Julia Peresild presents the book “This is the universe, baby!” behind the scenes of “The Challenge” 07/03/2023, 18:26

Yulia Peresild, who played the main role in the film, notes that “there is a lot of gossip, a lot of lies around the project.” A long thought about how to make sure that everyone who has already seen “The Challenge” or is about to learn the whole truth about how the camera works in space, how the tests went and how
how to withstand 8 times overload if you are a fragile woman? It was important to Julia that people get all the information from her personally. So the actress thought of writing her book. It is a great opportunity to share not only your innermost experiences, but also the experience of flying and filming in space.

The book covers all the events associated with filming: from casting to returning home. On its pages, it is as if another movie is unfolding – what is happening sometimes seems unbelievable. The selection of actresses was very strict. Julia comments: “I remember well the day I saw the advertisement on Channel One: the selection of actresses for the role of the film “The Challenge”, which will be filmed in space, is starting. The film was directed by Klim Shipenko. I thought, “Gee, another show. They’re probably going to be filming in soundstages.” I had neither a hundredth nor a thousandth of a percent, the feeling that it was true. Come on, I think it’s crazy!

In the book, Julia talks about the structure of the ISS, the spacesuits. It describes risky situations that had to be addressed. The most dangerous of them is the emergency manual docking with the ISS, which was ordered by the Mission Control Center when the automation did not work. “Even on Earth, when I watched female astronauts, I noticed that the slightly curly hair flowed beautifully in zero gravity. So I took 20 hair clips with me. After washing, I twisted 5 bagels to make my hair wavy.’