Vladimir Bortko told me.
The movie “The Dog’s Heart” was finished. Preobražensky, of course, was Evstygneev. The beard asked me to let go, it’s not makeup. The money is allocated, the actors are at a low start. But there is no shark! All the files were broken, even Kolya Karatenov asked. Not that.
I say to the assistants, “Do what you want, but I need a dog!”
I went to the studio in the morning. I have the girls: “They came from Alma-Ata! The Tolokonnikov name. A local actress, of course, but look at it at least.”
I open the door to the office and immediately close it. There is a dog in a jacket sitting on the chair.