Yulia Peresild with the director and a Russian cosmonaut shot into space to film there. What does this Yulia look like?
Last May, the Russian space agency Roscosmos finally selected an actress to shoot a film in space. The actress has passed a medical examination to be flown to the International Space Station (ISS) in October. She is Yulia Peresild. Photo: Associated Press
The film project was announced last year by Roscosmos in collaboration with the Channel One television station and the Yellow, Black and White film studio. The project opened a competition in November 2020 to find actresses who are interested in starring in the film. Photo: Associated Press
After the selection process, actress Yulia Peresild was selected to join the project. He will fly to the ISS with director Klim Shipenko to shoot a film titled 'Challenge', some of which will be shot in outer space. Photo: Associated Press
Actress Alena Mordovina and cinematographer Alexey Dudin were also selected as the backup crew. Peresild and Shipenko finally just flew to the ISS on a Soyuz rocket with a cosmonaut from Roscosmos. Photo: Associated Press
The Soyuz MS-19 rocket carrying them flew off the spacecraft's runway in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and arrived about 3.5 hours later. Then this aircraft docked automatically on the ISS. Photo: Associated Press
They will undergo the process of filming and plan to return to Earth on October 17. "This kind of mission will help promote our achievements as well as space exploration in general which is good for the country," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Yulia herself is a veteran actress who is currently 37 years old.
Di was born in the Psjov region, Russia. Since childhood, apparently she has dreamed of becoming an actress.
This is a photo that he posted on Instagram which shows a teaser that he will be shooting in space.
He studied theater in Moscow and the Russian Academy of Theater Arts.
He is famous as a film and television star. He played an important role in the 2006 film The Bride. But what made him famous was the film The Edge, the television series Satna Lucia to the thriller Sonnentau.
He also reaped fame among Russian citizens.
On Instagram, Yulia has about 500 thousand followers.
Just like cosmonauts and astronauts in general, the film crew including Yulia has undergone training for space flight. They started training at Roscosmos' Star City facility on June 1 and then flew.
Yulia already has two children.
