At the end of the spring of 2021, the comedy series "Le.gen.da" started on TV channel TNT. Release date - May 31. The creators promise spectators a lot of humor, action, fights and references to religious militants with the participation of cynosiveness of the 80-90s.
In material 24cm - more about the plot and production of a multi-sized film, interesting facts about the actors and their characters.
Plot and shooting
The picture was manufactured by Droogdrooga Films, 1-2-3 Production. The projectors of the project were novice cinematographers of Nikita Vlasov and Kirill Sokolov. Konstantin Mayer, Sergey Kornein, Nikolai Kulikov, Valery Fedorovich and Evgeny Nikashov were produced by producers. The Mayer and Kulikov also joined Alexander Belov, Mehral Pashayev and Andrei Vladimirrenko while working on a scenario for the series.In the center of the plot of the film - the narcissistic and selfish fighter Leonid Gennadevich Davydov on nicknamed legend. Like all the guys of the 80s-90s, he grew on the masterpieces of cinema about martial arts with stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Chan, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Dragon Way", "Bloody Sport" and others), and The collection of video cassettes with the films of that era is gently stored in his house.
The path to professional sports for laziness was closed due to the betrayal of loved ones: the athlete became a participant in a loud doping scandal. Surrounded by the fighter there were people who "set" it before the American company, conducting battles and wishing to conclude a contract with him. However, these troubles were not broken by the hero, but, on the contrary, he hardered his character even stronger.
The legend decides to return in God the forgotten Fight Club "Round", where once from him did a successful athlete. It still trains the boys his mentor Grigoric. Here the daughter of the coach, Anya, in which Leonid secretly in love with the youthful years.
The main character intends to spend a number of reforms in the native club to raise your own team of fighters that would help him restore honest name and glorified it to the whole world, "breaking" all the rings. But, according to the laws of the comedy genre, only the "friki", revealed "stripping" and other strange personalities go to the legend.
Actors and roles
The main roles in the TV series "Le.gen." Actors played:
- Roman Kursyn - Legend, an athlete who seeks to return an honest name;
- Anastasia Ukolova - Anya, the daughter of Grigoric, in which Leonid is secretly in love;
- Vitaly Khaev - Gregory, a children's coach;
- Ekaterina Ageev - Irma;
- Julia Topolnitskaya - Simon, Ani's girlfriend;
- Stepan Devonin - Moshkin;
- Rostislav Bershauer - Denis;
- Magomed Murtazaliev - David.
Also in the film filmed: Vladimir Svirsky (Emelya), Ilya Kipiporenko (Vadik), Mark-Malik Mural (Stasik), Svetlana Kamynina (Valentina), Maxim Maziv (Sergey) and others.
Interesting Facts
1. Directors who worked on the series are debutants in the world of cinema. Kirill Sokolov and Nikita Vlasov are also known as the authors of the short ribbons. Cyril Sokolov in 2018 released the tragicomedy "Dad, DDOKHNI", and Nikita Vlasov shot the films "Double", Mute and became the author of the scenario in several other projects: "Happiness is ...", "Rashen South".2. The shooting of the TV series "Le. Gen" took place in the summer of 2020 by order of the TNT channel.
3. Konstantin Mayer spoke in an interview that his VHS-eras films and fan culture were inspired to create a series of the series. According to the producer, the aesthetics of legendary militants, music and video games of the 90s with a modern history about the difficult road to success and adopting their own "I" were connected in his project. Konstantin Mayer also noted that Russia for the main character is a fighter country, and this is partly able to agree: the cult of power and victory at all costs as a phenomenon is familiar to every resident of the country.
"The hero is simply not able to admit that he can not know how or does not know. The legend is absolutely sure: if he is a winner in the ring, he will win in everything, for which he will take - and therefore constantly hesitated in adventures. This is the path from the unshakable hero of the militant to a subtle-sensing person, "said Showranner and screenwriter of the comedy project.
4. Actor Roman Kursyn shared his impressions of work in the project and spoke about the role that he performed in the picture. According to the actor, in the frame he had to independently perform all the tricks and engage in choreography of battle. Also Kurssyn noted that many guys of his generation would have dreamed of being played in such a series as "le.gen." The project has a lot of references and reminders about that time. The actor expressed confidence that work with his participation "will be a bomb." Kurssyn also stressed that "no one has shot the comedy series with an action and so much of the chance, there was no such format" and wanted "lesgen." And world glory too.
5. Spectators became interested in the upcoming premiere and in the comments at the film reforms noted that the release of the TV series "Le.gen." The television screens are waiting to evaluate the work of the project creators and the acting game.