So, the new cast of season 4, and by the way, Sofia Mogil has returned to the project – and joined the others.
The cast includes Alexandra Afanasyeva, Sofia Mogil, Vitaly Orover, Pavel Latushkin, Konstantin Kalinin, Victoria Shanko, Sergey Voronov, Lyubov Vinogradskaya, and Anastasia Rylina.
At that time, Pavel maintained a good relationship with Mrs. Natela Olegovna Polezhaeva and begged for the former Rassvet Sanatorium for the filming of the 4th season of the series Universe (he chose this name only because of such a large plot already filmed) and in the plot and from the lips of the characters the expression “Selena-Universe” often appeared.
For half a month (namely, for 5 filming days – Pavel spent a little over 500,000 rubles on filming one and a half episodes, this is the largest amount spent in the entire existence of the project), but this amount was not final, since the fees of the main characters were not included in this amount, although previously the budget for one episode was about 15 thousand rubles.
And some films, like Cursed (2016), cost around 70 thousand rubles.
From September 26, 2020, filming was halted due to the quarantine, and many actors, including director Pavel Latushkin himself, fell ill with acute respiratory infections, even though the Covid-19 pandemic was in full swing at the time.
While Pavel was on sick leave, he watched all the footage that had been filmed for the 4th season and was surprised – hooray, success… The investment completely justified the final material that turned out.
We will no longer consider ourselves Amateurs, and the series has become better.
Because Pavel felt absolutely wonderful on set, there was a professional cameraman, lighting, sound, assistants, the only thing missing was an assistant who would bring the director’s coffee (Pavel laughs).
Afterwards, Pavel happily wrote the outline for the entire fourth season and announced that as soon as the series starts and all three seasons are released, we’ll continue filming the fourth season, as it deserves to be. The quality we’ve achieved is the result of the investment we’ve made over the project’s 10 years—the team’s growth and professionalism have truly taken hold! And that’s a source of pride!