Actress Poplavskaya talked about working on a video in honor of Ovechkin's record.

Actress Angelina Poplavskaya congratulated Alexander Ovechkin, a Russian hockey player and captain of the Washington Capitals NHL club, on the record. The celebrity also shared his impressions about filming in the video.

The TV channels of the National Media Group (NMG) holding and performer Sergey Zhukov congratulated Ovechkin on the world record with a video for his favorite song from the repertoire "Hands up!". The video features the famous track "I'm already 18" with a text specially written by Zhukov for the record goal.

"There is a wonderful atmosphere here, an atmosphere of nostalgia. <...> And this whole atmosphere reminds me of the shift at the Youth Team, when everyone in the stands sang a song in support of our hockey players," Poplavskaya said.

She said that she was initially a little surprised by the choice of the song — the actress did not know that it was one of Ovechkin's favorite hits.

"At first I didn't understand how this was related to Alexander and why "I'm already 18", but then I realized! It turns out that this is his favorite karaoke song. In fact, it's my favorite song too, how similar we are! "— said the actress.

Poplavskaya stressed that she was glad to be the one who was able to participate in creating a gift for a great man.

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