MOSCOW, April 13 - RIA Novosti. Actor Vasily Stepanov, who played the main role in the film "Inhabited Island", fell out of the window of an apartment building in Moscow. Now the artist is at home.
What's happened
A source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti that the incident occurred on Monday. According to him, the actor fell from a small height - from about the third floor.
"After the fall, he remained alive, refused hospitalization," the source said.
As the source noted, Stepanov himself jumped down, but the motive for this act is not yet known.
The fact that happened in the house on Davydkovskaya Street was confirmed by the press service of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, they refused to name the victim.
On the state of the actor
The film is an adaptation of the fantastic story by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. According to the plot, Maxim Kammerer is a pilot of the Free Search Group, whose starship made an emergency landing on the planet Saraksh.
Both parts were leaders in Russian distribution and were among the highest grossing films in Europe in 2009. At the same time, given the large budget (more than 35 million dollars), the film never paid off.
"Inhabited Island" won the Golden Eagle awards for Best Cinematography (Maxim Osadchy), Best Music (Yuri Poteenko) and Best Editing (Igor Litoninsky).
Yesterday it became known that the star of "Inhabited Island", 31-year-old actor Vasily Stepanov, was taken to the hospital with numerous fractures and bruises after falling from the fifth floor. According to media reports, the actor himself jumped out of the window of his apartment in Moscow.
Shot from the film "Inhabited Island"
The former lover of the actor, actress Daria Egorova, shared with Life.ru that she saw him for the last time before the fall, when Vasily broke his spine: “I saw him for the last time a month ago when he was in the hospital with a broken spine. And he was in a great mood. He didn't even lay down, but sat quietly. With such injuries, it is impossible to sit. Therefore, I no longer believe in all this. This is what his mother comes up with to get their attention back. I'm about to find out if he really jumped out of the window, but I doubt it. If this is true, then he did it out of weakness. If a person commits such a sin, it means that he is weak and does not want to fight.”
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Vasily's younger brother Maxim Stepanov told KP.ru reporters about his condition: “My brother has already been discharged. He is at home, although in a cast, the district policeman came to see him. Fortunately, there is no re-fracture of the pelvis. He received a spinal injury in December, and it healed. The main thing is that Vasya is alive.
Maxim also added that his brother had no reason to commit suicide: “I can’t find an explanation for what happened. He is a strong, real man. He can deal with problems. Fractures will heal before marriage. When I found out that my brother had fallen out of the window, I was afraid that he had broken his spine again. Thank God, the spine is fine. Everything will return to normal, Vasya will begin career growth. You'll see, he'll get better, everything will be fine."
Recently, Vasily himself commented on his act: “No one pushed me ... Now I’m fine, they put a plaster cast on me and let me go home ... It’s a pity that I let people down, missed the deadlines - I’m scheduled for May and April to finish filming in the film“ Taxi Drivers ”, and also shooting in the project of Natalia Verevkina, where I was approved for the main role ... It is a pity that this accident interrupted the preparation for the roles.
It turned out that the story did not end there - according to MK.ru, after Stepanov was released home from the hospital, he began to complain of chest pains. The ambulance team that arrived noted Vasily's inappropriate behavior and diagnosed him with schizophrenia. Stepanov was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital, where he will have a long treatment if his relatives do not take him under their own responsibility.
Recall that after the stunning success in the fantastic film by Fyodor Bondarchuk, Stepanov became perhaps the most popular artist in the country. However, fame played a cruel joke with him: the actor stopped getting roles.
Eight years ago, the film adaptation of the novel by the Strugatsky brothers, filmed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, was released. The lead actor Vasily Stepanov was talked about as a new sex symbol of our cinema. But the actor's career ended as abruptly as it began. And it seems that all subsequent years he only does what he pays for a bright rise ...
After the "Inhabited Island" Vasily disappeared: he did not act in film, did not go out, did not communicate with journalists. The reason for this is his depression. A couple of years ago, he broke his silence and gave an interview in which he said that he had been unemployed for four years, because he was not invited to good projects, the fees were spent, he broke up with his girlfriend, actress Daria Egorova, and moved in with his parents.
But last fall, photos from the film site appeared on Vasily's Instagram. As it turned out, he starred in the film by Alexei Pimanov "Tankers" about the Great Patriotic War.
“I play a Soviet officer, the role is episodic, nothing heavy, no action,” Stepanov shared then with Woman`s Day. - They began to invite to auditions after my parents and I appeared on television. Now I go to auditions from time to time. Of course, I'm waiting for new roles, but I'm not really eager to act in large projects. Now you need to get used to the profession. But I see myself only as an actor, but I graduated from a theater school, I have a diploma. There are no other changes yet, I haven’t had time to create a family, I live with my parents.”
And now a new misfortune: Vasily fell and received a fracture of the hip bone and two vertebrae, and now he will have to learn to walk again.
“The misfortune happened in mid-December,” Vladislav, a friend of the actor, told StarHit. - Vasya and his friends were returning home from the hypermarket, they were buying gifts for the New Year. It was very cold outside then, and all the slush was frozen. Near the entrance, Vasya slipped, fell on his back right on the steps and could no longer get up! The doctors arrived within 10 minutes. Well, in the hospital, after examination and X-rays, they made a diagnosis. ”
Photo: frame from the film "Inhabited Island"
The media immediately recorded the actor as disabled. However, Woman's Day journalists managed to get through to Stepanov's relatives.
What kind of disability are we talking about? - Vasily's brother Maxim Stepanov was surprised at the question. - I can’t say for sure, I’m not a doctor, but the doctor himself doesn’t say much. But it's not all that serious. Yes, there is a damaged spine, two vertebrae, but they do not affect his functional activity. And the pelvis. At this stage, they are going to put a corset. Yesterday they talked about the operation, but apparently it is no longer needed. On Tuesday there was supposed to be an operation and the attending physician told us about it. But everything turned out to be possible without surgical intervention. We will know for sure only tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.”
Maxim also noted that Vasily has been in bed for more than 33 days. All this time, the family tried to keep the incident a secret.
“Lying in the hospital for so long is hard for him. There is no special setting. We do our best to make it more fun. Seems to be positive. But he is lying down, the doctors do not allow him to walk, - the man notes. - Don't worry, he has a good doctor, candidate of medical sciences. A lot of people call us, offer help, thank you very much! But for now, we are doing our best. Filming has been delayed and there is no way to predict when it will start working again. We regularly come and visit. The bride next to him, of course! He found a job, despite all these difficult periods ... And here it is ... "
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To earn a living, the actor washed trolleybuses. Now he needs money for treatment [photo]
The country learned about the handsome macho man in 2008 after the release of Fyodor Bondarchuk's film "Inhabited Island"
The other day it became known that the star of the film "Inhabited Island" Vasily Stepanov has been languishing in the 67th Moscow hospital for about a month - the actor broke his spine. In a hospital bed, he celebrated his 31st birthday. This is due to a tragic accident. In the evening, shortly before the New Year, the artist went to the store. On the way back, he slipped on the steps and fell. Vasily could not get up on his own and lay on the icy concrete until an ambulance arrived for him. It turned out that he had a compression fracture of two vertebrae and a crack in the hip bone. For a long time, doctors did not give any predictions.
We contacted the younger brother of Vasily, and he told us how things are at the moment.
Vasily Stepanov has been languishing in the 67th Moscow hospital for about a month. Photo: video screenshot
“We ourselves don’t understand how it is possible to fall like that ... But the doctors have already given a consoling forecast, my brother will walk,” Maxim Stepanov told KP. - But the rehabilitation period is likely to be long, from three to six months. And we, of course, will be grateful for any financial support.
To our question about how soon Vasily will be able to return to work, Maxim bitterly remarked:
- Can, if necessary, play the role of a cripple ...
So far, Vasily will undergo rehabilitation, and then he will have to wear a corset for a long time until his back finally comes in order.
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The country learned about the handsome macho man in 2008 after the release of Fyodor Bondarchuk's film "Inhabited Island". Vasily so successfully played Maxim Kammerer in the film adaptation of the Strugatskys that everyone was sure that a new superstar of Russian cinema was born. But Stepanov suddenly disappeared from sight for a long time. And when it became known how his life turned out after Bondarchuk's high-profile project, the fans simply refused to believe it. A heartbreaking report appeared in the press that the young actor fell into depression - not the kind when you are just sad and everything is not right, but when you can’t get out of bed for days.
Four years after the release of the film, Vasily actually sat without work, trying to decide what he wants to do next. The fees for shooting in the "Island" quickly melted away. Stepanov complained that all the interviews and photo shoots did not bring any benefit - there were no new proposals from the directors. The family tried to persuade and reproach the actor to go to work, but at that time he did not have enough strength and self-confidence to go to auditions again. He even went to the neurosis clinic on the advice of Vladimir Poglazov, who taught with him at the Shchukin school. But the atmosphere in the hospital turned out to be oppressive for the young actor. In his personal life, too, he was unlucky - Vasily broke up with his girlfriend, actress Daria Egorova.
Once the light nevertheless dawned - Stepanov was offered to star in the series in the title role. But suddenly a blood clot breaks off. The actor was urgently hospitalized and rescued. But he had to refuse filming.
Vasily was not even taken as a salesman in a regular household appliances store, for fear that they would rush to him for autographs. Stepanov decided to put an end to his acting career and began to earn money slowly, wherever he had to. Relatives borrowed a huge amount - about half a million rubles - to pay Vasily for a good psychiatrist and expensive pills. To help them pay off their debt, he washed trolleybuses at night. But for a long time he did not admit this to his relatives - he simply said that he had found a job, they say, they pay, and it’s good.
And at the end of last year, Vasily began acting for the first time in many years. The actor took part in the historical project of Alexei Pimanov "Tankers". Stepanov was very inspired, shared cards from the shooting on his Instagram. But then the curve of fate again led Stepanov in the wrong direction - he received a fracture of the spine.
Now the actor needs money for medicines and paying for the services of a nurse. Relatives regularly visit Vasily, but they themselves are in cramped financial circumstances, because they still have a debt for his treatment for depression.
For those who can help, we publish the card number of Vasily Stepanov's mother: 4276380067820568 Sberbank Lyudmila Stepanova.
