone? If you thought of Leonardo da Vinci, then that's right. One day, when DiCaprio's mother went to a museum while pregnant and looked at the works of the famous artist, baby Leo moved in her stomach. She considered this a sign that became the leading one when choosing the name of the future star.
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Five interesting and curious facts about people's artists of the USSR
Muslim Magomayev became the youngest People's Artist of the USSR
1. The awarding of “Narodny” did not always comply with the award regulations
At first, the title of People's Artist of the USSR was most often and most readily awarded to theater, opera and ballet workers. Despite the fact that on the stage and in cinema there were many personalities truly loved by all the people. At the same time, to emphasize the multinationality of Soviet art, the honorary title was often awarded to opera and ballet performers from the republics - despite the fact that many of them were little known.
2. Some artists were only appreciated on their 90th anniversary
The youngest holders of the title of People's Artist of the USSR were 24-year-old opera singers Kulyash Baiseitova and Halima Nasyrova. The latter, by the way, held the rank of People's People for the longest time - 66 years. Of the men, the youngest People's Artist of the USSR at 31 years old was singer Muslim Magomayev. At a very old age, the composer Stanislav Lyudkevich received the honorary title - at the time of conferring the title he was 90 years old. Although the merits of artists of such advanced age could have been appreciated much earlier.
3. Titles were awarded in stages
As you know, honorary titles are awarded in stages: first, “Honored Artist of the RSFSR,” then “People’s Artist of the RSFSR,” and only then — “People’s Artist of the USSR.” A curious incident happened with the famous Yakut singer Kola Beldy. He did not have any titles, and once it was hinted to Brezhnev that he should already give the singer “deserved.” To which he replied: “You still have to earn what you deserve, let it be like the people.” So Kola Beldy “slipped through” the “honored” one and immediately became “the people’s”.
Cola Beldy
4. The hierarchy of ranks could be broken at the will of the leaders
There was also a case of a deliberate “jump” in ranks. Stalin, who, as you know, watched all the films made at all Soviet film studios, saw Sergei Bondarchuk in the role of Taras Shevchenko... and the very next day he signed a decree awarding Bondarchuk the title of People's Artist of the USSR! So quickly and without delays, which were quite common in this case. But that’s not all: the main “miracle” was that Sergei Bondarchuk at that time was an Honored Artist - and from this title he jumped straight to the “people of the USSR”!
Sergei Bondarchuk as Taras Shevchenko
5. The award system was slow and with errors.
Thus, truly world-famous personalities did not receive the title of People's Artist of the USSR: film director Sergei Eisenstein, composer Sergei Prokofiev, actors Andrei Mironov, Leonid Bykov and Leonid Kuravlev, singer Valentina Tolkunova. Vladimir Vysotsky and Yuri Vizbor - authors and performers of their own songs - had no chance of getting Narodny at all. And because of the delays that often accompanied the award procedure, some artists did not live to receive the long-awaited title... At the same time, awards became widespread: in one year, 44 artists became national honorees! In total, over 55 years, 1,006 people have been awarded this highest title.
Vladimir Vysotsky never became People's Artist of the USSR
Interesting facts about actors
It would seem that we know everything about stars, but this is not so. We often come across many interesting facts from the life of movie stars, why don’t we throw in a couple of what we already know, and then gradually add to our database of interesting things? Write and comment!
For his performance as Sonny in The Godfather, actor James Caan was twice awarded the New York Italian of the Year Award. Moreover, Kaan has nothing to do with Italy, but was born in the USA into a family of Jewish emigrants.
Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to personally dub his role as the Terminator in German. However, the distributors considered his Austrian accent too soft and inappropriate for the severity of the character, inviting another actor to voice the role.
Actor Nicolas Cage was born Nicholas Coppola, the nephew of the famous director Francis Ford Coppola. At the very beginning of his career, he took a pseudonym to distance himself from his uncle and avoid talk that he got roles thanks to protectionism, not talent. Of the more than 70 films in Cage's filmography, only three were directed by Coppola.
Leonardo DiCaprio was named after Leonardo da Vinci. The choice of name was determined by the fact that the parents of the future actor went on a honeymoon to Italy and were looking at the painting of the great Italian in the Uffizi Gallery when the mother felt the first tremors.
When Bruce Willis became a high school student, he developed a stutter. Once in a theater group, he discovered that while acting on stage he stopped stuttering, which spurred Bruce to increased activity in this direction.
Leonid Bronevoy as Muller in “Seventeen Moments of Spring” was remembered, among other things, for his nervous twitching of his head in tense moments. This gesticulation arose because Bronevoy was sewn a uniform smaller than the required size, the collar of which cut into his neck. Seeing such a gesture, the director of the film, Tatyana Lioznova, suggested leaving it, deciding that it would add color to the figure of Müller.
Elizabeth Taylor was famous for her quality of being constantly late. Knowing this, she wished to show her nature even after death. Her funeral began 15 minutes later than the announced time, and the ceremony agent read out the announcement: “She wanted to be late even for her own funeral.”
Before filming the film “Troy,” the actor who plays Achilles, Brad Pitt, trained his sword skills for six months. As a result, he injured his Achilles tendon, which forced filming to be postponed for several weeks.
During the filming of the first part of Die Hard, Bruce Willis had to shoot the villain from under the table. He fired, naturally, with blanks, but from a fairly closed space. Nobody thought about earplugs for the actor. As a result, Bruce lost 2/3 of his hearing due to loud gunshots.
In 2005, George Clooney suffered a serious back injury while filming Syriana while attempting to perform a stunt himself. In the scene where he falls out of his chair, the actor fell backwards and hit himself so hard that cerebrospinal fluid came out of his nose. The pain during treatment was so severe that Clooney had suicidal thoughts.
While rehearsing a fight scene in the movie Rocky IV, Sylvester Stallone invited Dolph Lundgren, who played the role of Soviet boxer Ivan Drago, to spar “seriously”, like real boxers. The sparring lasted 15 seconds. Stallone suffered swelling of the pericardial sac and had to be flown to intensive care. An interesting fact is that his insurance company refused to believe that this happened on the set, claiming that the nature of the damage was more similar to an injury from a head-on collision with a truck, when the driver's chest is crushed by the steering wheel.
To this Stallone said: “Have you seen Dolph Lundgren?” He is the truck, he is the steering wheel, he is the head-on collision. Soon the actor was paid an insurance compensation.
Now You See Me almost killed actress Isla Fisher. The safety chain that was attached to her arm suddenly got stuck on the suit, and Ayla spent almost 3 minutes underwater. Something was wrong was noticed by one of the stuntmen, who saved her. “I was literally drowning,” Fisher said later. “The crew thought I was playing my role wonderfully, and no one realized that I was fighting for my life.”
“Alien” Tilda Swinton, who gained fame as one of the most atypical actresses of our time, grew up in a family of Scottish lords and received an excellent British education. What made her become an actress and not marry some count and play golf on her own estate? That's right - a thirst for freedom. After school, Tilda went to Africa as a volunteer, and then free winds carried her to Hollywood...
In the family of actress Charlize Theron, it was easier to become a drug addict or alcoholic than to become a Hollywood star... Charlize's mother shot her father in front of a 15-year-old girl! Theron spent part of her childhood in a boarding school, where she dreamed of becoming a ballerina. At 20, she managed to become a model after moving from South Africa, where Charlize was born and raised, to Los Angeles.
Natalie Portman is one of the emigrants who were lucky enough to get to Dreamland at a young age. Her parents moved from Israel to America when the girl was three years old. She still has dual citizenship, as the actress admits that she considers Jerusalem her homeland.
Mel was forced to come to the audition by his sister, although Gibson was generally disgusted by the idea of acting in a movie, and the day before he got into a fight again and had another flashlight under his eye. It turned out that the producer needed a guy who would look attractive even with a broken face.
At the beginning of his acting career, Jack Nicholson earned money by answering letters from fans of the animated series “Tom and Jerry.”
One day, after a performance, Ranevskaya sat in her dressing room completely naked and smoked a cigar. At that moment, the door swung open and one of the amazed theater workers froze on the threshold. The actress was not embarrassed and said in her famous basque: 'My dear, isn't it shocking to you that I smoke?'
Chuck Norris is a seven-time world champion among professional karate.
Tom Cruise, like his mother, suffered from dyslexia (a rare disease that involves difficulty understanding letters and texts).
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's $5.5 million fee for The Scorpion King was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest fee for a first leading role.
In 1999, Kevin Spacey was recognized as the best actor of the decade according to England's Empire magazine.
Vin Diesel's real name is Mark Sinclair Vincent.
Sylvester Stallone has Ukrainian-Jewish roots, his grandmother is from Odessa.
At the age of 14, Mark Wahlberg was expelled from school and began making money by petty theft on the streets, as well as selling drugs. Two years later, Mark went to jail for brutally beating a Vietnamese man.
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