In the comedy “That Carlson Still”, performing actors and director Sarik Andreasyan tried to give a second life to the famous fairy tale Astrid Lindgren about a man living on the roof. True, the plot has changed beyond recognition, but the familiar characters, as before, remained in their places. So, who participated in the filming of this children's film? By the way, in the original, its name sounds like "That Carloson."
The creators of the picture and a short plot
In the film "That Carlson Still" the actors were involved quite well-known. But no less famous is the director of the project - Sarik Andreasyan, who made films such as “Office Romance. Our time ”,“ What men do ”and“ Pregnant ”. All these paintings received mostly negative reviews from critics. In 2015, Sarik migrated to Hollywood and shot the movie "American Robbery" with Adrien Brody in the title role. But even the excellent cast did not save the film: for example, on the reputable Metacritic website, it has a rating of only 23 points out of 100.
Nevertheless, Sarik is not discouraged and continues to shoot a wide variety of paintings with enviable persistence. As a cameraman, he invited Anton Zenkovich (The Queen of Spades: The Black Rite) to his project “That Still Carloson”; Tatyana Umanets (New Year’s Tariff) acted as the film’s artist, and the film was produced by Georgy Malkov (“Love in the Big City”) and Ghevond Andreasyan (“What Men-2 Do”).
“That Carlson”: actors and roles. Mikhail Galustyan
It is not easy to find a performer for such a colorful character like Carloson. Nevertheless, the director opted for comedian Mikhail Galustyan - a former KVN-schik, and now a movie actor.
Mikhali Galustyan often becomes a member of various children's and family films. On his account roles in the films “Pregnant”, “Gift with character” and “Nannies”.
In the film "That Carlson Still", the actors told the young audience a completely new version of the events from the fairy tale of Astrid Lindgren. In fact, Carloson is an agent of the fairy-tale people of metrics who help children solve their problems. So this time, the character of Galustyan is sent to Earth to the Kid so that “a man in the prime of life” would help the boy reconcile his parents. Along the way, Toddler and Carloson manage to not only save the marriage, but also prevent the crime, expose the scammers and make a lot of noise in the district.
In addition to the fact that Galustyan played the main role in the film, he also acted as the creative producer of the project.
“That Carlson”: actors. Igor Wernick
The role of Daddy Kid went to the famous Russian actor and showman Igor Vernik. The actor is a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater School. She started acting in films back in 1980, playing a cameo role in the film “They are called up in the spring”. Then the young actor appeared in the free film adaptation of “The Master and Margarita” by M. Bulgakov in 1994, as well as in the series “On the corner of the Patriarchs”.
Since the 2000s, the actor has been more and more acting in melodramas. As a rule, he plays either Lovelace, or characters that are distinguished by a pedantic, a little boring character. The film “That Carlson” provided the actor with the opportunity to appear on the screens in the last role: what is the only episode when the Kid complains to his father about the scammers frightening him, and in response he urges him to consult a psychologist. Despite the fact that the character of Wernick is on the verge of a divorce, by the end of the film he manages to settle all conflicts with his wife and save his family.
Maria Semkina in the role of Mom Baby
The film "That Carlson Still" was another movie work for Maria Semkina. In the picture, she played Baby's mom.
Maria Semkina spent her youth in the city of Rostov-on-Don. After school, she graduated from the Institute of National Economy, but did not work in the profession. Instead, the girl went to a contest held by a local modeling agency and won the title “Lady Charm” on it. After some time, Maria was recognized as the “Rostov Beauty”.
After such a triumph, Semkina was offered cooperation with the Moscow modeling agency Modus VivendiS. Maria seized on this chance and signed a contract. The next few years, the model spent on shows and filming in South Korea, Japan, France and Italy.
In the cinema, at first they began to invite Semkin only as a beautiful girl to create a screen aesthetic. But over time, the model proved that she still knows how to act as an actress, so in recent years she sometimes even gets the main roles: for example, in the detective "All Inclusive", in the crime film "Day of Wrath", in the biographical film "My husband - genius ”and in many other projects.
Nonna Grishaeva in the role of modern Freken Bock
The actors of the movie “That Carlson Still” are famous people in many respects. The same can be said of Nonna Grishaeva, a comedian who has been very popular lately.
Nonna began with quite serious roles: in the series “Countess de Monsoro” she appeared in the form of a maid, in the melodrama “Moscow Vacations” she played a laboratory assistant. But Nonna made a name for herself on comedy projects. For the first time, the media spoke about the actress after her roles in the films “Election Day”, “Radio Day” and “The Irony of Love”. After such successful projects, the actress became simply snapped up: she continued to act actively, only now her face was constantly flashed on television in various TV shows.
In the film “That Still Carloson,” Grishaeva got the role of the modern Freken Bock. True, the character of Nonna can only be called conditionally, since the nanny Elena in her performance is a modern young woman. But the reputation of the “housekeeper” remained with the heroine Grishaeva.
Gosha Kutsenko as a swindler
The comedy “That Still Carlson” also includes popular Russian artist Gosha Kutsenko in his cast.
For Gosha, work in the comedy genre is far from a new event. Viewers well remember the actor in the role of Andrei from a series of comedy films "Love-Carrot." This franchise without a shadow of doubt can be considered one of the most successful in Russia: the first part of the film alone was able to earn almost $ 12 million at the box office with a cost of 3 million. Kutsenko also starred in many very famous domestic films: the historical film The Turkish Gambit, the fantastic film Night Watch, and the action movies Antikiller and Paragraph 78.
In the comedy “That Still Carloson”, the artist appears in the image of a swindler Novitsky, who is plotting against the kid’s father. But hardly work in this project can be called one of the best in the filmography of the actor.
Other role performers
The movie “That Carlson Still” was shown in 2012. The movie was screened in cinemas for limited distribution, and in addition to all of the above actors, the viewer could also see Oleg Tabakov, Alexander Oleshko, Semyon Furman and Evgeny Koshevoy on the screen (Kvartal-95 Studio).