2002 year. The terrible 90s were left behind, but everyone remembered the mess well,
gunfights and street wars. As usual, over time, fear is forgotten, but there remains a thug romance. It was at this transitional moment that the saga about ordinary boys appeared from one yard. The film "Brigade" became a hit after the first series. The whole country, with bated breath, watched the ups and downs occurring on the screen, many recognized themselves and their loved ones. It was the simplicity of the plot and the well-chosen cast that made this film a landmark. Yard boys immediately began to call themselves "brigades" and enthusiastically retell each other's favorite moments. Then little-known Pavel Maykov was invited to his first major role in the movie.
"Brigade"
In Mytishchi ordinary boy, many recognized themselves and their childhood. This was
the same person from the people: his own, dear, and therefore beloved. Pavel Maykov was born in the suburbs and in childhood did not even think about the career of an actor. The mother of our hero came from the family of the famous Russian poet
Apollo Maykov. She raised her son alone, as she broke up with Paul's father shortly after his birth. Much later, she connected her fate with resuscitator Alexander Stotsky. This was the
second marriage. So the sister of Pavel Maikov was born, the famous musical star in the future - Anastasia Stotskaya.
Childhood
Since childhood, Paul was an active child, he loved sports, especially boxing. Because of his lessons in piano and violin, the boy was depressed. He made great strides in sports and was actively involved in freestyle wrestling, but at the age of 14, something changed in Paul’s worldviews, and he firmly decided to enter the theater institute. At school, he was a ringleader, already in childhood there was charisma in him, which allowed him to always be in the center of attention of classmates. In the place where he appeared, fervent laughter was always heard.
Life in Moscow
Parents approved the decision of the son, and at the family council it was decided that his mother would go to Moscow with him, and Pavel Maikov’s sister would stay with her father for a while. The selection committee did not immediately appreciate the artistic abilities of the boy, and it took him three whole years to prove his mature desire to become an artist.
For some reason, it seemed to the teachers that it would make a good make-up artist or illuminator, but Pavel stood his ground and stubbornly walked towards his goal. Three years of life in Moscow taught our hero a lot, he constantly earned money somewhere, watched a big city and more often became convinced that it was not in vain that he decided to associate his fate with him.
The first steps
And finally, the happy year for Paul came in 1994. His efforts were crowned with success: he is a student of GITIS. The guy became older, learned to understand people. As a student, he began touring. Very often he traveled around the country with a puppet theater, participated in children's performances and, finally, made his film debut. True, only in the crowd, but at the very Mikhalkov in the "Siberian Barber".
Student years quickly flew by, and here Pavel is a graduate. He is invited to work in the Sphere theater, where he gets a role in the West Side Story musical, a favorite from childhood. So the actor Pavel Maikov appeared, whose biography will soon be replenished with unforgettable moments and facts.
And after some time, when he was invited to the musical “Metro” for a secondary role, he showed his acting talent so much that a month before the premiere he was transferred to the main role. This performance brought him great success, and they started talking about Maykov as a very promising young man. He has since become in demand, and one role has replaced another. Soon came the turning point in the career of the actor in 2002, when the director Sidorov conceived the epic saga "Brigade". This first major role in the cinema became fateful, instantly making the magnificent four idols of the whole country.
First glory
The director Sidorov perfectly matched the cast, where each image harmoniously fit into the script and was forever imprinted in the mind of the viewer. The story of the bad guys fascinated with its simplicity, because it was the fate of a whole generation. The director, after approving the actors for the role, assembled the entire cast and left with them at the Cinema Veterans House, in which the film crew began to get used to the images, rub against each other.
Cinematic nicknames are still stuck to them so much that sometimes in conversation they respond to the nicknames of their heroes. And this is not surprising. After all, so much effort and time was spent on creating this masterpiece.
"Huge" fee
When Pavel Maykov received his first “cinema” fee of $ 3,000, he felt like a millionaire. Why, that kind of money! Remembering now those times, the actor smiles sadly and says that those first large fees seemed unrealistically large, made it possible to feel like a highly paid star of the screen. Now, of course, this ridiculous amount would not have inspired an aspiring extras. But in those years, everything was different. "Star Disease" the magnificent four have long been ill. Actors remember this time with a smile. Filming at that stage brought all four closer together, but later each of them went their own way. They intersected less and less, Maikov’s friendship was preserved only with Vdovichenko, with whom he was often seen outside of his professional career.
Becoming an actor
How it was? Actor Pavel Maykov has established himself as a very sober-minded and creative person. And as he himself tells, he could turn off the intended acting path, start singing chanson and gather stadiums throughout Russia, participate in top television programs, tell about his personal life and communicate with people unpleasant to him. He abandoned all this tinsel in the name of his dream to become an actor with a capital letter. Our hero is very meticulous about his sister's career, believing that her vocation is a scene, and she is wasting time on roles in third-rate films. Pavel Maykov himself, whose filmography is replete with a large number of roles, takes the scenarios offered to him very seriously and thinks for a long time before giving his consent to participate in a particular project.
Personal life
The actor is not one of those celebrities who expose their personal lives to the public.
Pavel Maykov, whose biography is similar to a
roller coaster, does not like to talk about what concerns his heart affairs. There were many things in his life. Behind three marriages, and the actor often, rethinking his actions in his youth, realizes that no one is immune from mistakes. When he married the best friend of his second wife Maria Saffo (besides she was his son’s godmother), he gave gossip to all of Moscow show business. His marriage by that time had completely outlived itself, and the couple remained together because of the child. However, Paul decided not to hide and honestly admit that it was impossible to live on like that. He went to Mary Saffo. The personal life of Pavel Maikov instantly became the property of tabloid tabloids.
Third marriage
In the history of the couple there are many contradictory and ambiguous moments, because when they met, both were not free.
Masha was in a civil marriage with a friend of Pavel - director Mikhail Gorev, at the play of which the couple met. In addition to the moral side of things, nature intervened, and decided not to give a couple in this marriage children - they turned out to be immunological incompatibility.
The ex-wife of Pavel Maikov, Ekaterina Maslovskaya, could not come to terms with resentment and still cannot forgive her husband for leaving the family. She in every possible way interferes with his meetings with the son of Danes and very unpleasantly speaks about the current wife of Mary. Masha believes that she did not take Maikov away from the family. She says that it is impossible to recapture a man who has a strong marriage and a beloved wife. Everything happened as it should have happened. Pavel suffers a lot because of separation from his son, he would like to spend more time with him and participate in his upbringing. After all, the child is not to blame for the intricacies of adulthood, he needs a father.
Pavel Maykov: movies
In addition to the sensational "Brigade" and the episodic role, which we have already mentioned, the actor has something more to please his audience. You can see his game in the adventure film Gloria's Gold. Fans of the comedy genre can watch the tape called "Bone Chuck". Pavel also starred in crime films: "The landing is the landing," "The way home," "Under mysterious circumstances," and others. Many viewers watch films with his participation, especially the "Brigade," even more than once.
Director career
Pavel Maykov, despite the growing popularity and a huge number of roles, over the years he began to act less and go to the theater more and more. Then he was able to fulfill his old dream and put on several performances, which were accepted by critics with a bang. Having overcome many difficulties, different stages of a mental crisis, he was able to completely immerse himself in work and choose classes to his liking. In relation to many stars of show business, irony and sometimes rejection slip in his judgment, he says about himself that he has changed since the time of the "Brigade", learned to distinguish external tinsel from the main values of life and became very reserved. He dislikes working for the public and participating in the social life of the capital, it is better to spend this time on self-knowledge. To surrender wholly and completely to art, to receive satisfaction from our activities - this is what our hero strives for.
The theater has always been his true calling, and when he was finally able to make his debut as a director in the performances On the Raft and Two Rooms, the entire talent of the actor was revealed with full force. This experience inspired our hero so much that he conceived a large cinematic project in which he wants to gather veterans of the "Brigade", while retaining the role of director of this film. He has many creative plans and hopes. You can declare with all responsibility that he is the favorite of the public. Everyone is sure: Pavel Maykov, whose filmography is reckoned with diverse images, has not yet played its main role.