To the role of Kája Kroupa in sun, hay, … was originally to be chosen by Oldrich Kaiser. However, Zdeněk Troška finally decided to replace this popular actor with non-actor Josef Starek (†48). He met him as a waiter in a well-known gay club in Prague. Though Starek played only a small supporting role and didn’t get as much space as the others, his eccentric portrayal of Kroupa is unforgettable. To please Oldřich Kaiser after this unexpected change, he occupied it Sun, hay, eroticism as an “Italian mafioso”.
The fact that Kája Kroupa’s sexual orientation is different was already quite evident in the third film, while in Sun hay and a couple of slaps there were hints, but he still liked his planned wedding with Blažena. So he had it Joseph Starek even in her personal life, for even there her affections belonged to men. He never hid that he was gay and often enjoyed visiting gay bars. It can be said that his fame has gone too much to his head. He really liked to always be recognized by people on the street.
He discovered him a little in a gay club in Prague, where he worked as a waiter. The director was brought there by Růžičková, who already knew the waiter Pepa. The old man was completely captivated by the presence of the famous director and told him about it Sun, hay, strawberries he saw and liked the film, but it would have been better if he acted in it. Word got around and Troška eventually cast him in two more films.
However, Starek didn’t have a great acting career. Out of occupation in Sun hay and a couple of slaps a Sun, hay, eroticism then he only appeared in an episodic role in the series A crime science adventure and in the role of an innkeeper princesses of the mill which was once again directed by Zdeněk Troška.
At the end of his life, he made a living as a vendor at the Prague Zoo. Here, too, people recognized him and liked to take pictures with him, which pleased him. They liked and very often enjoyed exuberant parties filled with alcohol, which most likely affected his health. He didn’t even live to be fifty, because he died of a heart attack at just 48.
You can remember Josef Starek as the legendary Káj Kroupa in Sun, hay, eroticism December 30 from 20:20 on Nova.
Source: fdb.cz, csfd.cz, dotyk.cz, Blesk Extra – Petr Macek: sun, hay, 30 years old
