Leon Kemstach
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Leon Kemstach woke up famous at the age of 15 after the premiere of Zhora Kryzhovnikov’s series “The Boy’s Word.” Blood on the asphalt.” Leon played the role of Andrey Palto, who from a chushpan turns into a boy. For Kemstach, who lives and studies in Dubai, Kryzhovnikov’s series became his second project. Previously, he starred in a small role in the film of his stepfather, the star of “Real Boys” Anton Bogdanov. In an interview for the video podcast “vMeste”, the young actor spoke about the support of his famous stepfather, his popularity and his love for older girls .
About language knowledge.
I’m a little different from kids my age. I speak English perfectly. I’m learning Spanish, learning Chinese. French too. I love to communicate. I think why not learn the language. This will give you some kind of bonus.
About school
It’s not that he is such a calm classmate. About two years ago I realized that school is for learning. And in class I sit calmly. I’m getting into the process. I don’t run through the halls because I understand that there is a line between having fun and studying. Many of my fellow actors have free studio hours. I am already studying full time and when the filming of “A Boy’s Word” took place, I had to go to the director and ask for time off.
About the reaction of stepfather Anton Bogdanov to the project “The Boy’s Word”
He was supportive. He said, “Leon, you have to hold on to this. This is the coolest project.” He gave me a couple of parting words. As an actor with great experience, he explained the basics, how to do what and not worry. Naturally, he did not dissuade me. He even wanted to act in the film himself, but Due to his age he could not.
León with his mother Laura and his stepfather Anton Bogdanov
Photo: Personal page of the hero of the publication on the social network.
About the reaction of colleagues.
My colleagues saw an increase in subscribers on my social networks: “What? Where?” They really wanted to watch the series and someone did. Now artificial intelligence can be translated directly into Google.
About the punishment of his hero Andrei Palto
Deservedly, of course. But I feel for him as a person. He was involved in robbery and banditry. And this never leads to good things. Already in the sixth episode they show us as if in a slide show: names and causes, dates of death. And then teenagers and acquaintances wrote to me: “León, why is the series so boring?” Unfortunately, nowadays it is important for teenagers and children to see how and who fights. Action is important. When they are shown the consequences, what it leads to, they are not interested. And these are very, very serious things.
Photo: Personal page of the hero of the publication on the social network.
About older girls
I have always fallen in love and continue to fall in love with older girls. When you communicate with me, you may notice that I am a little different from people my age. And I have many friends who are 20, 24 years old. When I was a child, I spent a lot of time with my grandmother and walked with my older brother, he is 2 years older. And he also hung out with even older kids. I skipped the age… When I was 7 years old, and we were on vacation in Spain, there was a girl there, she was like 16 years old. And every day I went up to her and talked about her. I thought, “Well, one day we will definitely start dating her. She will be love.”
About relationships
I take this very seriously. I need to communicate with a person for at least a couple of months to start dating. But of course there are exceptions when I see a person, and that’s it: this is my person… I can’t stand it. It is better to immediately say: “I am attracted to you”… I think that if you like a girl, you should indicate it right away.
Screenshot of the “inMest” podcast video
How to behave with girls
When it comes to girls, the worst thing you can say is, “No, I’m not interested in you.” Well, he’ll say it. And? Will this make you cry? No and no. Move on. There is no need to think: “Should I go or not?” Come here. The main thing is to be confident. This is the key to success… People like confident people. I can advise you to develop your confidence. There is a book “Don’t Noah”, it helped me at one point.
About the success and popularity of the “Boy’s Word” project
I certainly didn’t expect it. We think this will be great. This will be something new for Russian cinema. But no one really expected such a phenomenon. And when I see that I have 100 thousand daily subscribers on all social networks, I was surprised.
I don’t consider myself better than others because I have more subscribers and make more money than people my age.
About success and life plans.
The sooner you achieve success, the sooner you can feel it. It’s great when you are 20 years old, you already have houses, apartments all over the world, cars. And you can just disappear and live without touching anyone. This was my goal in life from the beginning. I wanted to have a business without anyone knowing it was mine. And everyone was thinking, “Damn, what is he doing?” When I achieve global success, I will ask Forbes to remove my name so no one knows about me. But now it won’t be like that, because I’m an actor.
