Sergey Safronov: “Where is this redhead? Hooligan again! "

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

The illusionists, the Safronov brothers, Ilya, Sergei and Andrei, became famous thanks to the "Battle of Psychics" project. They acted as experts and made sure that psychics did not perform tricks, but competed fairly. The brothers have interesting news: they are preparing an amazing New Year's show. Sergei Safronov told Cleo about family relationships, how he brings up children and what tricks he did in childhood.

Blitz survey "Cleo"

- Are you friends with the Internet?

- I am friends as with the information field, I do not like to have fun or communicate on the Internet. I am old-fashioned, I like to chat over a cup of tea.

- What is an unacceptable luxury for you?

- Gold-colored thong and rhinestone car.

- Where did you spend your last vacation?

- I spent my last vacation in Bulgaria. We bought a house there.

- Which animal do you associate yourself with?

- At home - a sloth. There is more chimpanzee in life that runs, jumps …

- Did you have a nickname as a child?

- Red - according to hair color. And still it is.

What are your plans for the New Year?

We usually celebrate the New Year at the dacha. We go there for a few days, decorate a Christmas tree in the yard, fry kebabs, steam in a bath. But this year, because of the work, it will hardly work. We will note, of course, but we will not walk until morning. We will arrange a modest feast, either at our place or at the parents' place. Mom will prepare her signature salad "Olivier", we will drink champagne, and in the morning we will fight again.

If the kids let you sleep. By the way, do they inspire you for new ideas?

Undoubtedly. When I felt what it was like to be a parent, I decided that I must certainly thank my mother. My brothers and I prepared a special number especially for her. We ordered a song about our mother to a famous author and we will perform a few tricks to her.

Extreme as always?

Not without it.

There is enough extreme on the stage, and you and your brothers are ready for it. And in life? Did you manage to win in any extraordinary situation?

There was such a case. I came back from the dacha by car, was very late. Suddenly the gas pedal stuck. I flew off the road at full speed. Two hours later, I and the car, safe and sound, were pulled out of the ditch by a tow truck.

Born in a shirt, not otherwise

You can say so. When they were just children, they collected grebes. Not poisoned. At ten years old, they found a fox trail. We went along it to the burrow. They did not meet the fox, but they did find a bullet. Lamented about the reptile poachers, but saved the bullet. In the evening we had a picnic: toast, sausages … One bully took it and threw a bullet into the fire. It will explode! Shards swept overhead. That's when we got scared. And guess who was accused? Me, of course! I'm red. And it was like that all the time.

For example, once the guys were playing football and hit the ball into a transformer box. By chance, of course. And I was at home, having lunch. And suddenly I heard someone shouting: “Where is this red parasite? Hooligan again! They searched all over the courtyards to punish. And I was sitting at home.

Have you always been a sweet, obedient child?

I was really very obedient … It's just … You know, sometimes it happens that children want to do something like that. Not out of malice, but so simple, interesting. For example, as a child, there was a hobby at school - everyone collected inserts with pictures from chewing gum. And they played with them, beat them with the palm of their hand: the insert turned over - you take it for yourself. So it was possible to quickly replenish the collection.

- What turns you on?

- My wife turns on - once. Daughter - two, son - three. And, of course, work. Since danger, extreme, speed - she gives me all this in abundance.

- Are you an owl or a lark?

- One hundred percent owl.

- Do you have a talisman?

- The cross with which I was baptized.

- How do you relieve stress?

- I come home, turn on the film, brew strong tea and watch.

- What melody is on your mobile phone?

- Vibrating alert plus soundtracks.

- What is your psychological age?

- A child of 16-17 years old. True, at times I become a 45 year old man who wants to grumble.

- Your favorite aphorism.

- "I thought that I had sunk to the very bottom, when suddenly they knocked from below." Stanislav Jerzy Lec.

Once, angry high school boys robbed us completely. My brother and I lost a fortune - 200 candy wrappers. Out of grief, we did not go to lessons, made our way into the dressing room and fumbled in our pockets. What we just didn’t come across! And keys, and key chains, and money. We didn't take anything. We needed inserts. Or another case. In the village, a tractor mowed two gigantic fields. There were many beautiful large stacks. We thought, what will happen if you throw a match? They threw it. The beauty!!! We stand, rejoice. Let's throw some more? Lets do it! They lit one haystack, the second, the third … They caught us.

Then, for the rest of the summer, they mowed the grass, dried the hay, and gave one hundredth of the burnt collective farm. Or else … We had a pond in our village, and we decided to make a raft. We went into the forest, cut down the trees … The forester came … And what are we? We are nothing. We didn’t know what was impossible … You know, this is probably such a misunderstanding of what can and cannot be done. And so I was very obedient.

Did your daughter go to dad? The same obedient?

Alina understands everything, obeys, but is very stubborn. All in mom. Sometimes he makes completely crazy decisions and fights for them. Well, what about these cases? Belt and current.

Sergey…

Okay, no belt, no current … She bends her own line, I mine. For example, she takes off her hat five times, going out into the street, I tie it five times, each time it gets tighter. And she understands that it is better not to be capricious. What if daddy will tie it up even tighter? She generally understands other people's emotions well. Yesterday I got angry. I say: "Alina, that's enough." And she: “Alina offending! Alina offending! " And screaming loudly … I went up to her, of course. And that's all she wants. He looks at me cheerfully and smiles. Seriously though, I miss my children very much. I come from a business trip and do not part with my son and daughter for a second. Alina is already starting to run away from me, but I still can't get enough of her company. The son and daughter are wonderful, funny, wonderful children.

What about everyday life in your house? Who cooks, cleans?

I'd like to say that my wife greets me with a hot dinner, gets up at six in the morning, prepares breakfast. But these are dreams. In fact, of course, I cook my own breakfast myself. Masha is working. In the morning he jumps out of bed, quickly into the shower and out the door. … And what is wrong? So! And … And I cooked dinner for the children yesterday! Alinka ate a whole sausage and pasta from my plate! And cheese, and sausage, and a cutlet. Seriously though, the nanny helps us a lot. She is with her son and daughter all the time. So she mainly cooks and cleans, for which many thanks to her.

Who is the head in this house?

Alina and Volodya. Children. As the saying goes: "You are the owners of the camp, you!" Children build our schedule, sometimes they deprive us of rest, but neither I nor Masha can imagine life without them.

Sergei, have heard a lot about your show "Miracles". What awaits your viewers?

We are now actively preparing for the premiere. The show will run from December 29 to February 8. At first we planned to give two concerts a day: at 12.00 and 15.00. Since all the tickets have already been sold out, it was decided to give an evening concert as well. There is a lot of work to be done. For the show, we ordered the most incredible high-tech items from four countries: USA, Japan, Germany, Russia.

Ordered 88 color fixtures that will immerse the stage in a real world of magic. Family show. Although it is designed for people from eight years old and older, the kids can be taken with them - they will not see anything terrible.

Can you describe the most interesting tricks?

We have developed a new technology by which a magician can pass several million volts through himself. This is the so-called Tesla lightning. Lightning will strike the illusionist. All this will happen in front of the audience. Discharge, thunder. Full sense of reality. Another interesting new trick is sawing a person. Remember the crate was sawed? So, it will not be. We will cut a man without a box, and half of the body in his arms will pass across the stage. Speaking about the program as a whole, we conceived it so that people would not forget that we are living in an age of high technologies. What will happen on stage is not much different from a high-budget 3D blockbuster.