Russian actor Vasily Stepanov, who played the main role of Maxim Kammerer in the film "Inhabited Island" by Fyodor Bondarchuk based on the Strugatsky brothers novel of the same name, angrily kicked out journalists after asking how he felt about the fact that his role was given to another actor.
Earlier, the filming of the series "Noon" based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers "The Beetle in the anthill" started.
The main character of the fantastic thriller in it is also Maxim Kammerer, but in the series this role was not given Stepanov, and Yuri Kolokolnikov.Journalists of the telegram channel Mash rang the doorbell of Stepanov's apartment and asked if it was hard for him to find out this news.
"They packed their things and ... (far) from here ... (left)," the actor scolded the representatives of the telegram channel.
The movie "Inhabited Island" was released in 2009. The picture left conflicting impressions among viewers and critics, receiving favorable reviews for its scale, visual range and special effects, but negative ones for editing and playing the main role of Vasily Stepanov. At the same time, at the time of release, both parts of the dilogy were the leaders of the Russian rental.