In an interview with young Pan, Pedro Amorim, general director of the series, and Maria Farkas, who signs the four -episode direction, told a little about the behind -the -scenes production, which opens on July 7 at Disney+
A controversial, womanizer player, and a tenacious journalist are the center of Disney+new comedy. “Cross Game” presents Matheus () and Elisa (Carol Castro), declared enemies. She is a talented sports journalist; He is a soccer scorer famous for his off -field binges. When a health problem forces the player to stop his career, Elisa gets the chance to present his first sports program – with one condition: divide the bench with his greatest disaffection. The war between them becomes the recipe for success.
In an interview with Young PanPedro Amorim, general director of, and Maria Farkas, who signs the four -episode direction, told a little about the backstage of the production. According to Maria, the theme of made her to the time to go to the project. “I’m in love with football! Another important fact is also the question of me being a woman director, called to do a series about football. In general, I’m called to do more romantic things, with female theme. When Pedro called me to do, I found it amazing! He asked me which episode I would like to drive and said he wanted what was more football,” he said.
For Pedro, being able to portray the backstage of such a popular subject, it was something that convinced him. “I wanted to be able to portray the backstage of sports journalism and the life of the soccer player, as it was never portrayed before, with this acid humor, at the same time light, besides bringing important guidelines. I did not want to do anything superficial, attracted my tone and the theme.”
With a sharp script, the story starring Carol Castro and José Loreto also addresses important guidelines. “The first would be machismo and misogyny, which is a fact in the midst of football, but we talk about depression, homophobia, dopping, which are issues that are there and are not discussed openly. It’s great to be able to use a series of comedy to bring the subjects, because it gets to the head without a primer, something nice to watch,” said Pedro. “Another thing is the sale of clubs for private initiatives,” added Farkas.
Getting escaping something stereotyped, the directors also commented on the challenge of bringing convincing characters to the screen. “It was our concern and Disney+. We didn’t want something cartoonish, we wanted people to believe in those characters and this is due to the script, field research, and the cast. Each one fit into their characters, everyone has a bit of whom they represent, had a fit of personalities that helped a lot,” said Amorim.
“The characters are consistent, not simplistic, they have arcs, have desires and wills. We had a cast that gave 100% for the project, they were very generous. The direction was also very clear, we wanted the characters to be within their respective dramas,” added the director.
With special guest appearances of stars such as Cafu, Bebeto, Casagrande, Mauro Naves, among others, the production, which has a general direction by Pedro Amorim and directed by Maria Farkas episode, mixes humor, ball in the network, behind the scenes of sports journalism and many conflicts between the main characters. The series debuts July 7 at Disney+.
