интересовали

interested

ɪ nʲ tʲ ɪ rʲ ɪ s ɐ v a lʲ ɪ → интересовать
verb · plural, past tense Rare #45,892
interested Used of things or topics that held someone's interest; the person is the object in Russian.
RU: Эти книги интересовали меня.
EN: These books interested me.
Conjugation of интересовать
Indicative past

Но признаюсь, меня в тот момент не интересовали ни рыбки,..

But I admit, at that moment I wasn't interested in the fish or anything else...

— Двойная страховка (1944)