The teenage son of Russian actor Viktor Loginov has said he was bullied and physically attacked at school because of his father’s fame, speaking on the show Vyzhivaliti. Nasledniki.
Alexander Loginov, 19, said classmates repeatedly mocked him by calling him the son of Gena Bukin, the character his father played in the popular sitcom Schastlivy Vmeste. He said children also taunted him over his father’s multiple marriages.
He said he was locked in a locker room and beaten by classmates. At age 12, he added, older students hit him in the face, after which he took up Thai boxing.
Alexander also said that growing up he always lacked his father’s support, and that this has not changed. He described his father’s absence as the price he pays for a comfortable life.
Viktor Loginov has separately said that directors have refused to cast him in war films.
