Natalia Medvedeva: "I want to play in a drama"

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

One of the most popular comedy actresses, ex-member of Comedy Woman, Natalia Medvedeva, spoke about how a sense of humor helps in family life, whether there is female friendship and how to prepare a dietary Olivier.

Natalia, many comedians in life are very serious people. Do you go through life with a smile on your face?

- I have heard the phrase many times that all clowns in life are sad. Indeed, I observe this and noticed it in myself. Probably, this is an attempt to find a balance in yourself. I perform, receive applause, smiles. And when I come home, I want to wash the floor, put things in order, wipe the dust, ground myself a little, find a balance … If on stage and in the company you need to be cheerful, funny, positive, then when you come home you want to feel sad. I propose to all comedians to fight this. Better to be fun at home too. It is better not to balance this balance!

Blitz survey "Cleo":

- Are you friends with the Internet?

- Yes. And I post my photos on Instagram!

- What is an unacceptable luxury for you?

- Sadness.

- Where did you spend your last vacation?

- In Italy.

- Did you have a nickname as a child?

- No.

- How do you relieve stress?

- I do not go into a state of stress so as not to relieve it.

- What turns you on?

- My husband and work.

- Which animal do you associate yourself with?

- With a funny squirrel.

- Do you have a talisman?

- No.

- What melody is on your mobile?

- "Secret". We need to put Shnurov!

- What is your psychological age?

- From 0 to 100 years old.

- What is your favorite aphorism?

- Smile! (IOWA)

How to always maintain a positive attitude?

- It seems to me that it all depends on the temperament and unwillingness to waste time on the blues.

In life, are you as eccentric and emotional as on the screen?

- Yes, I'm crazy, but tolerant, easy and kind. (Laughs.) Singing songs, entertaining someone a little, dancing on the street - that's it! But I will not jump on the hoods of expensive cars and decorate shop windows with graffiti. In my environment, by the way, there are many people who are much more reckless than me!

You and your husband are both comedians (the actress's husband is a former kaveenschik, actor and screenwriter Alexander Koptel - ed.). How does this affect family life?

- We both have a very developed sense of humor, so we laugh a lot. We use humor more often in quarrels to make it easier to get out of them. We begin to try on various stupid images, grimace, talk strangely.

How are your jokes born?

- I am inspired by life, because most of my images are exaggerated, but real-life characters, most of whom I have come across personally. Probably, this is how my brain works, I see everything, notice the details so that I can use them on stage later.

What if you are joking and no one is laughing?

- This happens. Some jokes "shoot", others do not reach the viewer. It all depends on the audience, on the general mood. If no one is laughing, you need to joke around this situation: “Oh, great, no one is funny. What great humorists we are all! " Or show yourself a red card.

Do you believe in female friendship?

- I do not just believe in it, it exists in my life. I have two closest friends, and I have been friends with one of them since kindergarten, and since the second from school … This is probably the best proof of the existence of female friendship.

"If no one is laughing, you need to joke about this situation:" Oh, great, no one is funny. What great humorists we are all! ""

Have you been a humorist since childhood?

- It seems to me that I did not really focus on this as a child. Until the age of 12, I was an absolutely perfect child - I did not act up, did not shout and did not bother my parents with endless demands to buy something. And then there was a transitional age. And as is usually the case with all adolescents, youthful maximalism appeared, the desire to do everything the other way around, and sometimes to spite adults.

Why did you decide to enter an economic institute after school?

- Frankly, I did not enter the theatrical institute, because I was not confident in my abilities. And I never even thought about entering there. If there was a theater club in our school, if there was a person who could guide me, say: “Natasha, come on, you have the ability, try to enter GITIS or Shchukinskoye,” maybe everything would have turned out differently. But that did not happen. But I was good at mathematics, and when I found information about exams at GITIS in the thick book "For those entering universities" and saw the "essay", I turned the page in horror! We sat with my mother, thought and came to the logical conclusion that we need to enter the institute where mathematics is passed (smiles). And in the end they chose the Trade and Economic Institute.

Do you regret not graduating from a theater university?

- I don't know how my life would have turned out if I had entered the theater. Where would it take me as a result … This is fortune telling on the coffee grounds, so I don't even try to think about it. I am glad how everything is going now, there is nothing to regret.

How do your parents feel about your television career?

- Now they, of course, are proud of me, and when everything was just beginning, of course, they were worried that because of my passion for kaveen I would not be able to secure my future. But this is normal, it seems to me that every parent would treat it this way.

Soon the film "I Remember, I Don't Remember" will be released, in which you played the main female role. Tell us about this film and your role in it

- According to the plot of the picture, my heroine - a modest library worker changes her body with a luxurious glamorous blonde, so I play two roles in the film “I Remember, I Don't Remember” - diametrically opposite ones. One heroine seems to be from another century - sweet and natural, too modest. It was not difficult to play her, it seems to me that in the arsenal of every girl there is an image of such an exemplary quiet man, which she gets used to when, for example, she meets her boyfriend's parents …

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- Your heroine in the film "I Remember, I Don't Remember" dreams of the role of Juliet. Would you like to try on such a romantic image?

- No, I'm not obsessed with this idea. In terms of acting, more mature and deeper characters are much more interesting for me. Still, Juliet was 14 years old in the story, I think I have already grown out of this role. (Laughs.)

- But would you like to try yourself in a dramatic way?

- Yes, of course! Now I am more interested in proposals related to dramatic and romantic roles. I can’t say that I’m tired of comedy, it’s impossible to get tired of it. But I want something new. I am interested in the genre of drama, and I think that the audience would also be interested to see me in a serious role. I feel the strength to do it. Proposals are already coming in.

- In April the film "Decent People" will be released, in which you starred together with Sergei Shnurov …

- It's a pleasure to work with Shnurov on the site! Sergey feels very organic in the frame, works professionally, and most importantly, he has a great sense of humor. It's fun with him.

- Would you like to record a duet with him?

- I have not thought about it, but now I will definitely think about it. (Laughs.)

How was your creative duet with Natasha Koroleva born?

- The resemblance to Natasha Koroleva accompanies me all my life. Since the elementary grades of school, it has become a tradition - the boys were interested in whether I was her sister. Despite the fact that I don't want to be like anyone at all, I really understand that Koroleva and I have the same facial features. And it would be strange if we didn't take advantage of this situation at least once. Creatively, of course.

Natalia, you also play in the theater, voice cartoons … How do you manage everything?

- With pleasure! I love my job, I am interested in trying everything and discovering new facets in the profession, the more offers I receive, the more strength and energy appears. It's great when you are in demand and have the opportunity to gain new experience. I am happy to consider proposals for filming a movie, I just adore cartoons and voice acting and I have only positive emotions associated with the theater. Therefore, even if the day for work already seems too small, believe me, I will find a way to increase them, but continue to do what I love!

"I am happy to consider proposals for filming a movie, I just adore cartoons and voice acting and I have only positive emotions associated with the theater."

What kind of your creative activity is the most interesting for you now?

- This is a movie, shooting in full-length films. By and large, for me everything is just beginning in this genre. Naturally, I am very interested in the development in this direction, in particular, I have a great desire to work on dramatic, serious roles. The genre of comedy is very close to me, but it is important for me to work on myself, development, new facets.

When you have free time, how do you spend it?

- I like to paint! I can draw a portrait quickly, in 10 minutes. I don't even know how it happens, because I never went to art school. I have been going to buy paints and an easel for a long time, I hope that in the near future I will be able to do this and will devote more time to drawing. I also go to fitness and yoga classes.

How does yoga help you in life?

- I love yoga because after class you literally transform. Yoga teaches you to feel your body, to use the resources of your body to the maximum. This is very important in my profession.

Yoga brings harmony to my life. When on stage you are constantly on the edge, it is important to keep your inner balance, somehow calm your inner "crazy". I am convinced that women after 25 years need to work on themselves, strive to come to inner harmony, otherwise your family life will be like on a volcano. Some people like it, but this option is not suitable for long-term relationships, you need to learn harmony.

Are you on a diet?

- I would like to be as thin as Ekaterina Varnava (actress, member of Comedy Woman - ed.), Sometimes I look at her with envy. But how to deny yourself dumplings? Or in the Olivier salad? I am ready to eat Olivier all year round. I once ate a whole bucket of Olivier on a bet!

Recently, I began to cook Olivier according to a dietary recipe. We replace potatoes with lettuce leaves - a source of vitamins and minerals. Thanks to dietary fiber, they will collect excess fat, preventing it from remaining in the body. We replace the beef with rabbit meat. This is probably the most dietary meat. Instead of sausage - crayfish tails, they have almost no fat and few calories. Without mayonnaise "Olivier" will not work. Therefore, we leave mayonnaise, but take light mayonnaise. The result is a delicious salad. I don't go on diets, but I try to eat more wholesome, healthy food. More fruit.

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I do not strive to lose weight, because I have no incentive to do so. My husband and the directors like me in my current weight. But if I am offered a role for which it will be necessary to lose 15 kg, I will agree and throw off those extra pounds. I am a workaholic, I have willpower, and if I need to lose weight, I will lose weight.

- Where do you usually spend your vacation?

- I love the south of Europe - the coast of Spain, France, Greece. And in every country my husband and I are mistaken for our own. Probably because he is not a big bald man with a red belly and a gold chain, and I am not a woman in breeches, a tight T-shirt and flip flops.

Recently my husband and I were on vacation in Italy. And for the first time I managed to “ride the wave”. I have been learning surfing for a long time: I have passed the stage when you practice on the board on land. Therefore, I have already trained in the water. Of course, I got up crookedly on the board, the instructor helped. But once I did it on my own and even caught a wave! I thought I would experience a lot of emotions, but it turned out that this is a sport from the category of “preparing for two hours - and five seconds of pleasure.”

- How do you see your future?

- I dream of absolute female happiness, like any girl. So that there is love, mutual respect, comfort in the house, and success and constant movement forward in your career!