Found the same "man with sand" from meme. You also saw, but did not know

Exactly 10 years ago, in April 2011, the network appeared a very popular meme with a man using hands in the sand. He became a symbol of despair and depression, while users without hesitation to upgrade it with photoshop and mercilessly cosplay. Many believed that this man, like the famous Harold "product imported", but it turned out that "the guy with the sand" – Russian, and quite famous.

Guy meme with sand am Vladimir Brest and he hails from Samara. Now he is a successful actor, starring in many Russian movies and TV series, but the story of his famous photographs is inextricably linked with the collapse of hopes. After CIC (Samara state Institute of culture) in 2011, Vladimir decided to start a musical career.

Guy recorded his first album, and it covers made in April 2011 on the Volga beach, the most famous photo. As a musician Vladimir did not take place and his songs not liking music lovers, what can be said about the picture. "The guy with the sand" became popular on the Internet for a few weeks, and conquered not only the domestic forums, but also overseas.

Failure in the music field did not break Brest and he became an actor. Now in the filmography of Vladimir more than 40 works in feature films and TV series, most of which are shot over the last couple of years. Of the most well known we can mention "Vampires of the middle band", "Chef", "C", "Their", "Trace", "the Liar".

Brutal appearance provided Vladimir Brest specific role of the criminal elements and, on the contrary, employees of power structures, but this suits the actor. A few years ago, a man moved from Samara to Moscow, close to the studios, with which it cooperates.

Vladimir Brest is very dedicated to his work. For the painting "321‑I'm Siberian" directed by Savona Lygdenova he threw for 4 months 35 kg of weight! It was necessary to play a simple soldier of the red army officers Volgina. By the way, this film about the war was so cool that he wanted to dominirovat and stuff the film for its special effects specialists from Hollywood Studio Paramount Pictures. This picture, which was released in 2019, was delayed.

As for the meme with sand, then on 22 April, Vladimir is going to celebrate its 10 year anniversary. He laughingly says that once during filming, he asked the young members of the Studio 20-25 years about meme "the guy with the sand." Young people in one voice said that I know this meme and sure that the man was thanks to him a millionaire. When they learned that famous guy from the beach – Vladimir Brest, I experienced a real shock.

As we have seen, world-famous meme not made by Vladimir famous and not helped him in his acting career. But the music of Brest, released the album cover mamnou in 2011, someone else is listening. Brest was very surprised when, in 2019, in St. Petersburg, he was approached by a strange man and thanked him for a good song.