With the release on the television screens of the comedy series Fizruk in 2014, Dmitry Nagiyev became even more popular than before. The focus was not only on his acting talent and “brutality” of the role played by Dmitry, but also the question of where the Nagiyev’s scar came from? Has the actor recently received a “famous” scar on his face, or is it just an image of a Thomas bandit successfully created for a television project?
Where does Nagiyev’s scar come from?
The most incredible assumptions were voiced by the fans about the “battle” mark on the face of the famous actor: he defended the honor of the girl, had an accident, the bandits “drunk”, drunken brawl, etc. As a rule, the question: “Where did the Nagiyev’s scar come from?” It worries those people who, before the release of the Fizruk series, were not following Dmitry’s work.
New fans of the actor and just the spectators of the popular series absolutely sincerely believe that the scar is real (it looks very organic on the courageous face of the leading actor). However, if you pay attention to how Dmitry looks in other projects, it becomes clear where Nagiyev got a scar on his face in Fizruk: this is just part of a very colorful image of Thomas - the central character of the series. At photo shoots and shootings that are not related to Fizruk, it is clear that there is no scar on the face of the showman, and never has been. Claims that in other projects make-up artists simply diligently mask this “decoration of a man” are a mistake.
The series "Fizruk" and the character of Nagiyev
So, we continue to figure out where Nagiyev got a scar on his face. Fizruk Oleg Evgenievich Fomin, whose role was played by Nagiyev in the acclaimed series, is one of the actor’s best works. The viewer immediately fell in love with the vivid image of the former gangster, and now - a physical education teacher in an ordinary Moscow school. The times of the dashing 90s are gone, Thomas was not "out of work", but could not be reconstructed. Although he works as a teacher, he still remains a thug: he drinks a lot, rides in a black jeep, constantly visits strip clubs, and calls his students nothing more than “suckers”.
Thomas is a comic character, but with the embodiment of such images there is always a danger of switching to the grotesque and losing realism. That is why it was not enough for Dmitry Nagiyev to choose a special manner of communication of his hero and gait - the appearance also required a unique accent. That scar almost became his whole face.
Circumstances in which Thomas received a “legendary” scar
Where the Nagiyev’s scar (or rather, his character’s) came from, physical teacher Oleg Evgenievich Fomin tells the viewer back in the 3rd episode of the 1st season. According to the plot, Thomas goes to the next physical education lesson, as he put it, "dryukat dwarfs." However, at this time a theft takes place in one of the senior classes, and the teachers' council urges Thomas to help him figure this out without the police. During interrogation “with prejudice”, Thomas gets a basketball with one of the students, nicknamed “Banana”, in the nose. In order for the ambulance not to come along with the police outfit, Thomas volunteers to take the student personally to a first-class doctor.
“This is his work,” Oleg Evgenievich pointed out to the scar, “and so the head would be like a bush in two parts.” Thomas had in mind one of the showdowns in the 90s, when he was poked in the eye with a broken bottle, but missed. So on his cheek there was a scar from the cut.
Real “scars” by Dmitry Nagiyev
The question “where does the Nagiyev’s scar on his face” would be appropriate to rephrase as follows: “What really has Nagiyev’s face?” The actor has no scars, but on his “signature” grin, he literally made a career for himself.
Few people know that Dmitry Nagiev owes his specific facial expressions to paralysis of the facial nerve, which happened to him back in his student years. The muscles of the face were completely incapacitated, it was difficult to eat and drink. In the hospital, the diagnosis was made quickly, a course of procedures was prescribed. But more than a month passed, and the results were never achieved. The case helped: at night the window in the hospital ward accidentally crashed, Nagiyev was so frightened that after jumping out of bed, his eye began to “twitch”, then the remaining muscles gradually began to recover.
One way or another, this annoying incident significantly affected the career of the actor. Of course, he forever lost the opportunity to play certain roles, but in return received an unforgettable appearance and original role that made him famous.