Carol Castro
lived through difficult moments during the recording of the national series Jogo Cruzado, which premieres this Wednesday (9) on
Disney+
. While in fiction, her character, journalist Elisa, had to deal with her father’s (Arthur Kohl) serious health condition, in real life the actress was facing the loss of her own father, also actor Luca de Castro (1953-2023).
“It was quite disturbing for me to go through this, because my father passed away during the recordings. And my character had many scenes with her father, who was also sick, so it was complicated, it was sensitive … But I think it only added up, and I know my father is very proud of me, wherever he is,” said Carol at a press event presenting the series.
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participated.
The coincidences between life and art do not stop at the issue of health: in fiction, Elisa tries to prove herself as a competent sports journalist while also needing to step out of her father’s shadow, an icon in the coverage of the area. Meanwhile, Carol considers that she became an actress due to her father’s influence, who took her behind the scenes of his work since she was still a child.
” I started doing theater at the age of nine because of my father. I grew up in that world of film sets, theater wings, because he did everything, cinema, television, but mainly theater,” recalled the actress.
She also dedicated her talent to comedy in “Jogo Cruzado” in memory of Luca de Castro. “He had a group that was improvisational, satirical, humor without rehearsal. So I think I have a lot of that in me. People say I’m funny, even my daughter says so (laughs)! And it’s been a long time since I did comedy on TV, I think since Beleza Pura [2008], so I really wanted to put this into practice.”
She was also a physicist
As if the pain of losing her father were not enough, Carol also tore her anterior cruciate ligament (in the knee area) during the filming of the first season of Cross Game. The irony of suffering a very common injury among athletes is that…
football
The artist did not miss it. However, due to the tight schedule, she could only operate after the works of the series were completed.
We finished recording in the early hours of January 23 to 24 [of 2024], and I went to operate on the ligament on February 6th, finally. I had some months to take care of myself and then I immediately continued with…
Girl of the Moment
, which was also another challenge. So, I’m about 75% [recovered], but at a thousand miles an hour (laughs),” she joked, and is now already involved
com the filming of Our Home 3
.
Despite all the difficulties, despite the injury worthy of an expensive player, despite being there in moments of great pain, whether physical or emotional, I had a lot of fun during the recordings, I felt at home, comfortable. It was only joy in the way the team came together and said:
Vambora
“Let’s do this series, let’s finish this work!” emphasized the actress.
“And it’s very interesting to launch this series after ‘Garota do Momento,’ which was a wonderful drama, and now come with a character that has comedy, with an acidic social critique. I was really looking forward to this opportunity to show other aspects, other layers. It’s the perfect timing of destiny to come with ‘Jogo Cruzado’ right after the soap opera,” he stated.
The national series also has names such as Aline Dias,
Luciana Paes
, Ravel Cabral, Danilo de Moura, Leandro Ramos,
Gabriel Santana
, Nando Cunha, Wesley Guimarães and
Roberto Birindelli
. Check out the trailer of the new national series from
Disney+
:
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