The star heiress did not fit into the film at all.
The film “Scarecrow” is still considered one of the most cruel and realistic films about growing up. The success of Rolan Bykov’s film was facilitated by the performance of young Kristina Orbakaite, who embodied the image of Lena Bessoltseva. Surprisingly, at first the director did not want to approve the little actress.
During the tests, Bykov examined over 17 thousand children. It was impossible to find the perfect girl for the main role. When Christina arrived for the audition, the master wrote three bold minuses next to her last name in his notebook. The director saw a naive and touching child in his film, and the applicant seemed too strong and strong-willed to him, as the director’s widow Elena Sanaeva recalls.
However, over time, Rolan Bykov revised his view. He decided that Bessoltseva should be a girl with a rod. It was at that moment that the director remembered Orbakaite, who received the star role. The Komsomolskaya Pravda publication talks about this.
