His name is familiar to all already grown up girls and boys of the Soviet Union, because 30-40 years ago he was a star of the screen. And although fans and fans knew his name, they didn’t call him Krosh. Yes, yes, everyone probably already understood who will be discussed in this article. It is he, the very one - honest, noble and fair Sergei Krasheninnikov, that is, Vasily Funtikov, an actor.
How did he get to the movies
Little Vasenka was born in Moscow on July 5, 1962. His family was very far from the world of cinema. Mom is a leading expert in patent and licensing works at Mosenergo of the USSR. Dad is a senior inspector of the GiproNII of the Academy of Sciences. Seven years later, they had another boy born, Vasya’s younger brother. By the way, he later became a well-deserved trainer of Russia.
Vasily Funtikov, an actor (so far future), spent his childhood years studying musical notation. He played the accordion and violin. The boy even thought of connecting his life with music, but he had to forget about it as soon as cinema burst into his life.
One warm summer evening, Vasya walked along Mosfilmovskaya Street, where he spent his childhood, with a dog. When they passed the film studio, a woman approached him, who later turned out to be assistant director Rolan Bykov. She handed the boy a note for mom. It was my mother who brought little Vasya to the screen test.
And let Funtikov not be approved for the main role in the film “The Car, the Violin and the Dog of Klyax”, and he starred only in the episode, so he began his journey into the film industry. By the way, the young actor at that time only recently celebrated his ninth birthday.
The Way to Krosh
His first main role is the schoolboy Vasya, who joined the fight against poachers in a team with his friends and dog Kolchan. It was the year 1975. Then the role for him was voiced by Maria Vinogradova, a famous actress. Four years later, another role appears in Funtikov’s acting biography - Sasha Gannushkina in Vilen Novak’s film “Tuning Fork”.
It was on these shootings that the boy celebrated his 14th birthday. Since the shooting took place in Odessa, the crew descended to the sea. And Vasya jumped so hard that he twisted his leg, because of which he had to act in a cast for several days.
When Grigory Aronov decided to shoot the picture “Krosh’s Vacation” (the author of the story is Anatoly Rybakov), a huge number of guys came to the test, but the director saw the main character in Funtikov.
By the way, at the beginning of filming, Vasily Funtikov, an actor, passed final exams at school. And, despite the fact that he read a lot, he knew a lot of poems by heart, they put a deuce on the literature exam. Filming was on the verge of collapse, but the second director asked the filming machine to wait for him and went to class. After talking with the teachers, he returned, and Vasily was called again. He read Yesenin's lines and got a solid four. Filming has begun.
Storyline
The story under the simple name "Krosh Holidays" tells about a very honest and fair young man who loves Pushkin's work. She conquered millions of viewers. A huge sense of responsibility of the protagonist in front of people and the inability to deceive made him unlike the rest of the youth of the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century.
In the story, Sergey Krashennikov (Krosh) once met a fanatical collector of Japanese netsuke figures, Vladimir Nikolaevich. But this seemingly interesting and friendly man pulled Krosh into his vile fraud, and the young man decided to unravel them at all costs.
How it all ended, whether the main character managed to restore justice, you can find out by watching the 4-episode film.
Since he was shown before the “Time” program, the young actor instantly became the idol of the youth of those years.
VGIK or "Pike"
Since the actor Vasily Funtikov, whose biography interested all fans of the picture, already had some experience working on the set, he no longer wanted to choose another profession.
It is interesting that despite the fact that he was taken to VGIK without passing all the rounds, Funtikov really wanted to study at the "Pike", on the course of A. Burov. But in 1980, he did not get the whole half point, and therefore went to classes as a listener. He even began to receive subpoenas in the army, but the teachers (A. Burov, V. Schlesinger and Yu. V. Katin-Yartsev) managed to knock out one more place for the young man. So Vasily Funtikov, an actor, officially became a student. In the graduation performance entitled "School of Slander," he played Sir Charles - the main role.
Kinoroli and family
Funtikov did not forget about the set. Once again, viewers saw him in the film about an unknown soldier Sergei Krosh in 1984, and four years later, in the detective film “Sunday, half past six,” an adult Krosh, a law student, is investigating the death of Sonya Smirnova.
But the way Krosha his screen work was not limited. There were others - Mikhail in the movie "The Presumption of Innocence", the inspector of the traffic police in "Umbrella for the bride and groom" ...
In the theater named after A.S. Pushkin Funtikov went on stage in military and children's performances, and there was a time when he was so busy that he practically lived there.
In recent years, the actor has occasionally acted in films: "Capercaillie", "Pechorin. The hero of our time "," MUR is MUR "...
Almost nothing is known about his personal life, except that Funtikov Vasily Vladimirovich never married, but he has a daughter, Daria, very similar to her father, by his personal admission.