Once it became popular from
the series “Fathers”, the actor will lead
“The Bulgarian one Christmas ”
To make your dream of becoming an actor come true after saying only one sentence. It sounds strange, but not when Stefan Danailov is standing in front of you as a candidate – the student exams at NATFA. This is the story of Pavel Ivanov, whom viewers know as the veterinarian Todor Balevski from the TV series “Fathers” on BTV. And he can’t help but be a favorite both on the screen and on the stage, because he was taught by the great Stefan Danailov.
Folk dancer, basketball player, very good driver and most of all actor. These abilities are very briefly described by 27-year-old Paul. He takes the entrance exams at the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts, where the Master is on the jury to choose his class. The young boy then introduced himself with a monologue from a play by Chekhov. After saying only the first sentence,
Stefan Danailov
it stops him
Such an interruption is ambiguous, but Paul takes it as a good omen. He immediately thought that there was no point in wasting Danailov’s time, given that this round was over. The second stage of the exam goes the same way. He presented another text, but it was immediately interrupted. And again, Paul is sure that it is going well. “Then I realized that we will talk very quickly, without redundancy, and so we will work. It really happened that way, “says the actor.
The last part of the exam is more complicated. Stefan Danailov gathers all kinds of people from the street to be an audience of prospective students. “Today your participation will be greater, be lucky not to sing and dance,” Danailov told Pavel, and he, of course, is doing great.
After becoming part of the Master’s class, Paul was placed in various extreme situations by him. One day Stefan Danailov called him and told him:
“I sent you a car, get down in front
the academy, but quickly, because
the car is down “
At that time the series “The Family” was being shot and Pavel Ivanov had to take on the role of a security guard without even preparing for it. But the young actor did not complain, because according to him, “acting” is learned through practice, but the more important skills are thanks to his teacher.
Pavel Ivanov plays with the Master in the production of “The Actress” and together they tour different cities in the country. Stefan Danailov liked the whole team to gather for dinner after the show. But guests from the city, the mayor and the municipalities are also sitting at the table in the restaurant, gathering more than 50 people. It seemed nice until the Master surprisingly made everyone sing something, give a speech, make others laugh. “And now a speech – Pavel Ivanov. I have to get up, draw attention to myself. I improvised, most often resorting to expressing my gratitude because I saw him do it. Finally, he liked to end the dinner with a speech that ended with applause. Then he looked at me and said: “Did you see how it is done?”, Explains Pavel Ivanov.
In the name of his teacher, the young actor
prepares the creation of a theater that will
bears the name “Stefan Danailov”
The repertoire that will be played are plays in which the Master has participated or spoken about them. Pavel will also choose such dramaturgy, which Stefan Danailov did not know, but he would have liked.
The acting profession is a surprising choice for Paul’s family. His father is a driver and his mother works at the Bulgarian State Railways in Ruse. When he was five years old, Paul became acquainted with the stage. Following in the footsteps of his 6-year-old older brother, he also joined a folk dance ensemble. He seems to like the scene, but his next love is sports. Basketball takes his head off and he even runs away from school to train. Paul waited for his parents to go to work in the morning and left for the yard of the neighboring school. He put the ball between the frame of the bike so that he wouldn’t hold it while riding, and so that he couldn’t see much. He packed a spare pair of socks, a T-shirt, and sneakers in his backpack, and placed a notebook on top to show that he was still a student. He used all his money for sugar, chocolates and candies to have more energy, and so he spent all day in the schoolyard. The teachers, the ball-stained hands and the torn sneakers betray his escape from class.
During his school years, this was not the only time Paul indulged in his favorite activities instead of lessons. When he was in the 9th grade, he enrolled in the 4 schools of the actor Ventsislav Petkov in Ruse, which prepares students from three schools and students from the University of Ruse. Paul rehearses 4 different plays with them. Every morning he goes in front of the actor’s house, waits for him, then they go to different schools together and he is “glued to him” all day.
And after this preparation he started working at the Sava Ognyanov Drama Theater in Ruse and more
while a student, he plays in performances
almost every day
Paul, of course, is convinced that he will apply for acting, but according to his parents, he must have a backup option. The young boy then refuses to even think about it. He does not apply anywhere else but to the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts, because he thinks that this will bring him bad luck. “If fate saw me going to apply abroad, despite my attraction, it would bring me bad luck. I felt like infidelity, as if I were doing something insidious. It was insulting to have other options, “says Pavel. And so he actually succeeds – with certainty and determination.
The actor likes to make the audience laugh, but also to affect them emotionally. Such is his image in the series “Fathers”. He is a widower raising his own 6-year-old child. His screen daughter is nine-year-old Aya Alexieva, who is the child of director Yana Titova and actor Alek Alexiev. They are favorites of the series and have been chosen to host the charity concert of “Bulgarian Christmas”. “It was interesting how we met Aya, because she was behind her mother’s hand, and I approach my new acquaintances in the same way. I saw that we look alike because she is modest, curvy, ”says Pavel. Now, however, the two are friends outside the filming process. They often share, walk together and play. Pavel also has fun with the other children in the series, doing different tricks. The actor says that he is different from his character because he is not as restrained as Todor, he does not think before acting. He describes himself as “emotional, extreme, temperamental, reacting violently, sharply, with harsh words.”
In the years of Aya, Pavel Ivanov was a very naughty child. They got together with his company and came up with different whites together. He once broke the window of a moving train in his father’s home village. The story ends with the police, in front of whom Pavel pretends to be innocent, and then explains that he broke the glass with a green cone.
He celebrated his first prom when he was only 14 years old. He invited his friends to take them to the party in his friend’s father’s car. And in front of the restaurant he stops right next to the police so that he is not a suspect. His clumsy attempts at parking, gas, brake immediately caught the attention of the police and they wrote him a report. But then Paul used this document to enter the restaurant. He points out that only adults can drive and get a license.
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