The film "Red Heat": actors and roles

In the late eighties, at the very period when the cold war came to an end, and the Soviet spectator enthusiastically accepted any work of Hollywood filmmakers, regardless of their quality, the film "Red Heat" appeared on the screens. The actor, who played the main role in this film, is a famous bodybuilder, businessman, politician. His name is known to everyone. The article tells about the performers of the main and minor roles in the action film "Red Heat".

Actors

The creator of the picture is Walter Hill. Played the main role in the film "Red Heat" actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film would have liked Soviet viewers much more if he had played an American policeman. But Schwarzenegger played the role of a Soviet militia officer, who speaks poorly in Russian, but at the same time is fluent in English, which he allegedly studied at the KGB school.

Other roles in the film "Red Heat" actors played mostly well-known. The image of "the most insane policeman in Chicago" was played by James Belushi. Other actors of the "Red Heat":

• Peter Boyle.
• Ed O'Ross.
• Gina Gershon.
• Richard Bright.
• Saveliy Kramarov.
• Isao Sasaki.
• Gene Scherer.

Schwarzenegger

Actors and roles in the film "Red Heat", from the point of view of American viewers, were chosen perfectly. The picture was successful in Europe. As for the compatriots of the hero Ivan Danko, played by Schwarzenegger, for them in this action movie was more comical than dramatic. What is the only phrase that has become famous: "What are your evidences?" As is known, answering this question, a Soviet policeman pronounces the name of the banned drug, and in the Latin manner - "cocaine".

Belushi

James Belushi as a policeman caused more sympathy. Prior to the release of "Red Heat", the actor already had more than twenty roles played for his shoulders. But the most famous for him was the image of Sergeant Ridzik. Belushi is also known for roles in such films as "Curly Sue", "Forget Palermo", "Masters of Threat", "Gift for Christmas".

Content of the film

In Moscow, a drug dealer named Rustavili is operating. Danko can not detain him. And soon he learns that Rustavili went overseas. The hero of Schwarzenegger recovers after him, where the adventures of a Soviet policeman and an American policeman begin.

The leader of the drug mafia is also unable to detain the law guards. In addition, Danko was wounded, he was recalled to the Soviet Union. But the sense of duty does not allow the hero of Schwarzenegger to return home without performing the operation. He still finds Rustavili and kills him. The film ends in a touching scene. Danko gives his American colleague a Soviet-made watch. Himself takes from him (for memory) an expensive accessory.

Other actors

In the episodes played Oleg Vidov and Saveliy Kramarov. First in 1985 he emigrated. Everyone's fan of domestic cinema knows about the fate of Saveliy Kramarov. In the film "Red Heat" he appeared only for a minute, in the form of an employee of the Soviet consulate.

The role of the main villain in the picture was played by Ed O'Ross. He is also known for the movie "Dick Tracy". And finally, the woman with whom O'Rossa's hero made a fictitious marriage was played by Hollywood star Gina Gershon. We can say that with the role of the wife of the drug dealer, the creative path of the actress began. Prior to the premiere of "Red Heat" in her filmography was only three works.

Filming in the film "Red Heat" played an important role in the career of Schwarzenegger. By that time, he was already a recognized star of militants. But for the role in the movie, Walter Hill, the actor for the first time received a huge for those times fee - $ 10 million. James Belushi was no less famous. However, his fees were more modest sums. In the "Red Heat" charming and moving hero Belushi shaded monumental equanimity of the guest from the USSR.