“I know what a drinker is”: Irina Alferova first commented on rumors about Alexander Abdulov’s alcoholism 06.01.2023, 17:40

The 72-year-old actress shared her memories of her ex-husband at her creative evening held today at the Trans-Baikal International Film Festival. Alferova was married to Abdulov from 1976 to 1993. The artists worked in the theater “Lenko”.

“He held the whole hall,” assured Irina Ivanovna. – Once the actor asked Abdulov to give him the opportunity to play his role. The difference was huge. Abdulov, even though it was not his stage and he was in the dark, he energized the hall.”

The star of the movie “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers” noted that she recently heard rumors about Alexander Gavrilovich’s problems with alcohol. The People’s Artist of Russia admitted that her ex-husband could drink. However, according to her, he did not abuse.

“He needed to express everything he had accumulated,” Alfer explained. He missed the stage. You see, drinker, I know what it is: when there is a lot of alcohol in the house, it is impossible. We always had alcohol. And drinking on stage is simply impossible! Excluded! After – you can. I’m on the defensive.”

Earlier in the documentary film “Alexander Abdulov. Life at high speed, “his ex-wife said that during the long years of marriage she could not accept his love of adventure and weakness for beautiful women. Alferova still remembers their last meeting, which took place in the Kremlin: at that time, Alexander Gavriilovich was already seriously ill with cancer. He died at the age of 54.

The actress also assured today that she considers cooperation with Vyacheslav Tikhonov to be very lucky. According to her, he was never involved in bad pictures.

“He lived only for creativity. He was very picky. All his movies are good. It rarely happens… He is very thoughtful, very handsome… I was lucky to play with him in the film “TASS is entitled to declare…” When the film started shooting, one director shot it. Then there was a change of director. And the new director Fokin replaced everyone. He left only Tikhonov and me, “the TV program quotes the mother of Ksenia Alferova.

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