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TV-Park - Series -17.01.2002
Anna Moleva
(Lane Davies’ interview part of the article; provided and translated by Olga. The bio has been omitted.)
Q: What helped you in your work (at ‘A Force of One’)?
A: First of all my experience of working in series, ‘Mommies,’ ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ ‘Herman’s Head,’
‘Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of the Superman,’ ‘Babylon 5’ and others.
Q: What about Sommers’ relationships with women?
A: Maybe this theme will be developed in proper time. Right now it’s more in the style of a police movie with
bright male characters in the centre of attention. So my character mostly builds a relationship with a former
militia mayor Andrei Somov played by Rodion [Nakhapetov].
Q: How can you characterize Sommers?
A: He’s a communicative, sociable person, with a sense of humor. He’s got a surprising ability to feel people.
Some of his colleagues would think that Somov is a banal loser, and my Sommers at once sees an honest,
decent man in Somov.
Q: What do you think Sommers lacks as a personage, what would you add to the series?
A: I think a bit of romanticism wouldn't harm this guy. I would add dramatic scenes revealing characters. But
this is my American point of view.
Q: Were there scenes that required physical effort?
A: A few. I tied up a criminal.
Q: Will Americans see the series?
A: I do not think so. Mostly it is in Russian. My people will have difficulty reading the subtitles.
Q: What kind of rest do you prefer?
A: I like a quiet rest. I love just sitting quietly with a fishing rod. My boys are too small to accompany me, but it’
s enough that they play by my side. I love to travel, to discover new countries. I've traveled a lot but there are
places I have not yet been to – China, South America, and, strange as it might sound, Canada – it’s just so
close. I’m ever going to get there with my fishing rod.
Q: You’re the third son of your father. In Russian fairy tales it’s the third son who’s the luckiest and the most
handsome one. Do you feel this way?
A: What I feel is that it must be something from your folklore I do not know. As to myself, I’ll tell you I always
act first and then think it over, whereas my brothers act after thinking. I rush headlong into something new
and only then I think if it was worth it.
Q: A very Russian trait.
A: If I had to choose between the mind and the heart, the practical logic and the impulse of the soul, I’d
choose the heart and the soul.
Anna Moleva
(Lane Davies’ interview part of the article; provided and translated by Olga. The bio has been omitted.)
Q: What helped you in your work (at ‘A Force of One’)?
A: First of all my experience of working in series, ‘Mommies,’ ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ ‘Herman’s Head,’
‘Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of the Superman,’ ‘Babylon 5’ and others.
Q: What about Sommers’ relationships with women?
A: Maybe this theme will be developed in proper time. Right now it’s more in the style of a police movie with
bright male characters in the centre of attention. So my character mostly builds a relationship with a former
militia mayor Andrei Somov played by Rodion [Nakhapetov].
Q: How can you characterize Sommers?
A: He’s a communicative, sociable person, with a sense of humor. He’s got a surprising ability to feel people.
Some of his colleagues would think that Somov is a banal loser, and my Sommers at once sees an honest,
decent man in Somov.
Q: What do you think Sommers lacks as a personage, what would you add to the series?
A: I think a bit of romanticism wouldn't harm this guy. I would add dramatic scenes revealing characters. But
this is my American point of view.
Q: Were there scenes that required physical effort?
A: A few. I tied up a criminal.
Q: Will Americans see the series?
A: I do not think so. Mostly it is in Russian. My people will have difficulty reading the subtitles.
Q: What kind of rest do you prefer?
A: I like a quiet rest. I love just sitting quietly with a fishing rod. My boys are too small to accompany me, but it’
s enough that they play by my side. I love to travel, to discover new countries. I've traveled a lot but there are
places I have not yet been to – China, South America, and, strange as it might sound, Canada – it’s just so
close. I’m ever going to get there with my fishing rod.
Q: You’re the third son of your father. In Russian fairy tales it’s the third son who’s the luckiest and the most
handsome one. Do you feel this way?
A: What I feel is that it must be something from your folklore I do not know. As to myself, I’ll tell you I always
act first and then think it over, whereas my brothers act after thinking. I rush headlong into something new
and only then I think if it was worth it.
Q: A very Russian trait.
A: If I had to choose between the mind and the heart, the practical logic and the impulse of the soul, I’d
choose the heart and the soul.