Boris Kutnevich - biography and creativity

Some actors only work on dubbing or scoring. We do not see their faces, but we know perfectly well by voice. Boris Kutnevich is one of such actors. His feature is that he did not strive to become a microphone, he is a sound engineer by education. Another interesting fact - we did not hear his real voice, as he voiced the famous Bear from the cartoon about the restless Masha. About him, almost nothing is known, since the actor prefers to stay in the shade.

How did Boris get involved in this project?

Initially he was invited only as a sound engineer. It is not known how many projects Boris Kutnevich managed to accompany until 2009, but now he participates in the largest animation project. The cartoon "Masha and the Bear" is broadcast in all countries of the world, and on the YouTube channel each series has collected millions of views.
Boris is still responsible for the whole sound series of this cartoon, combining two posts.

It's interesting that the story about Masha is practically a family project. When it is necessary to introduce additional characters, the members of the family of the creators' team most often stand for the microphone. Boris Kutnevich, for example, brought his children to the project. His son Mark regularly voices Zayts, and daughter Ekaterina worked immediately on two characters - Kot and Mouse.

Participation in the choice of Masha

I helped to search for "voice" Masha also Boris Kutnevich, whose filmography is limited only to the sensational project. He wanted everything to be natural, - the main character was supposed to be voiced by a little girl, not a travesty-actor or a boy. The child was looking for friends.

Most of the project's main character was Alina Kukushkina, who first enrolled for blind audition, and then was selected by the producers, as it turned out to be the best. At that time, the girl was only 6 years old, and she was very much like Masha, although it was not her prototype. According to Alina, the most difficult was to sing songs.

Alina's mother Irina took on the role of the Bear. Some time ago the girl began to change her voice, so in her place the blind was auditioned by Varvara Sarantseva from the theater "Domizolka".

Best Bear of All Time

Boris Kutnevich got to the role of the Bear by accident. Initially, he did not plan to become a microphone, but directed casting, to which professional actors were invited. Bear - a character of a kind, he never uttered a single phrase. He only roars in a period of despair and despair from Masha's actions. Therefore, none of the actors could not immediately cope with this role.
Then Boris Kutnevich, whose biography is unknown, began to show invited actors how to growl right. This was noticed by the creator of the project Oleg Kuzovkov, he suggested that Boris himself stand up for the microphone and simultaneously engage in sound accompaniment of the project. Colleagues note that Boris is very similar to his character. He is just as patient, never fails and is not nervous.

The actor himself compares his work on the cartoon with the game on the screen of Charlie Chaplin. The famous comic also did not utter a single word, but still is a legendary character in world culture. Bear - a character that is very difficult to correctly voice. His place at the microphone Boris conceded only once. During the sound of the New Year's series "One, two, three! Shine Christmas tree!". The bear was voiced by Edward Nazarov, who worked on the role of Father Frost. It is not known for what reasons it happened.

In addition to the main Bear, Boris also played the roles of Cave Bear, Himalayan rival and Tiger, Robot in one of the last series. He also participated in both spin-offs, in which Masha tells terrible stories and fairy tales in her own way.