
Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin will personally present his wax figure to visitors to the Washington Museum of Madame Tussais.
"Alex Ovechkin on Tuesday will meet face to face with himself, opening his own wax figure and posting with her," RIA Novosti told the GLADVIN LOPES museum.
According to Lopez, Ovechkin will become the second hockey player perpetuated in the wax. The first was Canadian Wayne Gretzki.
"The opening of the figure is dedicated to the beginning of the next season of the Capitals games planned at October 8th. At the ceremony with Ovechkin, children from the FT hockey club will pose to. Dupont ICE HOCKEY CLUB, and they all have one tooth in black - this is a hint of Ovechkin’s tooth and a wax figure," noted a hint Lopez.
The museum representative said that Ovechkin took an active part in creating his wax double. He spent many hours with the artists of the museum, who removed more than 250 different measures from him and photographed the hockey star from all possible angles.
“Since July, a group of artists worked to ensure that the figure fully corresponds to Ovechkin’s unique style, so that her eyes were exactly the same color as the original, so that the addition and general appearance of the real person and his double coincide and that the wax Ovechkin smile is as charming as the hockey player himself,” Lopez said.
Ovechkin “gave the“ form of Washington ”and all the objects necessary for the hockey player to his wax copy, the museum representative added.
Russian is one of the most popular players in the USA. On the streets of Washington, you can often see Americans proudly pacing in red t -shirts and sweaters with the inscription OVECHKIN. Therefore, it can be assumed that the wax figure of the hockey player will attract many visitors to the Madame Madame Madame.