Roles and actors. "Red bracelets": original serial and remakes

The brilliance and originality of the plot of the Spanish television series "Red Bracelets" were so captivating that in just three years there were several remakes made by the filmmakers of the USA, Germany, Italy, Russia together with Ukrainian and even Chile. All TV films are united by one idea and represent the anthem of the modern generation of youth, which is designed not to allow mass culture, vice and vulgarity to ruin warmth and soulfulness.

Original product

The original television series produced by Spain "Red bracelets" (actors, the main actors: A. Monner, H. Vilapouge, I. Spakovski, M. Balaguer, M. Iglesias, N. Cardoner) in 2011 first acquainted the public with the history of the life of teenagers in Hospital. The script was written by a creative group of co-authors, among which Albert Espinosa secretly stood out, on the motives of youthful memories of the period of time spent in the hospital. Espinosa himself for 10 years struggled with his adversity, overcame him and found the strength to share his love of life with others through this television movie, the movie "The Fourth Floor" and literary novels.

Beginning young actors were invited to the project. "Red bracelets" tell the story of six patients of the children's wing of the clinic. The first episode of the series introduces the audience to the elderly patient Benito (actor Andre Benito), who will become a mentor, a kind of teacher for the future leader of the Leo group. He tells the teenager on what principles it is necessary to form a group and for what children need to stick together. Following the mentor's advice, Leo begins to form the team.

Actors and roles

The creators of the series succeeded in assembling among the film debutants a remarkable community of performers who presented their group of characters as an unusually close-knit team, demonstrating amazing perseverance in overcoming an ailment or other misfortunes, and collective support. Accordingly, for the telefilm, the actors ideal for the embodiment of characters' images were selected. "Red bracelets" - a group of teenagers - consisted of several children:

• The first-rate leader, the founder of the youth association of fifteen-year-old Leo in the performance of actor Alex Monner;
• A neighbor in the chamber of Leo, the second leader, fourteen-year-old Jordi, whose role was embodied on the screen by Igor Spakovsky;
• The only girl - she was living on the other floor Christina, her image was brilliantly revealed to actress Joan Vilapuzh;
• On the recommendations of the mentor leader invites to the group handsome Ignasi, who at a young age dumped a heart attack; His role went to Mikel Iglesias;
• The oldest of all and the smartest Tony was hospitalized with Asperger's syndrome; Obeying youthful maximalism, refuses in any way to grow up, behaves like a small child - such a contradictory image was perfectly presented to the audience by Mark Balaguer;
• The smallest patient in the group, Rock, is irreplaceable, he is in a coma, but telepathically communicates with Tony; On behalf of this character is narrated the first season of the television, so the actor Neil Cardoner had really to work hard.

Made in USA

It so happened that if Hollywood find a unique story in a foreign tape, they skilfully build their history around him, not only earning money on someone else's plan, but also acquainting the whole world with him. The dramatic-comedy film "Red Bracelets" (USA, actors: G. Gluck, N. Sotillo, C. Rowe, Astro, S. Bravo), broadcast in 2014-15, was produced by a group of famous Hollywood craftsmen, including And S. Spielberg. The American remake of the television project of the same name was created in the style of teenage comedy and drama. The idea of Spanish television in the American version is shown in a more accessible language for the US audience, the project attracted more charismatic young actors. "Red bracelets" in their performance is no worse than the original.

The executors of the main roles of the American remake

The narrative is also built on the history of a group of adolescents who are hospital patients. Some of the children have heart problems, others have cancer, some suffer from anorexia. Some have no parents, others are from a dysfunctional family, the third are heirs of financial empires. In ordinary life, they would hardly pay attention to each other, but the ailment called everyone. The hospital appears before the viewer in a different world, where all facets are erased, all conventions are abolished. In such an environment, a real friendship is born between six children, which helps them in moments of despair. The actors of the series "Red Bracelets" created unique images of their heroes.

• Octavia Spencer revealed the image of cheerful and slightly crazy sister of Dena Jackson.
• Dave Annabel played the role of Dr. Adam McAndrew.
• Ciara Bravo embodied on the screen Emma Chota.
• Griffin Gluck spoke in the role of Charles "Charlie" Hutchison.
• Zoe Levin got the role of Kara Soders.
• Rebecca Rittenhouse brilliantly introduced her heroine Brittany Dobler to the audience.
• Charlie Row turned into Leo Rota.
• Nolan Sotillo lived on the screen of the story of Jordi Palacios.
• The actor, under the pseudonym of Astro, enlarged his filmography with participation in the series in the image of Dasha Hosni.

Young actors "Red bracelets" deservedly regarded as a significant step in their creative career.

Joint Russian-Ukrainian remake

In the Russian-Ukrainian adaptation of the television series, the comedic component was pushed to the background, giving way to a dramatic lead. In the "Red Bracelets" from the companies "AVK Production" and FILM.UA the basic idea remained unshakable, only new difficulties arose associated with the national mentality and depressing modernity. To make the TV movie "Red Bracelets" convincing, the actors involved in the shooting process reread the blogs of authors who had undergone chemotherapy sessions and learned to play basketball together with Paralympic athletes in wheelchairs. Domestic audience of the main characters were presented by the following actors:

• Leader Oleg, suffering from canine bone cancer, was embodied on the screen by Philip Ershov.
• Divided by the fate of Oleg, the second leader Dima was played by Kuzma Kotrelev.
• Denis Paramonov made a model of "smart" Anton, who got into a car accident and received multiple fractures.
• Gleb Kalyuzhny played the handsome Ilya, who has serious heart problems.
• Azamat Aliyev got the character of "irreplaceable" Romka, who is in a coma.
• Stasya Miloslavskaya embodied the image of the treatment for anorexia of Christina.