“Trigger,” a Russian drama centering on a psychologist, Artem, who practices “provocative therapy” – a method that forces clients to confront their problems in a shocking, sometimes brutal way – had its world premiere at Mipcom on Sunday. Variety spoke to its star, Maxim Matveev.
Psychologist Sergey Nasibian acted as a consultant on the show, and as well as sharing past cases, he employed the same “provocative” therapeutic methods on Matveev as are shown in the series. “It was a nice experience because I had the opportunity to feel what Artem’s clients feel like when they have a conversation with him,” Matveev says. “This method is really cool and it works, and through this encounter [with Nasibian] I could understand why I became an actor.”
Matveev says there are some similarities between an actor and a psychologist as both have to get inside the mind of someone else, and adopt different personas. “With each client,...
Psychologist Sergey Nasibian acted as a consultant on the show, and as well as sharing past cases, he employed the same “provocative” therapeutic methods on Matveev as are shown in the series. “It was a nice experience because I had the opportunity to feel what Artem’s clients feel like when they have a conversation with him,” Matveev says. “This method is really cool and it works, and through this encounter [with Nasibian] I could understand why I became an actor.”
Matveev says there are some similarities between an actor and a psychologist as both have to get inside the mind of someone else, and adopt different personas. “With each client,...
- 10/15/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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