Vassili Schneider, little brother of Niels, Volodya and Alyosha soon reunited with them on the big screen? “We were offered things”

Present on the boards in Next time you bite the dustadapted from the novel by Panayotis Pascot, Vassili Schneider spoke to Parisian. In the future, the 25-year-old does not rule out sharing the stage with his brothers. Under certain conditions…

Vassili Schneider continues his meteoric rise. After his notable role in Le Comte de Monte Cristo by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière, the youngest of the family shows the extent of his talents in the theater, in Next time you bite the dustadaptation of the novel by humorist Panayotis Pascot. “For me, theater is the first experience of an actor, I had to go through it to taste this profession 100%.”, he explains in the columns of Parisian , before emphasizing: “I think I need to scare myself a little.”

Thanks to its role in The Counts of Monte Cristo, Vassili Schneider has gained notoriety, which does not fail to “destabilize”. “In the street, people recognize me”, he confides. “It made me laugh the first week, then it made me anxious. There, I'm starting to get used to it.” An ascent which will also allow him to refine his choices: “I have the impression that I will be able to decide which cinema I want to be part of, that is to say, to work with passionate people”, he says. He does not rule out touring with his brothers, also actors, one day. “That would be crazy! We will do it one day, we have already been offered things, but we are waiting for the nugget”, he says. To be continued…

Vassili Schneider, how the death of his brother affected him: “I was ashamed of not being as affected as the others”

After shining in The Count of Monte CristoVassili Schneider found himself on the stage of the Petit-Saint-Martin theater in the adaptation of the book by Panayotis Pascot, Next time you bite the dust. For the occasion, the young actor agreed to speak in the columns of Liberation . In addition to his film roles, Vassili Schneider is also known by his name. Little brother of Niels, Volodia and Alyosha Schneider, the young actor follows in the footsteps of his elders. He is also the little brother of Vadim, also an actor, who died in a car accident in 2003.

With our colleagues, Vassili Schneider agreed to return to this tragic event for the Schneider family. At the time, while his late brother was 17, Vassili was only four. “Nothing is serious when you are 4 years old”he explains. “It was only later that I became aware of the difficulty I had growing up in a bereaved family while experiencing absence with lightness. I felt excluded, a stranger, I was ashamed of not being as affected as the others”, he observes with hindsight.