Anastasia Krylova: “We do not notice when we are being manipulated if this manipulation is skillful”

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Anastasia, your new project — series “Live Life” on START, which tells the story of a girl who finds herself in a manipulative relationship. Have you had such situations in your life?

Now people are aware of various psychological techniques, this information is available. They read books, surf the Internet, and it seems to me that most of them use these techniques to one degree or another. including manipulation. This happens in different areas of life: I notice this at work, among colleagues, acquaintances and friends. If this happens within the limits of what is permitted, in principle, it does not bother me.

But in my life there was a close person, a man who, it seems to me, often resorted to manipulation in relation to me. This manifested itself through jealousy, he constantly demanded attention, created disturbing situations in order to bring me to certain emotions. At some point, it began to strain me a lot, it affected the quality of my life. It turned out that the person I let close enough to me changed my life not for the better, but for the worse. I made the decision to end the relationship, but it was not easy, because the emotional swings are addictive. Without constant emotion, it seems that you are missing something. Thanks to my family and friends, they helped me a lot during this period of my life.

Tell us about your character in the series, who do you play?

Olya — a girl who, according to the script, never worked a day. She is going to get married and is trying to defend her independence, proving to her husband that she wants to go to work. At the same time, her future husband is a rather wealthy person, but for Olya, work is a matter of self-realization, and it’s great that she came to this. To some extent, she is also a victim of an abusive relationship.

How similar is she to you?

It doesn’t look like it at all, I think. I think I would have discussed all the controversial points with my future husband “on the shore”, and we could have found a compromise. But maybe that’s just how it seems to me. My friends say that sometimes people take advantage of my kindness: somewhere I can remain silent, somewhere I can sacrifice my own time and not say that something is uncomfortable for me. However, I do not agree with this statement.

Do you think that a person with a healthy psyche can become a victim of abuse or is it always — the story of a victim involuntarily, which was formed in the past and then simply could not help but attract such a person to itself?

I believe that a person with a healthy psyche can become a victim of abuse. It happens suddenly, unexpectedly. Often we do not even notice when we are being manipulated if this manipulation is skillful. It can be confused with trust, love, and abuse is often disguised as caring. It is important to remember that if alarm signals appear inside you, you need to listen to them.

For a long time, the concept of “Russian series” was synonymous with something second-rate, but the last few years have given us a huge number of very cool series. What do you think it is connected with? With attempts to meet a more demanding audience, or is this the merit of a new generation of actors and directors?

It seems to me that this is largely due to the greater accessibility of series to a wide audience: now TV series are watched not only at home on TV, but also on the road, in a traffic jam in a car, on vacation, even at work. After the pandemic, they began to go to the cinema, on the contrary, less, this also contributed to a qualitative leap in the serial industry. Secondly, of course, the great merit of directors, cameramen, screenwriters, a large creative team, actors. Each episode is being worked on like a small feature film, it’s great, it’s cool. When I watch this or that series, I always see the work of each individual person, even if he is not in the frame.

By the way, “Live Life” is just the example when all the departments involved in the production of this series worked 100% with full dedication. Therefore, it is a worthy series to watch and revise.

What series do you often choose to watch in the evening? What genre are you interested in as a viewer?

I watch everything because I am an actress. This is my professional job. — explore different genres. I do not like horror films, they are not interesting to me and cause negative emotions. I noticed that recently I choose lighter genres, more kind. This is due to the fact that I read a lot of scripts, immerse myself in the characters and just want to relax while watching the series.

Tell us about your other current projects. Where are you filming, where can we see you in the coming months?

Soon a new project will be released on NTV, a large-scale series called “Big Water”. I chose him because I wanted to “jump” into a more adult, more aware character. My heroine is strong, strong-willed, she drives a motor boat, wears a gun and camouflage. She has a daughter whom she protects. Such a heroine seemed interesting to me, I lacked such an image. I think that I will be satisfied with the work.