Vera Fischer says she suffered bullying from Globo director: ‘He called me a dumb blonde’

Vera Fischer (70) spoke about sensitive issues and recalled troubled moments in her life in an interview with TV Globo’s Conversa com Bial program, this Saturday (21). She told the presenter that, in addition to being sexually harassed (“I had people singing to me, I would make excuses that I can’t talk about now because they are disgusting, but I got away with it. I learned to get away with it quickly”), also struggled with bullying.

The statement came in response to a question from Bial, who wanted to know how Vera was treated on filming in the mid-1970s, “at a time when it was beautiful for directors to yell at the actress.” Vera then said that despite imposing herself “since the first soap opera”, she was, yes, a victim of moral harassment.

And he revealed that the one who yelled at her the most on the set was Walter Avancini (1935-2001), who directed her in her second job on the network, “Signal de Alerta” (1978). Avancini, according to the actress, resorted to insults and curses to make the cast cry. “He used to say: ‘Cry, you dumb blonde, you German blonde who doesn’t feel anything, who doesn’t know how to cry.’ Is it over there.

The rest of the cast, which included actors Paulo Gracindo (1911-1995), Vanda Lacerda (1923-2001) and Yoná Magalhães (1935-2015), were amazed at his defiant posture, says Vera. “These people [ficava] every stop”.

The period in which she was hospitalized in a rehabilitation clinic was also a subject addressed by Bial in the interview. He asked if Vera remembered the interview she gave him at that time. “I remember. I went there willingly, because I was determined to listen to those people. They were very intelligent people. Each one had a different drug addiction history. I always learn a lot from people and their stories,” she said.