Miá Mello wants to prove that she is more than funny: ‘Making humor was not thought out’

For Miá Mello, making people laugh is a very difficult activity. But what if she’s genuinely funny and has proven it in interviews, where she is herself, and also in fiction — in theater, on TV, or in films such as “The Speaker” and “Meu Passado me Condena”, both with friend Fabio Porchat, just to name a few. She’s funny. Point.

But she has been making an effort to push the limits of humor and show that she goes beyond, she is a jack of all trades. Seeks to escape the, sorry for the cliché, “comfort zone”. “My main objective as an actress is to dare, to do something that nobody expects and to leave that commonplace”, says Marília Penariol Melo, born 42 years ago in São Paulo, as stated on her birth certificate.

Graduated in performing arts at Teatro Escola Célia Helena, she says that embarking on the art of making others laugh was not planned. She just rolled over and it worked. “When you do something successful, you start to be dragged by that whirlpool of success. When I graduated from theater, I happened to go into humor, it wasn’t thought of”, she explains, in an interview with F5.

Miá now celebrates the new projects that come around, not completely dissociated from humor, but with a new touch, so to speak. On screen, his next work will be in “90 Days In Bed: Happily Ever After?” (Discovery Home and Health).

In the attraction, which is scheduled to debut on June 25, she and Maurício Meirelles comment on the routine of couples who met on the internet and stayed together after living together for three months.

One of the spouses is American (the show is shot in the United States) and the other is a foreigner. The premise of the reality show is to follow the routine of lovers who have never seen each other in person, and who start living together for 90 days to find out if they want to stay together. At the end of the journey, the two decide if they are going to get married. If so, those coming from another country obtain the K-1 visa, granted to the native’s peer.

“I thought I was very young and cool with this work and I wasn’t too worried about the comments they would make because people are subjecting themselves to that super expository situation. I’m not there to make a judgment, but I already have a natural filter in my life. I can even think, but I don’t speak”, he comments.

In the team of those who defend that there are indeed limits to humor, Miá claims that she always knew how far she should go, what could be said in jokes and supposedly funny situations. “I don’t like to make derogatory comments, even in a circle with friends or at home. My place in comedy has always been in accordance with my values, also because I am part of a minority, I am a woman. So we have to understand that there are things that are no longer funny, humor needs to be rethought”.

His movement to look for different jobs is starting to pay off. She has already recorded two projects, which have not yet been released, in which she escapes the “funny” character. One of them, still without a premiere date, is the series “O Som e a Sílaba”, with Miguel Falabella. She defines her character as controlling, mean, narcissistic and self-centered.

“Those who do humor can do drama, but those who do drama can’t do humor. Because of the timing that a joke requires. I love to make people laugh, but I think it’s a super difficult task. In drama, with more intense characters, you can do that diving”, says the actress.

Miá is also studying screenplays and is already taking the risk of writing some. “These are different tools that I want to use in my profession. [Essas possibilidades] They are the greatest luxury there is, when I get there, I will consider that I am on the right track.”