Marius Weisberg: “I will make a good Jewish dad. American Dream by Natalia Bardo Weisberg and Bardo

Congratulations on the premiere of the film “Grandmothers of Easy Virtue.” In whose head was the enchanting scenario about a swindler hiding in the guise of a grandmother from bandits in a nursing home born?

Marius: The idea was proposed by Sasha Revva, who loves to transform. He kept telling me: “Marus, let’s do something together, I have an idea - I’m a grandmother, I’m going to a nursing home.” Honestly, for a long time I didn't know how to approach this story. At some point I realized that if we make him not just an old grandmother, but one like Barbra Streisand, and take Sasha’s own mother as a prototype, then we could get a very funny, fashionable and fresh story. I started working on the script, and it took us a long time to get it perfect. It is clear that there is nothing new in the concept itself, since artists have been dressing up as women since the days of Some Like It Hot. The hardest thing was to make a truly fresh film on an old theme.

- What do you remember about filming?

Marius: For me it was an extremely difficult film from a technical and production point of view. There are a lot of tricks in it, plastic makeup, which took two and a half hours shooting day, many objects, elderly artists. Moreover, we started filming in the fall, and it instantly, almost two weeks after the start of filming, turned into bitter winter.

Natasha: With rain, hail, blizzard and frost...

Marius: In the scene where Natasha comes out of the entrance with a suitcase, we had to literally break and melt the ice, remove the snow from under our feet and cover the ground with golden leaves.

Natasha: A piece of autumn was recreated in the yard, but it was winter all around, and I was standing in a summer coat, waiting for Sasha Revva. Or there was another scene, after which I came down with a sore throat, where I climb out of the hatch of a car flying into the cold at breakneck speed. I asked Sasha not to speed up, but he was driving 70 km/h. I have a bottle of champagne that is almost freezing, sticking to my hand, wild cold, and I shout: “We are happy, we are rich!” There are two blankets wrapped around your back - it’s not easy to stick out of the car hatch at such a speed when the wind just blows you to the hatch. They did several takes, and in the end I had a big bruise on my back; no amount of blankets could save it.

- Was this your first time working together as a director and an actress?

Natasha: Yes. By the way, when Marius and I met, it turned out that I had watched his films, but did not know that he was their director. He saw me somewhere, but did not understand that I was an actress. It so happened that we first developed a personal relationship. And only then, after a while, Marius began to try me for his projects.

Marius: Natasha turned out to be wonderful comedian actress. To be honest, it was unexpected, in my opinion, even for her.

Natasha: In “Granny of Easy Virtue,” my role is small, but quite bright. I play the accomplice of a swindler - the hero of Sasha Revva, trying to scam him out of money. And Marius later, after filming was completed, realized that comedy was mine, and I understood that too. And in January another film by Marius is coming out - “Night Shift”, where I have the main role. I play a stripper there. For this project, I learned to pole dance.

- Marius, I remember you said not so long ago that you were going to make a thriller. Are you ready to change your favorite genre - comedy?

Marius: The story is completely unique. I spent four years chasing this Hollywood script, trying to buy Russian-language rights to it. And finally the writer gave me the rights to a Russian-language remake. I'll start filming in the spring next year. Main role Sasha Petrov will play, I also want to invite Evgeny Mironov. I haven’t decided on the heroine yet: the producers are talking about Sasha Bortich, in principle I don’t mind - I like the actress Bortich.

- What is the story about? Already have a name?

Marius: The film is called "Down". A story about two young happy newlyweds who are expecting Honeymoon. The guys run into the registry office, sign, then run to their dad for money - a girl from a rich family, happy, kissing, filming each other on an iPhone - in general, complete happiness. They run into the elevator of a skyscraper, and a third man, a man, enters with them. They are riding down in the elevator and on some floor they get stuck, the three of them are in this elevator, they are late for the plane. At first, everyone is giggling and giggling, trying to call the dispatcher, but at some point they realize that they are stuck for a reason and that this man is with them for a reason... I liked this story primarily because it somehow managed to deduce her into a dramatic plane. That is, I hope that I will be able to create a sense of drama, with a philosophical background about what family is, what real love how is it different from the first happy one family year when you have butterflies in your stomach.

Two halves of one whole

- It must be difficult to be together all the time, both at work and at home?

Natasha: We are two Aries, very similar in many ways, but in Lately We often understand each other without words. Marius can say: “You know, it seems to me that this should be there, you can hang this here...”. I say, “Okay,” without asking any questions, because I understand what he’s talking about. That is, we think, live, work, love in unison. For me, family is a priority, despite the fact that the work is busy and the character is difficult, but Marius treats this with understanding. I’m hyperactive, and, unfortunately, I don’t cook at all, for me the kitchen is something very alien... A year ago I promised myself to learn, but everything got even worse - I cook scrambled eggs, they burn. I’ve completely forgotten how to do it, although I’m making some attempts, I’m trying. Marius says to me: “Well, I poured oatmeal, poured boiling water over it, here’s your breakfast.” So I'll definitely get burned, or I'll flood cold water, because I forgot to press the button on the kettle to make it boil. That is, well, not my thing at all. I am grateful to Marius that he treats this with understanding. Otherwise, I can do whatever I want: I organize my life according to full program, garbage is thrown out on time, the house is cleaned, everything is clean, ironed, washed.

Natalya: I don’t cook at all, for me the kitchen is something alien. But Marius treats this with understanding. Photo: Andrey Salov

- That is, you are an ideal housewife in everything except cooking.

Marius: She is the ideal top manager of the farm (laughs). But for me it's not that important. That is, of course, it is important, but I understand that there are no ideal people.

- Maybe Marius is a wonderful cook?

Natasha: He doesn’t cook either, well, that’s not our story. Nobody cooks here, but we are so beautiful and slender, we don’t bother at all about food.
Marius: In general, I think you should do something that brings you pleasure, that truly inspires you. A person who loves to cook comes to the store and thinks: “This will go with this, but now I’ll add this.” Cooking - absolutely creative process. Natasha cannot be forcibly realized in the kitchen, she is realized in something else. For me, family doesn’t necessarily mean cooking. If this aspect did not work out for my beloved woman, for me it is not a tragedy at all. There are other things she is great at, like a wife.

- What talents of Natasha’s will you note?

Marius: Firstly, she is an absolutely brilliant repair engineer, she has golden hands. For example, Natasha can easily assemble a cabinet, design a kitchen, her hands are shaking, she likes it so much. But I can’t even come close to this, I don’t understand where and what to twist. He doesn’t know where our tools are at home - a screwdriver, a drill. Natasha has an engineering mindset, she could be a very cool architect.

Natasha: Just yesterday I assembled three bookcases. Although there are masters, I take their work away from them, saying, “You screw it in crookedly, slowly, I’d rather do it myself.”
Marius: And then, she is a devoted person, whom I completely trust, with whom we have absolutely the same worldview. And this is many times more important to me than cooking. She and I truly, as they say, live in perfect harmony, we understand what everyone likes, without intruding into each other’s space when it is not necessary. We have found a certain harmony and symbiosis, and at the same time we live really happy, healthy and friendly family. This is the first time in my life.

- I wonder what your longest breakup was like?

Natasha: Marius recently went to Vyborg for two whole days for a festival, I missed him so much.

Marius: Well, we separated for a long time when Natasha was pregnant and living in our house in Los Angeles, and I was working here in Russia

- Some couples say that it is necessary to separate, it is very useful for the relationship.

Natasha: I used to think so too, but now I can’t understand why we have to break up? But we still part during the day - he goes to sports, I go to sports, he goes somewhere and I go about my business. But we don’t have such a situation that we get tired of each other, we feel good together. We have a feeling that we, like puzzles, in a sense, complement each other, like two halves.

Marius: I have never had such a good time with a person... What can you rest from when you don’t get tired? Moreover, I know what it is to get tired of a person. When he has a different energy, a slightly different worldview, and so on, then either she or you have to adapt all the time, and this happens very often.

Natasha: We don’t burden each other, we can be close and silent, hugging, but everyone is working, busy with something of their own, I’m reading, he’s doing something. I can tinker in the kitchen, put together another cabinet, for example, Marius is editing his movie, but, nevertheless, the feeling that we are close is there, and this is good and comfortable. We don’t tell each other that if we met, we must solve some problems. Because I have this trait and Marius has it, but somehow we don’t have any problems.

Marius: Natasha and I have the same worldview, and this is much more important to me than cooking. Photo: Andrey Salov

- So, did these problems arise in previous relationships?

They arose. That is, we met: “Okay, we need to solve this, do something about it.” People always have such conversations, about jealousy, and about everyday life and something else. We don’t have this at all and, thank God, because we have neither the time nor the desire for this. Everyone's life is so crazy now, I wish I could find time to just hug in silence.

Director's wife

Natasha, do you, as the director’s wife, have the right, as they say, on the first night - to be the first to read the script, to choose a role for yourself?
Natasha: No, I don’t want to choose a role for myself just because I’m a wife. And I tell Marius this too. I read the script and go to auditions like everyone else. Although everyone tells me, “What’s the big deal, all directors film their wives.” I won’t be offended if he gives the role to another actress, and even more than that, I even offer him actresses.

Marius: Yes, she helps me a lot with casting.

Natasha: I help with casting, I already know all the actors, and many of his friends star in leading roles. Because it is important for me that Marius has successful project. There are roles that don’t suit me, or I don’t want to, or I can’t play them, or I’m even afraid. The situations may be different. And then, I wouldn’t want him to have any limitation - a wife...

Marius: And I can’t really imagine that I’ll be filming it in explicit scenes...I have serious love lines, where I need two people to have fire, romance. I won’t be comfortable with Natasha, I won’t be able to invest in it myself, I won’t be able to really direct it.
- Does everything have to be real for you?

Marius: Yes. And here, firstly, for an actor, this is my wife, that is, he plays completely differently. It turns out there is a complete conflict of interests within.

Natasha: Of course, I don’t want to participate in this either. So that it would be to the detriment of the film or to the detriment of the relationship. Who needs these unnecessary emotions?

Marius: But I understand, of course, that she is an actress, this cannot be avoided, but I personally am not going to take part in this myself. Natasha consults with me in any case, but we have no taboos or prohibitions.

Natasha: It’s as if by default in our family we have this agreement: you are wise. Everyone is responsible for themselves, but everyone understands in their head how clean they are internally. In comedy it’s all easy, there are basically no such passions, after all, the genre is different. But now I wouldn’t want to play some kind of difficult relationship, love, passion. I’m not ready to act in this because I don’t know how to act and I don’t feel, I’m completely immersed in the role. But I don't want to experience all this, because it would contradict my family values. There is quite a lot of other work, a different genre, where you don’t have to break yourself in some way and hurt a loved one.

I've been trying for two years

- Readers, of course, want to know the story of your acquaintance. Who has their eye on whom?

Marius: I've had my eye on Natasha for a long time now. Although we didn’t know each other, I just saw her in photographs, maybe on TV once. I wrote to her on Facebook for a while, tried to ask her out on a date, organize a meeting for work, no matter what, I just wanted to get to know each other. I came up with various reasons, but for a couple of years there was complete silence. I thought - in a relationship, he probably lives with someone, and I didn’t want to get involved. But I unobtrusively wrote something once every six months, you never know, maybe the situation will change... Then we finally met.

Natasha: We met in person at a party two years ago. I remember we were sitting with my girlfriends, and someone brought Marius to our women’s table. He sat, looked at me carefully and said goodbye, “I’ll write to you again.”

Marius: Yes, she never answered me.

Natalya: we are two Aries, we are similar in many ways, and lately we often understand each other without words. Photo: Andrey Salov

- Why were they ignored?

Natasha: Firstly, I was in a relationship, and secondly, I had never met anyone on the Internet at all. I have never been attracted by the prospects, neither directorial nor monetary, nor anything, it doesn’t matter to me. I only have this: I saw it, I was hooked, that’s it. But still, fate brought us together.

- Marius wrote again, and you still answered?

Natasha: Wrote. I already realized that it wouldn’t work out directly, I started sending me scripts, and I told him: “This is a small role, I won’t play it.” But he behaved so gallantly, wrote so kindly, and called for his birthday, and called everywhere. And most importantly, unobtrusively, but regularly. And I decided that I still need to pay attention to this. She wrote: “Well, okay, we can drink tea, just talk about work.” We met and sat on our first date for six hours, the restaurant was closed, they kicked us out, but we couldn’t talk enough. Everything comes together: about work, and about prospects, and about hopes, and about dreams, and in general about everything. And there were five such dates, we sat for five or six hours, could not close our mouths for a second, and then we never parted.

Marius: I went to Kyiv to make a movie, we talked on the phone, I flew in as soon as I could for one day. It was such a beautiful story.

Natasha: He generally flew in in the morning, flew away in the evening, walked with me for a day and left. I was in Kyiv and constantly sent flowers with postcards. An unfamiliar number would regularly call me, I would pick up the phone and hear: “Hello, where can I deliver flowers to you?” And all the time there were such romantic cards if I got sick or something else. I still have them all.

- For you, the most valuable quality in Marius is his main feature character that captivated you?

Natasha: He's warm and he's responsible. This is something I very rarely see in people. That is, if Marius said it, he will do it. In addition, he is well-mannered, very kind, sympathetic, he will always regret. If there is any problem, he will help. If I get sick, he will run all over Moscow buying medicine. In general, for me he is the ideal man.

- All these qualities were influenced by the fact that Marius has been living in America for more than 20 years?

Natasha: Yes, there is merit in this. Because many Russian men They are constantly looking, it seems to me, for some kind of trick: “Where is the poop?” We all live like this: “Now something will happen.” But this is not the case with Marius, he always believes everyone, looks at the world with open eyes. And he doesn't have anything in his pocket. I also started learning this from him, and I’m already scared, because I’m also becoming the same, kindness consumes, and everyone already seems good to you.

Natalya: Marius took me to Hawaii and proposed there. It was so cool, just magical! Photo: Andrey Salov

- Where do you spend most of your time, where is your home now?

Marius: We used to live in Los Angeles for a long time, but now there is a lot of work here. It’s been six months since we settled in Moscow that we’ve been furnishing an apartment and finishing the construction of a dacha.

The wedding is just around the corner

- A year ago there was information that Marius proposed, and you are preparing for the wedding. But still not a word about the wedding itself. Did you get married after all or not?

Marius: No, we haven’t gotten married, but we will definitely get married. This year has been very difficult for work, we just physically can’t keep up.

Natasha: Marius took me to Hawaii and proposed to me very beautifully there. It was so cool, just magical. This is a very personal moment for me; I haven’t told many people about it. I just posted a photo on Instagram that day with the date and wrote: “Let it stay here.” We have already bought the rings, but there is absolutely no time yet.

Marius: We choose a place in Moscow and take aim. You have to organize everything really well, gather all your friends. And now we have a lot of things: we built a dacha outside the city, renovations in the apartment, work. But we don’t have anything that needs to be done urgently, urgently, we have nowhere to rush, because everything is great with us anyway. On the contrary, there will be something to look forward to.

Natasha: We're in no hurry. The wedding will not escape from us, the rings are there, all that remains is to invite our friends. I'm in no hurry because I'm a bride. Every day I wake up as a bride. I prolong my pleasure. And it's so cool.

They wanted a daughter, but they gave birth to an awesome son

- Why has no one seen your son, Weisberg Jr., where have you been hiding him for the second year now? What's his name?

Natasha: They named him Eric, in honor of Father Marius. And our godfather is Pasha Derevyanko, our great friend. We are not hiding our son on purpose, we will definitely show him, but we are waiting for some special occasion and moment for this. We spend almost our entire life in public, everyone sees everything, everyone knows everything. Somehow I want there to be something of my own, so that the child doesn’t have to be terrorized with these photographs. Because this is his world, which we relate to warmly and reverently.

- Tell us about Eric, what is he like, who is he like?

Natasha: Oh, he's so cool, just an angel. To be honest, sometimes I’m even afraid to show it to my friends. Although I am not superstitious, I think that people are all different, and some are not very kind. I don’t want there to be any negativity towards the baby. He's so cool! He looks like Marius, a real daddy's son. Smiling, laughs constantly. Now Marius will show you.

Marius is scrolling through photos on her phone of a charming blond toddler with long wavy hair. Little Eric is very similar to his dad, but his eyes - bright blue - are exactly like his mother's.

Marius: when I met Natasha, I immediately realized that this was the woman with whom I wanted a child and everything else. Photo: Andrey Salov

Marius: We have lovely child. But he is still so small, so defenseless, that it is very scary to destroy that idyll where the child is in a cocoon of happiness and love... He is happy, smiling, he is, ugh, ugh, ugh, healthy. And why, why do we publish his photo? I do not think that small child you need to take him somewhere, show him, because it’s stressful for him... Let him mature a little, form. When we came with him from America, Eric was just a baby, but now I look at him and see that he has already become stronger, he is already such an independent man, he walks on his own. Now I feel comfortable going somewhere with him, taking him with me so that he can communicate with someone. Our wonderful grandmother, Natasha’s mother, helps us a lot. Soon my mother will fly in to help.

- Did you immediately want a child, or was this news pleasant, but unexpected?

Marius: To be honest, we didn’t plan anything, it just happened that way. But we treated each other so tenderly and touchingly that we could not imagine that now we would do anything other than give birth. In general, when I met Natasha, I immediately realized that this was the woman with whom I wanted a child and everything else. Maybe, again, because we are two Aries, everything is quite organic with us. We don't plan anything, we don't force anything. But we value some main things, we treat them with care, so as not to offend each other, not to hurt each other in any way, we protect each other emotionally. The son is the most important thing for us now, as they say, our main general project. We conceived him in Spain. And after some time Natasha says to me: “Can you imagine...”. I exclaimed: “What a thrill!” That's all. By and large, it all happened so naturally that we didn’t have any dilemmas, we did it, gave birth, and are now raising it.

- Was it important to you who was born, a boy or a girl, or didn’t it matter?

Marius: They both wanted a girl, but an awesome boy was born, and now I can’t even imagine that it might not have been him...

- Well, you probably won’t stop at one child?

Natasha: I just want Marius to get fat next time, give birth, and then lose weight (laughs).

“Granny of Easy Virtue” is already in cinemas

Marius Weisberg decided to legalize relations with ex-participant of “Dom-2” Natalya Krivozub. The girl changed her last name to a more sonorous one - Bardot, discovered her acting talent and agreed to a marriage proposal from a famous director.

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A photo of the engagement ring appeared on Bardot's Instagram. Weisberg's intention accompanied by a bouquet of flowers and a note: “For my beautiful bride.”"To be happy is to be loved... And happiness is to love! Women, appreciate those who love us and make us happy! HAPPY SPRING🌺❤ be happy! Dear thank you for the fact that every day I wake up and fall asleep with a smile!(hereinafter, the authors’ spelling and punctuation have been preserved. – Ed.),” wrote Natalya.

As reported Days.Ru, popular director Marius Weisberg officially announced a new romantic relationship, coming out with former member TV project "Dom-2" by Natalya Krivozub. They arrived together at the “Person of the Year” ceremony according to GQ magazine in September 2015. The 44-year-old producer and the 27-year-old TV star did not leave each other all evening.

Journalists immediately took advantage of the opportunity and contacted the director directly. "Everything is serious and exclusive with us. We are dating!" - he said. Let us recall that at the end of last summer it became known about the separation of Marius Weisberg and the star of the series “Young Guard” Katerina Shpitsa - their romance did not last even a year.

Marius Weisberg

The first thing that attracts people about Marius Weisberg is his charm and cheerfulness. The director lived in Hollywood for a long time, and gave the Russian audience such comedy films as “Love in big city”, franchises about “dating” and “Hitler kaput!”. In addition to his works in secular circles, Marius is known as a conqueror women's hearts. But actress Natalia Bardo has become much more than just a hobby. The director is ready to offer both his hand and his heart to the woman he loves.

In this case, I just want to exclaim: how small the world is! Last summer we talked with Natalya, did great interview. The actress spoke tenderly about the man she was in love with, but did not mention his name. Then we could not even think that we're talking about about Marius Weisberg. However, the director appeared at the GQ Man of the Year ceremony with Natalia Bardo. “Everything is serious and exclusive with us,” they commented, laughing. And skeptics soon became convinced that this was indeed the case. It seems that on the eve of his 45th birthday, Marius has finally found his love. And he is ready not only to become an exemplary family man, but also... a caring father.

— Marius, first of all, what is an indicator of success for you?

— Success for me is self-realization, a feeling of satisfaction from one’s own progress. Not how people perceive you, but your own a feeling of how well you meet the requirements that you place on yourself.

— Your father, Eric Weisberg, was a famous film producer who worked with legendary directors. Did you choose your profession under his influence?

- Yes. My father was the director of several films by Andrei Tarkovsky, including “Mirror”, “Andrei Rublev”, and Sergei Bondarchuk. Our families were friends with both the Mikhalkovs and Andron Konchalovsky. I grew up on film sets. Of course, this profession seemed fabulous to me. In addition, I am a humanist by nature: I was good at languages, I wrote poetry, literature was one of my favorite subjects.

“Wasn’t it scary to take this path when you see talents of such magnitude nearby?”

“I was a very confident young man. (Laughs.) And this bravado helped early stages life. But concerns, of course, were present. Firstly, they were caused by the pope himself: he, like no one else, understood all the responsibility that this profession imposes and the level of competition in it. Directors are very nervous and physical exercise, as a result, health problems. Like any Jewish dad, he tried to warn me, to protect me from stress. But I was very stubborn, my zodiac sign is Aries, so I listened and listened, but did everything my own way.

— Did you get into VGIK right away?

— I passed the first two rounds myself. He entered under his mother's name Balciunas. Dad didn’t even know that I had applied there. But at some stage, Vladimir Naumovich (Vladimir Naumov, course director - Author's note) found out that I was Weisberg's son, from a film family. They told me: why were you silent? And after that everything became easier. But dad was very impressed that I completed these two rounds myself.

- Why did you start this intrigue? Did you want to test your strength?

- Yes, I didn’t want dad to know about it. Because it turned out that in this way I seemed to ask him for help. And I wanted to prove that I could do it myself. To some extent I succeeded.

— Then the halo of romance of the profession faded?

- No, because for me everything worked out just like in the movies. I studied at VGIK with pleasure, and Vladimir Naumovich believed that I had great potential. But it so happened that in the summer I interned with my father in Andron Konchalovsky’s film “The Inner Circle” and met actress Lolita Davidovich there. Her fiancé, Ron Shelton, came to see her and we became friends. I showed him some of my VGIK works, and he invited me to work as an assistant on his film “White Men Can’t Jump.

- To Hollywood?

- Yes. I asked Naumov for academic leave. He said: I’ll be happy to give it to you and take you back to the course if you come, but you won’t come back. And so it happened. I left and ended up on a big Hollywood production. The year was 1991. For me, an unspoiled guy from Soviet Union, everything was like in a fairy tale: bright, interesting, breathtaking. I realized that I could learn a lot here, and I tried really hard. I watched how Ron worked, how he communicated with artists, producers, and heads of film studios. I knew English fairly well, so I understood everything well and absorbed it like a sponge. They also reacted to me with interest, because I was a kind of curiosity for them - a guy from the Soviet perestroika space. It was a very positive, wonderful period in my life, and I can’t say that any illusions about the profession were dispelled. Then I went to the Southern California Film and Television School, which was also magical.

— From Moscow in 1991 to get to Hollywood is, of course, a strong shock. What surprised you the most?

- All! The contrast was so striking in all aspects of life: completely different colors, culture, way of life. But what was most striking was people’s attitude to work. In our country, comedy as a genre is viewed condescendingly in intellectual circles. This comes from Soviet times, when Gaidai’s paintings were considered “below the baseboards.” The film I worked on with Ron was also a comedy, but everyone was very respectful and responsible in the process. Every joke, comedic timing - everything was so polished, so much effort was put into it - of course I was impressed. There was no such thing in Russia then. Now the boundaries are blurring. When I'm on the mid-budget Hollywood sets, they remind me of my own set, I can't say there's an abyss between them. But the most important thing is that Hollywood instilled in me a professional serious attitude to the comedy genre.

— You didn’t have to conquer Hollywood, like many emigrants. You were immediately invited to work...

- Well, the job actually wasn’t the most glamorous. I was the director’s personal assistant and was responsible for moving his car, bringing coffee, and taking some things to the laundry. (Laughs.) But nevertheless, I realized that I was very lucky. I didn’t have a work permit. I was paid in cash under the table - three hundred dollars a week, crazy money in those days. And I understood that I had a unique chance to learn something in the profession. I can’t say that I fell straight from the plane into the director’s chair, but, probably, fate was more favorable to me than to other emigrants trying to make their way in Hollywood.

— When did your first success come to you?

— I made a film with Christina Ritchie “No Places”, it won many prizes at various film festivals, including Moscow. And I remember, I was traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow, they called me from Hollywood and said that Kevin Kostner liked my script. He wants to film and is ready to meet in two days! And when I arrived in Moscow, I immediately boarded a plane and flew back to Los Angeles to meet with Kevin. This was an epoch-making event for me. Before that, I worked in independent low-budget films, but here I reached another level, met all the big “Hollywood bigwigs” - agents, producers. I wanted to pinch myself to check if it was a dream.

— Has the film been released?

- No, alas. We worked directly with Kevin for another couple of months, finalizing the script for him. The film has already passed the preparatory period, but the film producers did not agree on the issue of fees, and as a result, Kevin even sued this company. I also got paid for the script. There is still a lot of interest in the film. Maybe it’s for the best that it wasn’t removed at the time. Then there was no question of me directing it myself. And now I can do it.

— What was the reason for your decision to work in Russia?

“Gradually I began to understand that my path was comedy. But in Hollywood, in order to withstand competition, you must not only know the language perfectly, but also understand the mentality. After all, humor is closely related to cultural roots. Yes, I wrote and sold scripts, but at some point I realized that I was competing with people who were here on native soil. It turns out that already at the start I give them a huge head start. Then a very tragic event happened in my life - my father died. I came to Russia for his funeral and... received an offer to make a Russian-language film. In the end, all this resulted in such a long-lasting story.

— Is the fact that you work in the comedy genre related to your character - light, cheerful? Or do you think that the viewer still goes to the cinema for entertainment?

— No, I don’t make comedies out of the belief that cinema exists to entertain people. In essence, a film is the equivalent of communicating with a person, a director. And we all perceive life differently. If Andrei Zvyagintsev sees everything in gray and cold tones, the same James Brooks, whom I love very much, believes in goodness, in the best in people, in the bright side of their nature. Both of them are very talented masters who impose their point of view on the viewer. My vision of the world is much closer to that of James Brooks.

— The film “8” was recently released best dates" There were already “8 firsts” and “8 new ones”. Why are you filming a sequel and what are these stories about for you globally?

— About believing in the best that is in us: celebrating love, humanity and freedom of spirit. This is if it is global. As for the dating franchise, all three stories are completely different. If we call them differently, they will be completely independent of each other. Especially "8 Best Dates", which is not related to the first two even in concept. From my “dates” and “love in the big city” I create a brand that audiences recognize. The fact is that now a huge number of “plastic” comedy films are being shot in Russia, it is becoming difficult to stand out in the market. We came up with this marketing ploy. So that when people see a poster for a new film, they understand: these are “dates”, they are always funny and pleasant. And, in my opinion, it is not at all necessary that new picture were a direct continuation of the previous one."

- But the actors are busy with the same ones.

— In the third film, Vera Brezhneva is already playing, and not Oksana Akinshina. And the plot has nothing to do with waking up in the same bed. If the viewer reacts positively, we will continue to communicate in this way. We will make a fourth film and a fifth."

— Is commercial success an indicator for you that the movie was a success?

- Certainly. This is not only creativity, but also business. I won’t reveal any sensational news here. To remove good film, need money. It costs a lot, and the money must be returned. So financial success is important. Creative success is a much more complex and subjective area. How many people, so many opinions. True, in the case of a comedy it’s simpler: if people laugh, it means the film was a success.

— Do you take criticism painfully? Whose opinion is important to you?

— I have long perceived cinema this way: either it’s alive or it’s dead. For me, all films fall into these two general categories. Zvyagintsev’s paintings are not my world, I don’t feel good in it, but they are alive, so I consider them good. I try to fill my cinema with life, so that it has emotions, a pulse, and a broadcast. inner freedom. This is the only thing that is objective for me. Everything else is a matter of taste. Of course, like any person, I am pleased if my mother liked my film. Or close people whose opinion I care about. In general, I have long been calm about criticism. You can't please everyone, it's a lost cause.

— Working in Russia, are you trying to introduce Hollywood standards?

“I’ve never been spoiled, I’m not Spielberg.” He spends two weeks building the scenery, but he doesn’t like some detail, and he turns around and goes home. I work in real world. There were some things that needed to be adjusted to. Firstly, everything happens much slower here. (Smiles.) Secondly, some professions simply do not exist. For example, a props artist - such a profession did not exist here when I started. But everything was compensated big amount time for filming. I shot Love in the City in twenty-three days in New York, and it was stressful for me. I filmed the second part in Moscow, it was thirty-five days, and this is a huge difference.

— Returning to Russia turned out to be successful for you on a personal level. You took your fiancée, Natasha Bardot, to America...

- Oh yeah! (Laughs.)

— Was it love at first sight?

— To be honest, I liked Natasha for a long time. We were in contact on social networks, and I really wanted to meet in person. But Natasha did not give me such an opportunity. She politely declined all my invitations to tea. (Laughs.) At that time she was in another relationship. Besides, she knew my reputation and didn’t want to give advances to such a person...

- Which one?

- Well, I don’t know how to call myself more gently... (Laughs.) I have developed a certain reputation, although perhaps this is not entirely true. I took Natasha’s decision normally, with respect. But then we crossed paths at some event, and then I decided not to miss the chance. (Laughs.) After I managed to drag her out to a cafe on a date, everything began to develop very quickly. Natasha was ideal for me both in temperament and spiritual qualities, I loved her very much. It's just a miracle that it's so dear and loved one I purchased it in such a short time. I thank fate that we wake up together in the morning, like in a movie.

— Was it difficult to re-educate?

- Yes, after all, he’s not a boy anymore. I understand that you can’t just earn such a reputation, there is some truth in this. (Smiles.) But in my heart I always wanted a normal relationship, a family. And when it didn’t work out for me for some reason, I still believed in myself.

- You were already married in student years on American.

- It was a fictitious marriage. Michelle was my good friend, we had lungs, a good relationship. When I needed to get a residence permit in America, she offered her help. But we didn’t get married to start a family.

- Maybe you are one of those men who are attracted to an inaccessible object? And when it is conquered, it becomes uninteresting?

- Well, it’s possible. All men are hunters by nature. But in the case of Natasha it turned out differently. I achieved my goal, but at the same time I am happy and don’t want anything more. We've been together for almost a year, which is a long time for me. I don’t want to make any guesses, but for now we feel good, we live and enjoy life.

— An indicator of the seriousness of a relationship is your desire to have a child. This is a huge responsibility. Are you ready for it?

- I'm ready, yes! I think I will make a good Jewish dad, caring and loving. (Laughs.)

-Have you already proposed to Natasha?

- Soon. I want it all to be somehow beautiful, like in a movie. So I'm getting ready.

— Will the wedding be in America?

“We’re thinking about it, but we haven’t decided for sure.” I have many friends in Los Angeles, and my mother lives here too. But, of course, there are Natasha’s parents and friends in Moscow. It’s simply not possible to bring everyone here. You may have to do two celebrations.

— Does Natasha like Los Angeles?

— Yes, it’s very good here, especially in winter. (Laughs.) Plus twenty-three, next to the ocean. We live in my house, Natasha and her mother get along great. Everyone is happy. Natasha has already made friends here; she is an active, sociable person. Now he plans to go to Moscow only for work.

— Some directors are categorically against filming their wives, others do just that. Will you help Natasha in her career?

— As with everything in life, I stick to the golden mean. I have absolutely no prejudices about this. I don’t think that Natasha should be featured in absolutely all of my films. But she's talented beautiful girl- why not invite her if there is a suitable role.

- Natasha doesn’t give the impression of being a homely girl.

- Yes, it’s true, she is focused on her career. But I didn’t want a wife who sits at home. Therefore, I will give her complete freedom to do what she wants, to realize herself in her profession, otherwise she will not be happy. Why do I need an unhappy wife?!

They have only recently been together, but there are already quite a lot of rumors surrounding their relationship. They are successful people - each in his own business. Film director Marius Weisberg makes high-profile box office films (“Love in the City,” “8 New Dates”), and Natalya Bardo is a successful film actress. Since their love story is just beginning, our conversation turned out more like a prelude to something important and very serious

Photo: Vladimir Vasilchikov

Congratulations on the premiere of the film “Grandmothers of Easy Virtue.” In whose head was the enchanting scenario about a swindler hiding in the guise of a grandmother from bandits in a nursing home born?

Marius: The idea was proposed by Sasha Revva, who loves to transform. He kept telling me: “Marus, let’s do something together, I have an idea - I’m a grandmother, I’m going to a nursing home.” To be honest, for a long time I didn’t know how to approach this story. At some point I realized that if we make him not just an old grandmother, but one like Barbra Streisand, and take Sasha’s own mother as a prototype, then we could get a very funny, fashionable and fresh story. I started working on the script, and it took us a long time to get it perfect. It is clear that there is nothing new in the concept itself, since artists have been dressing up as women since the days of Some Like It Hot. The hardest thing was to make a truly fresh film on an old theme.

- What do you remember about filming?

Marius: For me it was an extremely difficult film from a technical and production point of view. There are a lot of tricks in it, plastic makeup, which took two and a half hours of the shooting day, a lot of objects, elderly actors. Moreover, we started filming in the fall, and it instantly, almost two weeks after the start of filming, turned into bitter winter.

Natasha: With rain, hail, blizzard and frost...

Marius: In the scene where Natasha comes out of the entrance with a suitcase, we had to literally break and melt the ice, remove the snow from under our feet and cover the ground with golden leaves.

Natasha: A piece of autumn was recreated in the yard, but it was winter all around, and I was standing in a summer coat, waiting for Sasha Revva. Or there was another scene, after which I came down with a sore throat, where I climb out of the hatch of a car flying into the cold at breakneck speed. I asked Sasha not to speed up, but he was driving 70 km/h. I have a bottle of champagne that is almost freezing, sticking to my hand, wild cold, and I shout: “We are happy, we are rich!” There are two blankets wrapped around your back - it’s not easy to stick out of the car hatch at such a speed when the wind just blows you to the hatch. They did several takes, and in the end I had a big bruise on my back; no amount of blankets could save it.

- Was this your first time working together as a director and an actress?

Natasha: Yes. By the way, when Marius and I met, it turned out that I had watched his films, but did not know that he was their director. He saw me somewhere, but did not understand that I was an actress. It so happened that we first developed a personal relationship. And only then, after a while, Marius began to try me for his projects.

Marius: Natasha turned out to be an excellent comedic actress. To be honest, it was unexpected, in my opinion, even for her.

Natasha: In “Granny of Easy Virtue,” my role is small, but quite bright. I play the accomplice of a swindler - the hero of Sasha Revva, trying to scam him out of money. And Marius later, after filming was completed, realized that comedy was mine, and I understood that too. And in January another film by Marius is coming out - “Night Shift”, where I have the main role. I play a stripper there. For this project, I learned to pole dance.

- Marius, I remember you said not so long ago that you were going to make a thriller. Are you ready to change your favorite genre - comedy?

Marius: The story is completely unique. I spent four years chasing this Hollywood script, trying to buy Russian-language rights to it. And finally the writer gave me the rights to a Russian-language remake. I'll start filming next spring. Sasha Petrov will play the main role, I also want to invite Evgeny Mironov. I haven’t decided on the heroine yet: the producers are talking about Sasha Bortich, in principle I don’t mind - I like the actress Bortich.

- What is the story about? Already have a name?

Marius: The film is called "Down". The story is about two young happy newlyweds who are waiting for their honeymoon. The guys run into the registry office, sign, then run to their dad for money - a girl from a rich family, happy, kissing, filming each other on an iPhone - in general, complete happiness. They run into the elevator of a skyscraper, and a third man, a man, enters with them. They are riding down in the elevator and on some floor they get stuck, the three of them are in this elevator, they are late for the plane. At first, everyone is giggling and giggling, trying to call the dispatcher, but at some point they realize that they are stuck for a reason and that this man is with them for a reason... I liked this story primarily because it somehow managed to deduce her into a dramatic plane. That is, I hope that I will be able to create a sense of drama, with a philosophical background about what family is, what true love is, how it differs from the first happy family year, when there are butterflies in the stomach.

Two halves of one whole

- It must be difficult to be together all the time, both at work and at home?

Natasha: We are two Aries, very similar in many ways, and lately we often understand each other without words. Marius can say: “You know, it seems to me that this should be there, you can hang this here...”. I say, “Okay,” without asking any questions, because I understand what he’s talking about. That is, we think, live, work, love in unison. For me, family is a priority, despite the fact that the work is busy and the character is difficult, but Marius treats this with understanding. I’m hyperactive, and, unfortunately, I don’t cook at all, for me the kitchen is something very alien... A year ago I promised myself to learn, but everything got even worse - I cook scrambled eggs, they burn. I’ve completely forgotten how to do it, although I’m making some attempts, I’m trying. Marius says to me: “Well, I poured oatmeal, poured boiling water over it, here’s your breakfast.” So I will definitely burn myself, or I will pour cold water on it, because I forgot to press the button on the kettle to make it boil. That is, well, not my thing at all. I am grateful to Marius that he treats this with understanding. Otherwise, I can do whatever I want: I organize my life in full, the garbage is thrown out on time, the house is cleaned, everything is clean, ironed, washed.

Natalya: I don’t cook at all, for me the kitchen is something alien. But Marius treats this with understanding. Photo: Andrey Salov

- That is, you are an ideal housewife in everything except cooking.

Marius: She is the ideal top manager of the farm (laughs). But for me it's not that important. That is, of course, it is important, but I understand that there are no ideal people.

- Maybe Marius is a wonderful cook?

Natasha: He doesn’t cook either, well, that’s not our story. Nobody cooks here, but we are so beautiful and slender, we don’t bother at all about food.
Marius: In general, I think you should do something that brings you pleasure, that truly inspires you. A person who loves to cook comes to the store and thinks: “This will go with this, but now I’ll add this.” Cooking is an absolutely creative process. Natasha cannot be forcibly realized in the kitchen, she is realized in something else. For me, family doesn’t necessarily mean cooking. If this aspect did not work out for my beloved woman, for me it is not a tragedy at all. There are other things she is great at, like a wife.

- What talents of Natasha’s will you note?

Marius: Firstly, she is an absolutely brilliant repair engineer, she has golden hands. For example, Natasha can easily assemble a cabinet, design a kitchen, her hands are shaking, she likes it so much. But I can’t even come close to this, I don’t understand where and what to twist. He doesn’t know where our tools are at home - a screwdriver, a drill. Natasha has an engineering mindset, she could be a very cool architect.

Natasha: Just yesterday I assembled three bookcases. Although there are masters, I take their work away from them, saying, “You screw it in crookedly, slowly, I’d rather do it myself.”
Marius: And then, she is a devoted person, whom I completely trust, with whom we have absolutely the same worldview. And this is many times more important to me than cooking. She and I truly, as they say, live in perfect harmony, we understand what everyone likes, without intruding into each other’s space when it is not necessary. We have found a certain harmony and symbiosis, and at the same time we live as a really happy, healthy and friendly family. This is the first time in my life.

- I wonder what your longest breakup was like?

Natasha: Marius recently went to Vyborg for two whole days for a festival, I missed him so much.

Marius: Well, we separated for a long time when Natasha was pregnant and living in our house in Los Angeles, and I was working here in Russia

- Some couples say that it is necessary to separate, it is very useful for the relationship.

Natasha: I used to think so too, but now I can’t understand why we have to break up? But we still part during the day - he goes to sports, I go to sports, he goes somewhere and I go about my business. But we don’t have such a situation that we get tired of each other, we feel good together. We have a feeling that we, like puzzles, in a sense, complement each other, like two halves.

Marius: I have never had such a good time with a person... What can you rest from when you don’t get tired? Moreover, I know what it is to get tired of a person. When he has a different energy, a slightly different worldview, and so on, then either she or you have to adapt all the time, and this happens very often.

Natasha: We don’t burden each other, we can be close and silent, hugging, but everyone is working, busy with something of their own, I’m reading, he’s doing something. I can tinker in the kitchen, put together another cabinet, for example, Marius is editing his movie, but, nevertheless, the feeling that we are close is there, and this is good and comfortable. We don’t tell each other that if we met, we must solve some problems. Because I have this trait and Marius has it, but somehow we don’t have any problems.

Marius: Natasha and I have the same worldview, and this is much more important to me than cooking. Photo: Andrey Salov

- So, did these problems arise in previous relationships?

They arose. That is, we met: “Okay, we need to solve this, do something about it.” People always have such conversations, about jealousy, and about everyday life and something else. We don’t have this at all and, thank God, because we have neither the time nor the desire for this. Everyone's life is so crazy now, I wish I could find time to just hug in silence.

Director's wife

Natasha, do you, as the director’s wife, have the right, as they say, on the first night - to be the first to read the script, to choose a role for yourself?
Natasha: No, I don’t want to choose a role for myself just because I’m a wife. And I tell Marius this too. I read the script and go to auditions like everyone else. Although everyone tells me, “What’s the big deal, all directors film their wives.” I won’t be offended if he gives the role to another actress, and even more than that, I even offer him actresses.

Marius: Yes, she helps me a lot with casting.

Natasha: I help with casting, I already know all the actors, and many of his friends star in leading roles. Because it is important for me that Marius has a successful project. There are roles that don’t suit me, or I don’t want to, or I can’t play them, or I’m even afraid. The situations may be different. And then, I wouldn’t want him to have any limitation - a wife...

Marius: And I can’t really imagine that I will film her in explicit scenes... I have serious love lines, where I need fire and romance to happen between two people. I won’t be comfortable with Natasha, I won’t be able to invest in it myself, I won’t be able to really direct it.
- Does everything have to be real for you?

Marius: Yes. And here, firstly, for an actor, this is my wife, that is, he plays completely differently. It turns out there is a complete conflict of interests within.

Natasha: Of course, I don’t want to participate in this either. So that it would be to the detriment of the film or to the detriment of the relationship. Who needs these unnecessary emotions?

Marius: But I understand, of course, that she is an actress, this cannot be avoided, but I personally am not going to take part in this myself. Natasha consults with me in any case, but we have no taboos or prohibitions.

Natasha: It’s as if by default in our family we have this agreement: you are wise. Everyone is responsible for themselves, but everyone understands in their head how clean they are internally. In comedy it’s all easy, there are basically no such passions, after all, the genre is different. But now I wouldn’t want to play some kind of difficult relationship, love, passion. I’m not ready to act in this because I don’t know how to act and I don’t feel, I’m completely immersed in the role. But I don’t want to experience all this because it would go against my family values. There is quite a lot of other work, a different genre, where you don’t have to break yourself in some way and hurt a loved one.

I've been trying for two years

- Readers, of course, want to know the story of your acquaintance. Who has their eye on whom?

Marius: I've had my eye on Natasha for a long time now. Although we didn’t know each other, I just saw her in photographs, maybe on TV once. I wrote to her on Facebook for a while, tried to ask her out on a date, organize a meeting for work, no matter what, I just wanted to get to know each other. I came up with various reasons, but for a couple of years there was complete silence. I thought - in a relationship, he probably lives with someone, and I didn’t want to get involved. But I unobtrusively wrote something once every six months, you never know, maybe the situation will change... Then we finally met.

Natasha: We met in person at a party two years ago. I remember we were sitting with my girlfriends, and someone brought Marius to our women’s table. He sat, looked at me carefully and said goodbye, “I’ll write to you again.”

Marius: Yes, she never answered me.

Natalya: we are two Aries, we are similar in many ways, and lately we often understand each other without words. Photo: Andrey Salov

- Why were they ignored?

Natasha: Firstly, I was in a relationship, and secondly, I had never met anyone on the Internet at all. I have never been attracted by the prospects, neither directorial nor monetary, nor anything, it doesn’t matter to me. I only have this: I saw it, I was hooked, that’s it. But still, fate brought us together.

- Marius wrote again, and you still answered?

Natasha: Wrote. I already realized that it wouldn’t work out directly, I started sending me scripts, and I told him: “This is a small role, I won’t play it.” But he behaved so gallantly, wrote so kindly, and called for his birthday, and called everywhere. And most importantly, unobtrusively, but regularly. And I decided that I still need to pay attention to this. She wrote: “Well, okay, we can drink tea, just talk about work.” We met and sat on our first date for six hours, the restaurant was closed, they kicked us out, but we couldn’t talk enough. Everything comes together: about work, and about prospects, and about hopes, and about dreams, and in general about everything. And there were five such dates, we sat for five or six hours, could not close our mouths for a second, and then we never parted.

Marius: I went to Kyiv to make a movie, we talked on the phone, I flew in as soon as I could for one day. It was such a beautiful story.

Natasha: He generally flew in in the morning, flew away in the evening, walked with me for a day and left. I was in Kyiv and constantly sent flowers with postcards. An unfamiliar number would regularly call me, I would pick up the phone and hear: “Hello, where can I deliver flowers to you?” And all the time there were such romantic cards if I got sick or something else. I still have them all.

- For you, the most valuable quality in Marius, his main character trait that captivated you?

Natasha: He's warm and he's responsible. This is something I very rarely see in people. That is, if Marius said it, he will do it. In addition, he is well-mannered, very kind, sympathetic, he will always regret. If there is any problem, he will help. If I get sick, he will run all over Moscow buying medicine. In general, for me he is the ideal man.

- All these qualities were influenced by the fact that Marius has been living in America for more than 20 years?

Natasha: Yes, there is merit in this. Because many Russian men are constantly looking, it seems to me, for some kind of trick: “Where is the poop?” We all live like this: “Now something will happen.” But this is not the case with Marius, he always believes everyone, looks at the world with open eyes. And he doesn't have anything in his pocket. I also started learning this from him, and I’m already scared, because I’m also becoming the same, kindness consumes, and everyone already seems good to you.

Natalya: Marius took me to Hawaii and proposed there. It was so cool, just magical! Photo: Andrey Salov

- Where do you spend most of your time, where is your home now?

Marius: We used to live in Los Angeles for a long time, but now there is a lot of work here. It’s been six months since we settled in Moscow that we’ve been furnishing an apartment and finishing the construction of a dacha.

The wedding is just around the corner

- A year ago there was information that Marius proposed, and you are preparing for the wedding. But still not a word about the wedding itself. Did you get married after all or not?

Marius: No, we haven’t gotten married, but we will definitely get married. This year has been very difficult for work, we just physically can’t keep up.

Natasha: Marius took me to Hawaii and proposed to me very beautifully there. It was so cool, just magical. This is a very personal moment for me; I haven’t told many people about it. I just posted a photo on Instagram that day with the date and wrote: “Let it stay here.” We have already bought the rings, but there is absolutely no time yet.

Marius: We choose a place in Moscow and take aim. You have to organize everything really well, gather all your friends. And now we have a lot of things: we built a dacha outside the city, renovations in the apartment, work. But we don’t have anything that needs to be done urgently, urgently, we have nowhere to rush, because everything is great with us anyway. On the contrary, there will be something to look forward to.

Natasha: We're in no hurry. The wedding will not escape from us, the rings are there, all that remains is to invite our friends. I'm in no hurry because I'm a bride. Every day I wake up as a bride. I prolong my pleasure. And it's so cool.

They wanted a daughter, but they gave birth to an awesome son

- Why has no one seen your son, Weisberg Jr., where have you been hiding him for the second year now? What's his name?

Natasha: They named him Eric, in honor of Father Marius. And our godfather is Pasha Derevyanko, our great friend. We are not hiding our son on purpose, we will definitely show him, but we are waiting for some special occasion and moment for this. We spend almost our entire life in public, everyone sees everything, everyone knows everything. Somehow I want there to be something of my own, so that the child doesn’t have to be terrorized with these photographs. Because this is his world, which we relate to warmly and reverently.

- Tell us about Eric, what is he like, who is he like?

Natasha: Oh, he's so cool, just an angel. To be honest, sometimes I’m even afraid to show it to my friends. Although I am not superstitious, I think that people are all different, and some are not very kind. I don’t want there to be any negativity towards the baby. He's so cool! He looks like Marius, a real daddy's son. Smiling, laughs constantly. Now Marius will show you.

Marius is scrolling through photos on her phone of a charming blond toddler with long wavy hair. Little Eric is very similar to his dad, but his eyes - bright blue - are exactly like his mother's.

Marius: when I met Natasha, I immediately realized that this was the woman with whom I wanted a child and everything else. Photo: Andrey Salov

Marius: We have a wonderful child. But he is still so small, so defenseless, that it is very scary to destroy that idyll where the child is in a cocoon of happiness and love... He is happy, smiling, he is, ugh, ugh, ugh, healthy. And why, why do we publish his photo? I don’t think that a small child should be taken somewhere, shown, because it’s stressful for him... Let him mature a little, be formed. When we came with him from America, Eric was just a baby, but now I look at him and see that he has already become stronger, he is already such an independent man, he walks on his own. Now I feel comfortable going somewhere with him, taking him with me so that he can communicate with someone. Our wonderful grandmother, Natasha’s mother, helps us a lot. Soon my mother will fly in to help.

- Did you immediately want a child, or was this news pleasant, but unexpected?

Marius: To be honest, we didn’t plan anything, it just happened that way. But we treated each other so tenderly and touchingly that we could not imagine that now we would do anything other than give birth. In general, when I met Natasha, I immediately realized that this was the woman with whom I wanted a child and everything else. Maybe, again, because we are two Aries, everything is quite organic with us. We don't plan anything, we don't force anything. But we value some main things, we treat them with care, so as not to offend each other, not to hurt each other in any way, we protect each other emotionally. Our son is now the most important thing for us, as they say, our main common project. We conceived him in Spain. And after some time Natasha says to me: “Can you imagine...”. I exclaimed: “What a thrill!” That's all. By and large, it all happened so naturally that we didn’t have any dilemmas, we did it, gave birth, and are now raising it.

- Was it important to you who was born, a boy or a girl, or didn’t it matter?

Marius: They both wanted a girl, but an awesome boy was born, and now I can’t even imagine that it might not have been him...

- Well, you probably won’t stop at one child?

Natasha: I just want Marius to get fat next time, give birth, and then lose weight (laughs).

“Granny of Easy Virtue” is already in cinemas