Although today he is considered one of the most talented actors of his generation, dear Tomasz Schuchardt It was long and bumpy for self -acceptance. He grew up in a Underworld village, he was ashamed of roots, struggled with complexes and hid the truth about himself for years. Today, openly talks about shame, transformation and internal maturation. And that’s what makes him so authentic.
Although the actor gained popularity thanks to roles in series such as “convicted”, “Rojst. Millenium” or “Great Water”, his childhood had nothing to do with the flash of flashes. He grew up in Sobowidz in Pomerania – a small, Pomegeeer village, which he did not want to talk loudly for years. When he was asked where he came from in high school, he answered that from Gdańsk.
As he admits today, it was a stage of displacement and internal shame that he could not cope with. He preferred to take on a mask of a class clown than to face a sense of inferiority. “Instead of throwing myself into the vortex of learning, I ran into the fools. In this I was great,” he says in an interview with the magazine.
Although many years have passed since the premiere of his debut in “Baptism” of Marcin Wrona, Tomasz Schuchardt still does not feel good in the media world. It is rare in the glow of the headlights – even after receiving the prestigious Eagle Award for one of the last roles he did not appear at the gala. Instead, he chose time with his daughter. “Flashlight is not my fairy tale. There are people created for it, I have a problem with it,” he admitted.
In the same interview he also talks about the therapy that has been underway for three years. It was she who helped him better understand himself and stop hiding – both from the world and from himself.
Until recently, Schuchardt tried to be the “soul of the company” – loud, funny, always in the center of attention. As he says, it was a way to survive. Escape from uncertainty, imposed over the years of life in the countryside and comparing yourself to peers from cities. – In the countryside I did not have access to the same knowledge as my friends from the city. I felt shame and fear – he recalls.
It was only during his studies at the Krakow theater school that he began to speak loudly that he came from Sobowidz. It brought him relief. “I could finally dig up good and bad experiences that built me,” he says honestly.
Not only mentally but also physically underwent a huge transformation. As he confessed in an interview, the difference between his “thinnest” and “the thickest” role is up to 50 kilograms. Not every director could accept it. “Only Janek did not shout.” He said: “I want you!” – he recalls work with Jan Holoubek on the set of “Great Water”.
And although he does not like himself, when someone praises him, it cannot be hidden that his honesty, modesty and huge acting sensitivity make him one of the most expressive artists of contemporary Polish cinema.