The handsome man was destined for a grandiose career.
The fantastic film by Fyodor Bondarchuk “Inhabited Island” overnight made Vasily Stepanov the main movie star. The handsome actor brilliantly played the role of Maxim Kammerer. However, he soon disappeared from the screens. What happened to the rising star of Russian cinema?
The sudden disappearance of Stepanov provoked many rumors about the actor. Some said that they simply stopped giving him roles, others were sure that Vasily was disappointed in the profession and left the cinema himself. But the truth turned out to be much sadder. After the dilogy “Inhabited Island” Stepanov became a popular favorite and bathed in glory for a long time. But for the role of Maxim, he received a very modest fee, which was enough for him to “nine”.
After some time, Vasily ended up in the hospital with a neurosis. The reason for this was the role of a dumb schizophrenic in the play “Veronica decides to die.” Soon Vasily began to refuse roles in cinema and theater in order not to leave his native Moscow.
Later, Stepanov developed depression. In the winter of 2016, he seriously injured his spine after falling on the stairs. A year later, Vasily was diagnosed with schizophrenia. For a long time, his mother tried to treat the actor with clairvoyants and healers, but this did not work. About the unenviable fate of the star of the “Inhabited Island” told the Zen channel “New hearth».
