“Guest from the future”: the fate of Natasha Guseva, Lesha Fomkin and other actors of the saga

Natasha Guseva was one of the most beloved female actresses in Soviet cinema. Her famous role as Alisa Selezneva made the girl with the touching look famous throughout the Soviet Union. True, Natasha herself was not happy with such attention: since childhood, she dreamed of becoming a biologist. After the success of films with her participation, Natalya is often offered roles. For example, in the police drama “The Accident is the Cop’s Daughter.” But the actress refused all offers for two reasons: she did not want to spoil Alice’s bright image and wanted to enter the Moscow Institute in the biotechnology department. Moreover, she was successful: in 1994, Guseva completed her studies and today heads a company that develops and produces enzyme-linked immunosorbent test systems for the diagnosis of a number of infectious diseases. Natalya raises her daughter Alesya from her ex-husband; the couple divorced in 2001.

Kolya Gerasimov was the dream of every Soviet schoolgirl, and Kolya himself, or rather actor Alexei Fomkin, dreamed of a film career, but after “The Host” the guy did not receive any offers. Alexey decided to wait out the stagnation of his career in the army, but, ironically, it was during his service that directors began to invite him. Hoping to still be able to show off, after the army, Fomkin found a job at the Gorky Art Theater in Moscow. Even then, the young man suffered from heavy drinking, which was the reason for his dismissal from the theater. Alexey moved to the village, where he worked as a miller, then lived with his wife in Vladimir. The actor died after suffocating during a fire in his apartment. He was drunk and sleeping soundly. Fomkin was 26 years old.

The performer of the role of Kolya Gerasimov’s friend gave up acting and chose the construction industry.

Of course, by the time “The Guest” was filmed, Nevinny was already a famous artist, but his role in the sci-fi TV series elevated Nevinny to an even greater wave of success. But not all viewers and fans of “The Guest” know how the actors spent their last years. In the early 2000s, the actor developed a complication from diabetes mellitus, which led to gangrene in his left leg and amputation of his foot. A year later, in 2006, the back leg was amputated. In 2009, Vyacheslav Nevinny died.

The legendary space pirate and Nestor Petrovich from “Big Change” (by the way, the actor’s filmography includes many dramatic roles) were rarely filmed on track No. 1. But the reason was not the lack of proposals, but the principled position of the artist, who was dissatisfied with the situation in the cinema of the 90s. The actor moved to live in a village near Moscow (Kononov lived alone, was divorced, had no children), but a few years later the need arose to return to the city: Kononov was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, which led to heart problems. failure. The actor did not have enough money to buy medicine and his condition worsened… In 2007, the actor died.

As a schoolgirl, the beautiful Marianna studied at the Muscovite Youth Theater, but decided to study at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University and never acted in films again. After college, Ionesyan moved to the United States, where she is now successfully engaged in business activities.

Gerasimov, 66, not only built a successful film career, but also became interested in political activities. Today, the former actor serves as chairman of the Moscow Union of Cinematographers, and since 2001 Gerasimov has been a United Russia deputy in the Moscow City Duma and chairman of the cultural commission. The daughter of Gerasimov, co-owner of the Moscow Souvenir Plus company, was busy decorating the streets of Moscow for the May 2016 holiday.

The beautiful Elena, actress and model, has tried many things in her life. After school, Metelkina worked in a library, and at the age of 21 she entered the Soviet fashion business, where filmmakers noticed her. The model first played an alien in the film “Through Hardships to the Stars” by Kir Bulychev and Richard Viktorov, then a resident of the future in “The Guest”. Metelkina’s filmography is small, and the girl herself was not eager to appear on the screen, preferring to work as a model. In the early 90s, Elena chose an even more “fashionable” profession for that time: she got a job as a secretary for banker Ivan Kivelidi, who was poisoned in 1995. After the death of her boss, Metelkina worked as a model with more or less success. Without any professional training, the girl also earned money as a saleswoman in shoe and clothing stores, a teacher in a boarding school, a director in educational centers and a cleaner in a church. One of the last jobs for Metelkina, 63, was as a choir member at a Moscow parish church.

The model and TV presenter, popular in the early 2000s, began her journey with a small role in “Guest from the Future”! After school, Inna, then still Churkina, became a finalist in the first beauty contest in the history of the Soviet Union, “The Beauty of Moscow”, at the age of 21 she married the man Spanish businessman Augustino Gomez and, after the divorce, began working as a model. , as well as studying to become a hairdresser and cosmetologist. Inna became popular as the host of the children’s show “Call Kuza”. Remember that edgy show where kids controlled a cartoon character on the screen using their push-button phone at home? Inna still acts in films and is also involved in charity work.

Vasilyeva was born into a cinema family: her father is director Evgeny Vasilyev, and her mother is actress Zhanna Prokhorenko. But Catherine’s filmography is much more modest than her mother’s portfolio. In the 90s, Vasilyeva rarely received filming offers and began working as a dubbing actress. Ekaterina, now 56, works occasionally as a bell ringer in a church in Firsanovka, near Moscow.