Liza Boyarskaya: "I'm ready to gain 30 kg for the role"

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

In April, the film "Status: Free" was released, in which Elizaveta Boyarskaya played the main female role. On the eve of the release of the picture, we talked with her about why girls leave Danila Kozlovsky, how to cope with spring depression, raise a prodigy, and what is the mission of Doctor Clown.

Liza, a film with your participation "Status: Free" is being released. Danila Kozlovsky, your old friend, was the producer and performer of the main male role. Tell us about the shooting in this picture

Blitz "Cleo":

- Are you friends with the Internet?

- Yes.

- What is an unacceptable luxury for you?

- Too expensive clothes, jewelry studded with diamonds. I am for minimalism.

- Where did you spend your last vacation?

- At the dacha, near St. Petersburg.

- Did you have a nickname as a child?

- No.

- Are you an owl or a lark?

- It all depends on the work schedule.

- How do you relieve stress?

- Reading, communicating with loved ones.

- What turns you on?

- Interesting job.

- Which animal do you associate yourself with?

- I don't associate myself with animals.

- Do you have a talisman?

- No.

- What melody is on your mobile?

- Standard.

- What is your psychological age?

- From 16 to 30 years old. Depends on the situation.

- What is your favorite aphorism?

- Your boundaries are only in your head.

- The film "Status: Free" is the male version of the story about Bridget Jones. When Danya invited me to play the main character, I immediately became interested in his proposal. Since Kozlovsky will not offer anything bad. (Smiles.) The film really turned out to be a very interesting script. I got the role of the girl who left Kozlovsky … to the dentist, played by Vladimir Seleznev. This picture was his debut in a feature film.

Why do girls go to dentists? Because dentists dance the cha-cha-cha. (Laughs.) For filming, I had to learn Latin American dance. Since according to the plot with the dentist, my heroine became close just due to the general hobby for dancing.

You have been dancing for 13 years and even entered the Vaganov Choreographic School, but why did you leave just a month later?

- I did not give up the Vaganovskoe school, I flew out with a whistle. (Laughs.) Maybe I'm good at dancing, but I don't have the data to practice dancing professionally. Unfortunately I am an amateur on this matter.

Do you have time to dance for yourself now?

- My whole life is a dance. I dance all the time at home, at work. I gladly agree to projects where you need to dance. If you describe my life as a dance, then it's a free style. I love waltz, square dance, samba and passionate tango.

Why don't you participate in various dance and ice projects?

- Participation in dance and ice projects takes a lot of time and effort. I'd rather spend this time on acting, on my family. And I can dance, skate for myself.

Participation in such projects is needed primarily for PR. I want to be not popular, but in demand in my profession. For me personally, the number of flashes in magazines, on television is not important, and I went into the acting profession not for the sake of being recognized on the streets or asking for autographs, but simply because I love her, I like to understand the material, work with new filmmakers, bring to life and explore new characters.

For the role in the movie "The Runaways" you had to take martial arts lessons, learn horseback riding. Why did you refuse the understudy?

- This is my first adventure film. During the filming, we had to drown in a swamp, swim in an icy river, ride a horse. And I had never ridden a horse before, so before filming I took horse riding lessons at the St. Petersburg Hippodrome. I also fought in the frame for the first time, I deliberately refused an understudy, I wanted to do everything myself. We fought honestly - then my whole body ached, and my elbows and knees were completely bruised. But this is such a drive! Unforgettable feelings.

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- What other sports skills did you have to learn for your roles in movies or theater?

- For my role in the action movie "The Bounty Hunters" I had to master stunt tricks. We had one big stunt scene when I was thrown out of the van. We filmed it for two days. A professional team of stuntman Oleg Korytin worked with me. I'm more Mila Jovovich in this film than Liza Boyarskaya. (Laughs) I was tortured, they put needles under my nails, and all this against the backdrop of exploding vans. It was an interesting experience for me.

- When you voiced Baba Yaga in the cartoon "Three Heroes on Distant Shores", you admitted that it would be interesting for you to play the role of Baba Yaga in makeup. You are considered one of the most beautiful modern actresses, why suddenly such a desire - to become Baba Yaga?

- I played Babu Yaga in the play "New Year's Adventures of Masha and Viti" at the Maly Drama Theater this year. Snow White, Cinderella, all sorts of princesses - this is not at all interesting for me. But Baba Yaga is my heroine! A characteristic image. Such creepy hair and makeup. She is only outwardly scary, and so very cute. I am an actress, not a standard of beauty, and I want to be different. Ugly today, beautiful tomorrow. I love experimenting with my appearance. The profession gives me a big plus in terms of appearance. Because the actress needs to change. I am ready for any external changes, if the role is worth it. If necessary, I will shave my head and gain 30 kg!

What is the secret of your beauty? How do you care for your face and body?

- The basis for skin and body care for me is sleep and moisturizing cream. I buy different creams all the time, looking for those that contain hyaluronic acid, as it is good for the skin.

I love to pamper my face with homemade masks. Most of all I like the mask made from sour cream with aloe. Mix two teaspoons of aloe with two tablespoons of sour cream. Apply the mask to your face, hold for 15 minutes, then rinse off with cold water. The skin will be like a child's.

Several years ago, in one of your interviews, you said that you do not know how to cook. Has anything changed with marriage?

- With marriage, everything has changed. It should be noted that culinary science is easy for me. When I cook something at home, I always look at the book and be sure to taste it periodically to see if I'm moving in the right direction. I love baking charlotte, Napoleon cake, even if it is difficult to prepare, but I can handle it. They say I can cook deliciously.

Your husband, Maksim Matveev, adheres to proper nutrition. Has he managed to captivate you with the idea of healthy eating or do you still love fast food?

I now choose wholesome fast food and eat a healthy diet. This is very important for the beauty of the soul and body.

- I now choose healthy fast food and stick to the correct healthy diet. This is very important for the beauty of the soul and body. Before meeting Maxim, I often visited McDonald's. Now I go around this place. But I fell in love with biofast food! There is a restaurant with biofast food in my native St. Petersburg. Everything is delicious there! Beetroot bread, ginger drink, spinach, celery puree, burrito with falafel, ginger drink … Down with McDuck, hurray healthy fast food!

How do you feel about diets? What allows you to always stay in shape?

- I was just lucky with the constitution. My mom and dad are thin. And to go on a diet is impossible for me. I immediately break down. It's not mine at all! Although, I do not want to brag, I consider myself a very strong-willed person. If you need to achieve something, I will definitely achieve it. It's not at all difficult for me to refuse something, I can exhaust myself with work, stay awake for three days: to shoot and play a play - please! I can endure any psychological, emotional and physical stress, but such stupidity as refusing to eat delicious food is not. Here's a paradox. I tried it for the sake of interest - I only held it for half a day.

And yet, in my opinion, there is a psychological problem here. Here you sit, eat, and at this time you think that you will get better, you will not fit into a dress. As a result, everything will definitely be so! And if you tune in that what you have eaten will not harm you in any way, then everything will work out! For example, when I eat delicious pastries, I never think that all these delights will immediately be deposited in all places. Sweet is an integral part of my life, I can't live without it.

Many Hollywood actors adhere to the principles of raw food. Among them is Demi Moore, who is in great shape and looks younger than her years. How do you feel about such secrets of beauty and health?

- It seems to me that a raw food diet is not quite suitable for our climate. When you live in a hot country, on the islands, then you can be a raw foodist. I try to stick to eco-food, but at the same time I do not set myself clear restrictions. Just next to Maxim, with age, I begin to understand: we are what we eat, and you need to be careful about your diet.

I was recently in America, in New York, where everyone is now subject to the idea of a healthy lifestyle. A huge number of stores have appeared there under the name Real food, which sell organic products, not genetically modified, without any additives. Most importantly, these products have become cheaper than ordinary ones, because the demand has grown sharply, competition, accordingly, also, and as a result, the consumer won.

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And in the evenings in New York, the whole city runs. All! Imagine walking between running people with players, in wet T-shirts … They are great: they quit smoking, began to eat organic food and went in for sports! I was also surprised that Americans drink tap water. They say: "We have the cleanest water." At first I was surprised: you come to a restaurant, and there are large misted decanters of water, its taste is strange, not in the sense that it is nasty, but unusual. It turned out - tap. One can only envy, drinking from the tap is unacceptable here.

- The topic of the spring depression is relevant now. How do you deal with a bad mood?

- The word "depression" sounds fatal, almost like a sentence. That is, there is nowhere to move on, and life loses its meaning. I try to avoid such words. If I am in a bad mood, then there is some reason for that, and I try to fix it, improve my life. I start to work on my inner world: I am engaged in creativity, I read a lot, communicate with Maxim, with my parents, watch good films … I learn to relate to the reality around me easier. A feeling of lightness is necessary, then you will understand that depression is a temporary state and tomorrow the sun will appear.

- Has anything drastically changed in your life and in yourself with the birth of your son?

- After the appearance of Andryusha, I have changed a lot. I became kinder, calmer, more tolerant. Self-confidence has appeared. I used to be very dependent on other people's opinions. Now this feeling has disappeared.

My son, my family comes first. It is still important for me to realize myself in acting. I am a creative person, I live by the stage and my roles in the cinema, in the theater. But the main thing for me now is to realize myself as a mother, as a wife. Raise a worthy man.

- Within a month after giving birth, you took the stage. What helped you get in shape quickly?

- A month after the birth of my son, I played the play "Life and Fate" in the theater.

Mom told me that a month after my birth she was sitting on the stage on a twine and easily fluttered into all her theatrical costumes. In this sense, I wanted to be like my mother. To be honest, I myself came to the theater and asked not to prolong my maternity leave. I didn't get in shape right away, but it was easy enough for me, minimal sports and minimal restrictions on food. I didn't go on diets, I just ate wisely. During pregnancy, I did not eat three cakes a day. One was enough. (Laughs.)

Your son turns 3 in April. And he is already reading, learning to count, studying English, going to the theater. You even said that you are thinking of sending him to school at the age of 5. Did you initially set out to raise a child prodigy?

- We have no goal of raising a child prodigy. We want to bring up a happy, versatile person, for whom all doors will be open. We try to put maximum knowledge and skills into it.

Andryusha grows up in an atmosphere of incredible love. And this is the main thing for a child at any age. We try to make sure that every second he learns the world, we tell him, explain what is happening around him, read poems to him - both for children and adults. We treat him like an adult, we talk to him seriously, we let him touch, smell, touch everything. Andryusha really likes it. We let our son listen to classical music from birth. And my dad puts on a real puppet show for him.

We let our son listen to classical music from birth. And my dad arranges for him, a real puppet theater.

Every free minute we take care of the child. Andryusha and I go to the theater for adult performances. Something he likes, some not, but he watches Andryusha's performances with interest. In the theater, he becomes so serious and unsmiling, calm, quiet.

We read to him not only fairy tales, but also adult classical literature. Andryusha likes Brodsky, and he teaches his poems, and not only "A Christmas tree was born in the forest."

Andrey reads, learns English, already knows how to count. Many do not have these skills even at 6-7 years old, when they go to the first grade. Therefore, I think that our son is already ready for school. And at the age of 5 Andryusha will be able to go to first grade.

We want all doors to be open for our son in the future, so that he is a versatile person and can choose a profession to his liking. I am against specialized education, which is now being so promoted in our country. I believe that a person should receive at school as much information as possible about the world around him, and not only study narrowly specialized specializations. In addition, in school years, it is quite difficult to determine your future path. For example, at school I did not know which profession to choose, but it was obvious that I was a humanitarian.

Would you like your son to continue the family dynasty?

- I would like him to have the opportunity to choose his own path. And what he will be, it is up to him to decide. We want to give him the opportunity to choose, and not to educate him as an actor, philosopher or mathematician.

For the second birthday, your son has already received a children's teaching computer as a gift. Do you think that it is worth teaching your child to high technology from childhood? In London, there was a case when parents could not take away the iPad from a 4-year-old girl and she had to be sent to a rehabilitation center for the so-called digital-detox …

- Many parents buy gadgets for their children in order to keep them occupied and free up their own time for relaxation. In the same way, children used to watch cartoons on TV. It is not right. We bought a children's learning computer not to take a break from our child. Andryusha studies on the computer only under the supervision of adults: be it me, or Maxim, or his nanny. No more than two hours a day. In the age of modern technologies, computers, tablets, telephones have long become an integral part of our life. We are trying to acquaint our son with modern technologies, give him the necessary knowledge about the world around him, satisfy his curiosity. At the same time, we explain to Andryusha that modern technologies are only a part of our life. Live human communication is always more important than communication with gadgets. Fortunately, Andryusha himself likes to communicate with people more than with a computer. In such matters, parents always serve as an example. When the TV is turned on around the clock at home, the computer and adults are sitting on their phones, the child begins to copy the behavior of the parents.

We rarely watch TV, turn off our phones at dinner and do not "hang" on the World Wide Web for hours.

We live by different principles. We rarely watch TV, turn off our phones at dinner and do not "hang" on the World Wide Web for hours. It's much more interesting for me to go for a walk, talk to Maxim, play with Andryusha, read a book, than surf the Internet. Real communication cannot be replaced by anything.

How do you spend your free time?

- In my free time, I talk with my family, play with Andryusha, read a lot. Maxim and I often go to the cinema, we try not to miss Russian film premieres. We go to the theater with friends, to exhibitions. All my childhood was spent in the Russian Museum. I'm not one of those girls who spend their free time in SPA salons. Cultural leisure is closer to me.

Your husband Maxim is one of the directors of the Doctor Clown charity foundation. Tell us about the activities of the foundation. Have you ever played the role of "Doctor Clown"?

- Yes, my husband is Dr. Clown. Maxim is the artistic director of this charitable foundation. He brings happiness to children.

Dr. Clown is a person who comes to the hospital in a clown costume, communicates with children, gives them happiness and hope for a happy future.

In fact, this is a very important type of charitable work. For example, in Israel there is such a profession, Doctor Clown, at the state level, and people get paid for it. In our country, this is all happening on a voluntary basis, but Maxim is trying very hard to find funding and partners for the fund. I myself took part in the actions of "Doctor Clown" several times.

And Maxim and I are on the board of trustees of the Healthy Youth Center, a rehabilitation center for drug addicted children. And we recently went to the guys. These are fantastic children, amazing … We talked with them heart to heart, watched their performances, because they have a lot of creative re-socialization. So when you look at them, at people who are fighting for life, you begin to appreciate yours. That you live so calmly … even if there are some petty problems, but this is all such nonsense, when people here, in front of your eyes, bite into just to survive. And looking at them, you begin to value your life. And they are amazingly kind, open-minded. They are like bare-skinned butterfly children, with absolutely naked hearts. They desperately need our help, it is very important for them that in our eyes they are not drug addicts who do not want to be approached with contempt, but that they are believed in. And I can honestly say, I believe in these guys …