Larisa Udovichenko's acting baggage includes more than 120 films, but for many she still remains a Bond cleaner from Stanislav Goborukhin's film "The meeting place cannot be changed".
Few people know, but Stanislav Goborukhin initially invited Larisa Udovichenko to play the role of the young sergeant Varvara Sinichkina. But the actress did not immediately like this positive role and looked too bland. In one of the interviews, Larisa Odovich said:
"I read the script and I really liked the part of Menka Bond. I asked Stanislav Goborukhin to try me, but he responded with a categorical refusal, adding that with such a sweet and innocent face it was impossible to play a lady of easy virtue. And I don't even want to audition for Varya Sinychkina, I told Goborukhina," the director responded at the time. Goborukhin continued the search for a contender for the position of cleaner-bond. But the results of the screen tests of many actresses did not please the artistic council of the studio. As a result, Goborukhin sent me a telegram: "Approved for the role of cleaner-bonds without auditions! "I was terribly afraid, but then somehow I coped with God's help. And I think I did a good job. They still call me Menka-Bond, and I'm happy."
According to Udvichenko, the episode in which, during an interrogation in Gleb Zhaglov's office, she asked a "spelling" question about her nickname ("Connection or connection? ") - the actress was really shocked because of her uncertainty about the correct spelling of this word. Stanislav Govorukhin liked this comic improvisation so much that he decided to leave this scene out of the film.
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