It was when Daniil “got into a mess’ with the TV commercials.

   ‘Unfortunately, ‘to get messed’ is the right word. In 1998 Nescafe launched a series of commercials telling funny stories of a few students. I was ‘Leonid, who everyone knows where to find’. The commercial got a regular broadcast on TV, and my face was on every big board on the streets. As soon as I realized that I’ve got a high risk exposure to have the Nescafe logo on my face from now on, that many, including Mosfilm, began considering me like the Nescafe guy, I quit. Well, a few more commercials followed, but they were not as catchy and therefore not as dangerous. As for the acting, such projects do no harm, because in a matter of few second the actor may play a whole story.’   

In 1998 Mark Wyle offered to a not well known, but ‘promising’ actor Daniil Strakhov a role of Sebastian in The Twelfth Night play by Shakespeare in the Theater n.a. Mossovet. With the instincts of the intellectual actor, Daniil as well naturally fitted the plays far from recognized as researching the human’s inner self.  

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