Aleksey Frandetti: why can't an Asian play the Russian Ivan?

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:47

Alexey Frandetti is a Russian theater and film actor. He was born in the winter of 1984 in Uzbekistan. Raised by a grandmother who has been a journalist all her life.

At the age of four, the boy appeared on stage for the first time. It was the theater of Natalia Sats, Alexei played in the play "Madama Butterfly". According to Frandetti, even then he had the idea to connect his life with acting.

The young man's aunt, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Irina Dolzhenko, did not mind either. It was she who helped to put the voice from a professional point of view to the future actor. Until now, he gives advice to his nephew on how to look spectacular on stage, he listens to her authoritative opinion.

Creative path

In his native Tashkent, Alexey graduated from the choreographic department at the school, learned the basics of playing the piano when he attendedmusic school. In addition, he is a graduate of the theater studio "Ilkhom". For some time he worked as a presenter at the Europa Plus radio station in Uzbekistan.

In 2002, he decided to go to Moscow to try his luck in the field of art. He entered the Moscow Art Theater School, got on a course with S. Zemtsov and I. Zolotovitsky. In the second year he transferred to VGIK. Graduated from it in 2006. A year later, he was accepted into the troupe of the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theater. He was immediately involved in the performances "Borrow a Tenor", where he played with Sergei Lazarev, "Letter of Happiness", "Phaedra". Played in Romeo and Juliet.

In 2008 he took part as a director and choreographer in the organization of performances together with other students of VGIK. The work of talented young people was awarded a prize at the "B altic Debuts" - a film festival held in Svetlogorsk.

In 2010, Alexei Frandetti was invited to the Moscow Palace of Youth, on the stage of which he played a negative character in the musical "Zorro". A year later, the directors of the Musical Theater noticed him, on the stage of which the actor took part in the project "Times do not choose".

Films of Alexei Frandetti

The first film work was the film "Railway Romance", which was released in 2002. Recently, the filmography of the young actor was replenished with work on the films "Cruelty", "Shadow Boxing-2", "Tsar", "Gentlemenofficers: Save the emperor". In an interview, he admits that it is often offered to play Asians in films, he complains that it is unlikely that he will ever be able to play Russian Ivan in a military drama.

The first work in the series is the role of Aslan in the "Institute for Noble Maidens", which was released in 2010. Three years later, a sequel was released - "Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens".

Private life

Aleksey Frandetti has been happily married for several years to a girl named Julia. She is directly related to the world of cinema - the wife of the actor shoots commercials, by education she is a director. The lovers got married in Las Vegas, USA. They approached this issue in a very non-standard way: the newlyweds wore only white sneakers.

The ceremony was recorded on video and broadcast online to friends who remained in Russia, Uzbekistan and did not have the opportunity to attend the important event in person. The couple has no children yet.