Despite the fact that in our time becomes more and more skeptical, sometimes there are stories, when reading that you begin to believe in fairy tales. Here, for example, the story of Vasily Stepanov - nothing has undergone regular changes in the conditions of the third millennium, but clearly recognizable story of Cinderella? Rather, Cinderella is happiness as Basil, and never dreamed of: she in fact for the sake of his magic night with pumpkin Pumpkin for health: a royal vegetable in home pharmacy -karetoy, glass slipper and the Prince had in addition a few years, pardon the colloquial expression, to stick up a sweat. But Stepanov and it does, by and large, did not have to ...

But first things first .  Vasiliy Stepanov was born January 14, 1986 in Moscow .  Neither of which aktёrstve Vasily as a child and thought .  Similarly, thoughts and dreams did not contribute absolutely nothing .  Parents Stepanova from all kinds of artists were very far (mother worked as a cashier in a restaurant, my father - a policeman) .  Vasily himself no acting talent did not show, did not speak in public, even the tender age when most children enjoy reading poetry in public or show some scenes .  Childhood Vasily Stepanov can not be called difficult, it is impossible for him to stick the label of "problem child", but a good boy he was not .  As for the study, then with the development of school subjects was difficult, Basil was in no hurry to break their teeth on the granite of various sciences .  And the future behavior of celebrities do not bring joy to any teachers or parents - in addition to the usual lack of discipline for Basil was seen and love conflicts with classmates peers .

What causes Basil genuine sincere interest because it is a sport .  Rather, combat .  From early childhood, Stepanov actively attended section of judo, karate and unarmed combat .  Visitors should be noted, is not in vain - to his adulthood he "dorukopashnichal" to the title of Candidate Master of Sports .  By the time the school was left far behind, Vasily studied 9 classes, then enrolled in a teacher training college on a specialty the teacher of physical culture and sports .  Successfully graduated from this school, Stepanov was honored diploma and the right to work in their specialty, but the prospect of a truly backbreaking labor of teachers in a very modest money the youth are not too inspired .  After some hesitation on the Russian people to the eternal theme of "how to live? "Vasily via parent councils decided that the best option for further life, this arrangement legal profession .  And the first and most important step in this direction Stepanov made, entered the law faculty of one of the Moscow universities .

True, he studied there for long. Firstly, Stepanov soon realized that his legal wisdom is simply too tough. Secondly, studies in the capital case not cheap, even for Muscovites, and the parents of Basil, as we recall, obviously not the oligarchs. The young man had to go to work. First, the bartender, then friends, no longer able to turn a blind eye to the external data Vasil (high athletic young man with blue eyes - such as eyes closed?), Advised him to earn some money on the set of commercials. And Vasily earn - he was accepted into the project, "I choose to service under the contract", designed to advertise, as you understand the contract form of military service. Despite the fact that Basil himself no military experience had, in the frame, he looked quite convincing about what he did not fail to inform the director of the clip, advised to try their hand in the actor's craft.

No sooner said than done. Stepanov finally parted ways with the Faculty of Law and enters the preparatory acting classes VGIK, where future entrants tell and show, so to speak, how to read a fable for admittance to theatrical education. During the training courses Basil increasingly convinced that finally found what he was interested to deal with. Firmly determined to become an actor, it is the proper time in the documents filed several theater universities, including the Shchukin School.

And one had to happen, that it was the entrance exams at the Shchukin School attended Paul Kaplevich, while responsible for the selection of the actors in the project is gaining momentum Fyodor Bondarchuk "Inhabited Island". Assessing external data Stepanova, Kaplevich invited the young man to the casting. Safely been received by the time the Shchukin School Basil came to trial, he sat a few minutes in the spotlight, team directed by turning the head in different directions, and smiling, and went home, hoping not even a cameo appearance. How was he to know then that Bondarchuk almost saw at a glance that the contractor for the main role found that it was such a director and protagonist imagined novel by Strugatsky brothers.

That was then, already know almost everything .  The fact that Stepanov was forced because of the filming of "The Inhabited Island" to take an academic island already in the first year, "Pike" .  The fact that he had to go for the sake of image and become blond highlights .  The fact that at the time of the shooting Vasily much lisp, and Bondarchuk had invited to dubbing him the hero of another young actor Maxim Matveyev (by the way, by the end of filming Stepanov got rid of the defect diction using Gosha Kutsenko, at the time also did not pronounce the letter "r ") .  The film "Inhabited Island" received a mixed assessment of the audience, mostly negative reviews critics, because of its huge budget not paid off at the box office .  Many critical arrows were fired and address Vasily Stepanov - everybody was talking about the absence of a young man of acting (in fairness, I want to ask how this skill can have a freshman?) .  However, thanks to the favor of the female audience Stepanov was immediately enlisted in the number of sex-symbols of a new generation .  At present, Vasily is going to focus on the study and completion of education .  However, recently it became known the next project with the participation of the actor: most likely, he will play a major role in the film adaptation of the series of novels by Elena Usachev "Attraction" and wonder suspiciously similar to the popular vampire saga of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" .

Alexander Babitsky

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