From call to call

The path of some cinema stars to success is sometimes very thorny. And most importantly, it is not always legal. Today's story is about actors who somehow had problems with justice.

The most unusual thing in this list will be, perhaps, Danny Trejo. He has been acting in Hollywood for many years in the role of scoundrels and criminals. Personal experience clearly helps to create such convincing images of Danny Trejo. After all, almost from childhood he got acquainted with the underside of life, committing minor offenses together with his close relative. At the age of 12, Trejo began using drugs, and he preferred to get money for them by not honest work at all. As a result, several prison sentences for armed robbery and drug trafficking for a total of 11 years.

But how did he manage to change his own destiny so abruptly? Danny Trejo was fond of boxing and even became a champion in prison. Deciding that further games with the law were not for him, the future actor passed the rehabilitation program “12 steps of Narcotics Anonymous”, and after his release became a boxing coach for Eric Roberts. The latter was preparing to shoot in the film “The Runaway Train” directed by Andron Konchalovsky. Seeing the colorful coach, Konchalovsky offered him a role in his film, after which Trejo's acting career took off sharply. Interesting fact: Danny was recommended to Roberts as a coach by screenwriter Edward Bunker, who himself served several years for robbery and forgery of a check.

Mark Wahlberg I also ran into the law when I was very young. At the age of 15, it was an attack on African Americans, two years later - a raid on a pharmacy and aggression against Vietnamese, with serious consequences for the health of one of them. At the age of 21, Wahlberg broke the jaw of an acquaintance, and a year later he staged a mass brawl at a party. It is clear why he is so good at brutal roles.

Actor and comedian Tim Allen he went to prison right after graduating from college. The reason was drug trafficking, and the court sentenced him to nothing less than life imprisonment. And only a deal with the investigation helped him avoid such a sad fate. In prison, Allen entertained his cellmates with comic numbers and honed his talent so much that after leaving prison he decided to devote himself to acting.

Famous brawler and outrageous actor Sean Penn several times I came to the attention of law enforcement agencies. In 1987, a careless journalist photographed Penn during filming when he was very out of sorts. As a result, the actor beat him, for which he received two months in prison. The next scandal is connected with the actor's ex-wife, pop diva Madonna. Sean Penn beat her for several hours, she survived by a miracle. But this time he avoided jail, because the singer decided not to file a complaint about beatings. However, the case still received publicity.

Unpredictable and self-destructive character was different at the time Lindsay Lohan. Her offenses are mainly related to the consumption of alcohol and drugs. Drunk driving led first to imprisonment for a day, and then to a three-month term in a local prison and sent to a rehabilitation center. 

The same crime was committed by and Michelle Rodriguez, and repeatedly. She had to go to prison in Los Angeles several times for periods ranging from a day to five days. And in 2006, for repeated drunk driving, Rodriguez got there for two whole months.

Looking at an intelligent-looking Christian Slater, you won't believe right away that there are several crimes and offenses in his biography, and for a variety of reasons. In 1989 it was an attack on a policeman, in 1994 it was an attempt to bring weapons on board an airplane. In 1997, the actor repeatedly used drugs, as a result of which he arranged fights. Then there was rehabilitation, a period of relative calm - and in 2005, an accusation of sexual harassment. Such a life can not be called calm in any way!

Sir Paul McCartneyhe was imprisoned only once and “only” for a week. He was detained at Tokyo airport. During the inspection, marijuana was found in the luggage of the Beatle, which eventually led to trouble with the law. I got caught on drug possession and Robert Downey Jr., after that, he was subjected to regular checks.

Lane Garrison, the actor of the TV series “Escape”, was jailed for almost two years for drunk driving. As a result, there was an accident in which a friend of the actor died. A Charles S. Dutton, long before he became a star of “Gothic”, starred in “The Sopranos Clan”, “The Right Wife” and “Doctor House”, he served seven years in prison for killing a man in a fight.

But this is Hollywood, and what about us? It is worth admitting that in both Soviet and Russian cinema there were similar cases of actors clashing with justice, and more than once. The reasons for this were very different. For example, the performer of the role of Petrukha in “The White Sun of the Desert", an actorNikolay Godovikov, in 1979, he was imprisoned for parasitism. Yes, there was such an article at that time. And in 1980 he was imprisoned again, but this time for theft. 

Actor Vladimir Dolinsky, who, as a rule, plays very intelligent characters, served almost five years. And also according to an “intelligent” article - for currency fraud. Just like the famous “Ivanushka", the actor Eduard Izotov. The latter was sentenced to three years in prison for buying currency.

The actor spent more than 14 years in prison Sergey Shevkunenko. He became a star very early, in childhood, starring in the films “The Bronze Bird” and “Dirk". For the first time I encountered the law after the eighth grade: a guy brutally beat a random passerby. And then there was a completely different life, full of crime, gang fights, robberies, drugs and weapons. Sergei and his mother died as a result of an attack by an assassin in 1995.

Young actor “Georgia-film” Gega Kobakhidze he starred in several films as a child. He did not stay out of work later: he received one of the main roles in the cult perestroika film by Tengiz Abuladze ”Repentance". In 1983, together with his wife and friends, Kobakhidze attempted to hijack a passenger liner, intending to escape on it to Turkey. As a result, several passengers and crew members were killed and injured. The hijacking attempt failed, and subsequently almost all the hijacking participants received capital punishment.

Tragically, the fate of a beautiful Soviet actress Valentina Malyavina. For a long time she had serious problems with alcohol, as well as her common-law husband, actor Stanislav Zhdanko. As a result of one such “family” drinking, Zhdanko tragically died - he was killed with a knife. Malyavina was accused of murder. She was sentenced to nine years in prison, and eventually served five. She never returned to the cinema and categorically denied her guilt until the last day of her life.

One of the most promising actors of Russian cinema, young Vasily Lykshin he was, as they say, a “difficult teenager.” He grew up in an orphanage, then was repeatedly prosecuted for hooliganism and petty theft. Coming to the cinema dramatically changed his life. Lykshin has starred in several films and TV series. Unfortunately, at the age of 22, the actor died of a heart attack.

Igor Petrenko -in the top of the most popular actors of Russian cinema. But in his youth, his fate was far from smooth. As a result, he was even accused of complicity in murder and sentenced to 8 years. But conditionally, since it was not possible to prove his direct guilt.

Author - Nika Terentyeva