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Refused to work with Matthew McConaughey: what is known about the Russian director, whose film was headed by the United States

The film of the Russian director Ilya Naishuller "Nobody" (Nobody) at once topped the list of the most popular premieresas soon as it was released. ForumDaily decided to find out the fate of the director, as well as the history of the creation of the popular film.

Who is Ilya Naishuller

In addition to directing, he often acts as an actor, producer, screenwriter, and also makes music. Ilya is the frontman of the indie rock band Biting Elbows, according to Wikipedia.

Naishuller was born on November 19, 1983 in Moscow. Father - oligarch Victor Naishuller. From 8 to 14 years old he studied in London. After returning to Russia, he graduated from the British International School in Yasenevo.

The director has no higher education. First, he dropped out of the Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting, and then entered the university in New York, but never finished his studies.

Ilya became the director of one of the group's videos, as a result, the video gained more than 40 million views on YouTube.

In 2015, he directed the action movie Hardcore with Sharlto Copley, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, Daria Charusha and Svetlana Ustinova based on his own script, which he himself produced and also acted as one of the directors of the television series Barvikha.

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In 2016, he shot a video for the song The Weeknd False Alarm, and in 2017 - for the song of the Leningrad group, Kolshchik.

Since the summer of 2010 he has been married to actress Daria Charusha.

Replaced South Korean villains with Russians

Naishuller said that it was he who suggested replacing the villains in the film, writes Lenta.Ru.

“When we received the script, the villains were South Koreans. I said: “Guys, this is the thing: I love South Korean cinema, but that’s where my knowledge of South Korean culture ends. So I’ll do the same thing with the South Koreans that you did in John Wick,” the director explained.

Then Ilya suggested that the producers make the villains Russian, since this "was more suited to the style of the film."

"I said, 'We're making them villains, but we're treating them with respect and portraying them realistically, like modern Russian gangsters.' Everyone agreed, with screenwriter Derek Kolstad noting, “I love Russians as bad guys. “You guys are scary,” Naishuller recalls.

He even spoke with a man who had dealings with Russian bandits to introduce elements of the life of Russian bandit groups into the script.

About music, videos and collaboration with Luc Besson

Bad Motherfucker, filmed in 2013 on GoPro, has collected over 42 million views on YouTube and opened all doors for Naishuller. He directed the popular (almost 135 million views) video for the False Alarm track for The Weekend and fruitfully collaborated with the Leningrad group. And now the director pleased with two fresh clips for his own group - Heartache and Control, writes RBC.

But the main occupation for Ilya is cinema. He directed high-grossing films such as Hardcore and produced I'm Losing Weight.

“One very good producer who released Black Klansman and Get Out has two of my scripts. He is ready to take on them, the question is - in what order. The projects are not very expensive, but they will only work if there are stars, so everything depends on the casting, ”says the director.

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He is not even 40 years old, and he has already managed to work with Hollywood star Luc Bessonne, although it is not yet known whether the world will see their joint work.

“Luc Besson and I were preparing a remake of a bad Japanese film with a brilliant idea. They adapted it to the American market, made three cool drafts in the spirit of Tony Scott, but copyright problems began. Unlike in the Western world, in Japan, the film rights are held not by two or three companies, but by twelve investors. I don’t know if the film will eventually come out, but I’m very proud of the script, ”says the director.

At the same time, Ilya is working on several more projects, including an American TV series.

The showrunner for top spy thrillers said the script for the show is the most recent he's read. The catch is that the channel with which he cooperates is not ready to launch such a large-scale project - you have to wait for the end of his contract. We came up with the plot with Lado Kvatania about 10 years ago. Initially, a three-hour feature film was supposed to be released, but the American producers advised us to turn it into an eight-part series with a huge number of chips and unexpected moves, ”explains Ilya.

Naishuller also spoke about the peculiarities of Russian and American cinema.

“There is a huge difference in budgets and end goals. The simplest filming shift there will cost $70, and everyone works for the result. The competition is too high to let everything take its course. It is difficult with lawyers - at every opportunity, everyone sues each other. God forbid, the gun goes off on the set without warning, this is a direct reason for a lawsuit. Therefore, it often comes to the point of absurdity, ”Ilya reveals the secrets of the American film industry.

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But the Russian cinema industry is no less strange - the authorities very often shift dates in favor of patriotic films.

“If there is a competitive market, let it be open. On the other hand, if a government agency gives its own money for a film and can help the creators fight it off by moving a film of a “hostile” country in the box office, this is a very logical and expected move. Although why not try to start making a good movie that will be a real competitor to Western films? " - the director asks.

Ilya calls his sources of inspiration not only good films, but also bad ones, because they also teach.

“I watch good movies non-stop. Sometimes I dabble in soft drugs in the form of poor films. Not frank delirium, of course, but mediocre. For example, I love low-budget horror games. A bad movie teaches you to shoot almost as well as a good one, ”says Naishuller.

Once the director, himself not fully understanding what he was doing, refused a film with a budget of $ 50 million, brilliant producers, a strong script, a fee of about $ 1 million and Matthew McConaughey in the title role. He was hospitalized with severe pneumonia and, being delirious, refused to sign the contract. As a result, the project went to another team, but it was never released on the big screens.

“Now I know exactly how to write a strong script, and more precisely I feel what I want to say with this or that work. Now, no matter what I take on, I’ll photograph everything well. At least that's how I feel. At the same time, I never get tired of repeating my favorite phrase “an autopsy will show,” Ilya concluded.

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