Igor Vernik’s apartment: photo

“I will not be like fathers who shout at all corners that they have an amazing child. I’ll just say: I have a genius son (Grigory is 14 years old, this is the son of an actor from his marriage to Maria. Vernik divorced her in 2009. – Approx. “Antenna”), – Igor smiled when we came to visit him. “But that doesn’t mean that I adore him blindly. I closely follow what is happening in Grisha’s life.

My son and I are definitely good friends. We decided on an adventure with him: together we hosted the School of Music project on the U channel (a reality show in which children from 8 to 14 years old competed in different musical genres. – Approx. “Antennas”). For his son, this is his debut as a presenter. But how he held up! The character is felt. Of course, not everything worked out perfectly. Grisha has living organics, but on stage he behaved inhibited at first. There were also problems with diction: it seemed to him that he pronounced the words clearly, but I corrected him.

I myself had to work with this at one time. When I entered the theater, I could not speak from excitement – my mouth was dry. I tried to chew gum and carried water with me everywhere, but nothing helped. I coped with the excitement not after a year, not two years later, but much later, when I realized that the main thing is not to think about the excitement.

And, looking at Grisha, I imagined the extent of his responsibility: spectators, jury, cameras, spotlights, and no one would give indulgence. I sincerely think that this test of the pen was a good lesson for Grisha. You need to get used to the scene, to figure it out. And what is also useful, on the project Grisha saw the guys who were passionate about their work, and realized how great it is to do what you love. “

Grisha:

“Dad sometimes asks what I want to become when I grow up. And I don’t know what to say yet. Of course, I would like to follow in his footsteps, and I liked the role of TV presenter. It would be strange to think about the career of a teacher or a doctor if you are brought up in such an environment since childhood: grandfather is the chief director of literary and dramatic broadcasting on the radio, now a teacher at the Moscow Art Theater School, uncle is a TV presenter and editor-in-chief of the magazine, another uncle graduated from the School – the studio of the Moscow Art Theater, dad – an actor of the Moscow Art Theater and Cinema “.

“Now Grisha is studying music. But his relationship with her is not yet a passionate smashing romance. It’s good at least that now he is already playing the piano with pleasure, not from under a stick. But there were moments when the son in the kitchen banged his head against the cupboard with the words: “I hate this music!” And hailstones ran down his cheeks. I didn’t even know that tears can be so big. My heart was breaking with pain. But I understood that it was impossible to concede: if I conceded, it would be his defeat, not mine. And even then Grisha would have decided that pity can achieve something in life. For example, my mother, as a child, made me put matches on the floor ten times for each unfulfilled musical exercise. But now I am grateful to my parents for the fact that there is music in my life, that I write songs and sing.

Recently I gave Grisha a guitar with the words: “It is not always where you find yourself alone with a girl, there will be a piano at hand, but the guitar may be.” He showed a couple of chords, the son immediately mastered them and took a fresh look at the songs performed by his favorite bands. Now he can even play along with them. Of course, nowadays the guitar doesn’t have the same impact as it used to be. You can turn on any gadget and play any melody. Let’s see if Grisha wants to play the guitar.

But the son is fond of dancing seriously. Breakdancing gets high. From the moment he danced, the son has changed in appearance. Before that, he was so plump, it is not clear into whom. As a child, adults looked at me with pity, they always tried to feed me with something. And Grisha stretched out when he went to the dances, he had muscles and abs. Unfortunately, now he has given up regular classes. Firstly, a lot of new, difficult subjects for Grisha appeared at the school, and secondly, he mastered break dance completely and now wants to change direction – to go, say, to hip-hop. We are discussing this. “

“It so happened that Grisha is a nomad here – he lives with me, then with his mother. Of course, life in two houses is not easy, but the son has adapted to it. The main thing is that Grisha feels: both dad and mom love him, he is not alone.

Once a class teacher called me and said: “Look how Grisha behaves. If something happens in the classroom, then he is definitely the instigator. ” “I just can’t believe it,” I say, and at this moment I have déjà vu. I remember how my dad stands in front of the teacher, and he says to him: “If something happens in the classroom, then Igor is to blame.” And dad replies, “I just can’t believe it.”

And once the class teacher called me to discuss Grisha’s clothes.

“It all starts with the look,” she said. – No tie, shirt not tucked in, and, after all, look at his sneakers, can a student walk in such shoes? “You are absolutely right,” I answer and hide my legs under the table, because I came to the conversation in exactly the same sneakers. Despite the age difference, my son and I dress similarly. Then, when Grisha and I get into the car and drive, I still tell him: “Son, you know, sneakers, of course, are a matter of taste and style. But concentration is what you have to cultivate in yourself. ” So we kind of laughed and talked seriously. And there is no wall between us. “