“I would like to be friends with Tadeu, I think that, above all, he is a very good blooded guy”, says Filipe Bragança, 21, about his character in “Só Se For Por Amor”. The series, which tells the story of a couple who try their luck in the music market of Goiânia, premieres this Wednesday (21) on Netflix.
Tadeu dreams of building a musician’s life alongside his beloved Goddess (Lucy Alves). The two perform together in a band, but their relationship starts to unravel when she is invited by a big manager to launch a solo career, and he ends up not handling the situation very well.
For the actor, however, this is not just about a man who can’t see his wife doing better than him professionally. “Structural machismo exists in any relationship, unfortunately, but I think the complexity of the relationship between Tadeu and Deusa is much greater than that,” he says.
“These are two musicians who love each other and work together, so from the moment that the Goddess is chosen to be this next big star in a solo career, this will affect the relationship between the two as partners and boyfriends”, he evaluates. “But mostly as artists.”
Bragança says that the character experiences different feelings when faced with this situation. “It’s obvious that somewhere within Tadeu there is envy, because he would like to be there, not only making success, but doing it together with the Goddess”, he admits. “I’m an artist and I know that feeling exists, it’s natural. It’s not necessarily violent, it’s just human.”
Despite this, Tadeu is genuinely happy for his girlfriend. “He loves the Goddess and so if she’s happy and becoming this star, he’s happy for her,” says the actor. “But I think the main conflict is way beyond whether he’s happy with her success or not. There are several layers and, as the episodes go by, this conflict that is so complex becomes clearer and the characters also grow with it. and becoming richer.”
The actor says he is quite happy with the complicity achieved with Lucy Alves, 36, on stage. “We didn’t know each other, we met on this project”, he says, revealing that the two had about two months of rehearsals before recording. “I was very happy because I watched part of the series and I believe in the couple a lot. Our chemistry really exists, we had a lot of fun making this couple.”
The rehearsals, by the way, were not only to establish relationships between the cast members, but also to make sure the songs played in the series were perfect. “We were gradually deciding what the songs would be and creating the arrangements”, she says. On the track, there are new hits, but also reinterpretations of country and pop classics, among other rhythms.
Music was a big challenge, but mitigated by the fact that Bragança has been playing guitar and piano since childhood. “My father is a dancer, so he has a necessary relationship with music, and my mother is an actress, so everything went in that direction”, she comments. “I’ve always been in tune, but I started taking singing lessons at age 12 to try to improve even more this very valuable tool that is the voice.”
It’s not the first time he’s used this dowry on stage. In 2017, he won the best actor award at the Bibi Ferreira Award for his role as Marius in the Brazilian production of “Les Misérables”. In his TV debut, as the Duda of the latest version of “Chiquititas” on SBT, he also did some numbers. “But it was very simple, my character didn’t sing as much as some others,” he recalls.
Despite having started his professional career in São Paulo, the actor is from Goiás, as is his character. He regrets that, because of the pandemic, the series was recorded in the capital of São Paulo, instead of in the city where the plot takes place. “Although we didn’t shoot in Goiânia, the essence of the city is there, with the music, symbols and the presence of actors from Goiás”, he evaluates. “I think it makes a lot of difference and that the atmosphere of the city is there.”
The actor, who still has a family in Goiânia, says he can’t go there as much as he would like, but he has a lot of affection for the city. “As a Goiano, I think that the Midwest has to be valued because it is a region that is very rich in music, in cuisine, in culture”, he says. “I hope series like this will inspire more people to know more about these places and people. That’s what Brazil is, this great mix, right?”
About the series “Rensga Hits” (Globoplay), which also deals with the world of music in Goiânia, he says that there is room for several plots to address the theme. “I don’t see it as competition, I think it only enriches our audiovisual”, he says. “‘Só Se For Por Amor’ has its personality and comes to add to this movement of productions about this universe. I think they are even very different series for various reasons and I’m happy to see other actors and actresses working too.”
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