Actress Luisa Arraes, 32, was chosen to play the singer Cássia Eller in the biopic “Cássia – O Filme”, as announced this Wednesday (27), at the Winter Show, an event in the cinema exhibition market.
The first actress characterization session was shown alongside , which released a teaser with archive images and testimonials from director Diego Freitas (“Caramelo” and “O Lado Bom de Ser Traída”) and Maria Eugênia, the singer’s companion.
“Cássia had her own energy, very true, and Luisa also has that. She manages to be strong and delicate at the same time, without seeming calculated. The most important thing was to find an actress who transmitted Cássia’s soulher freedom, her intensity, her contradictions. And Luisa brought this in a very exciting way”, declared the director in a statement to CNN Brasil.
became known for works such as “Segundo Sol”, “No Rancho Fundo” and “Grande Sertão”. In theater, she was in the 2025 production of “The Brothers Karamázov” with Caio Blat, which won the Bibi Ferreira for Babu Santana.
The rest of the cast is still in the selection process, carried out by casting director Gabriel Domingues (Oscar nominee for “The Secret Agent”). The script is by Bia Crespo and Fernando Bonassi, produced by Migdal Filmes, co-produced by H2O Produções and Diadorim Ideias. Filming is scheduled to begin in October.
Synopsis
“Cássia – O Filme” will portray the artist’s rise in an exciting dive into her trajectory. The fiction will bring his story to cinemas in a narrative that balances fame with his personality and dedication to his family, celebrating an unforgettable legacy for the country. Big shows, like Rock in Rio in 2001, will be portrayed alongside intimate moments never seen before, revealing new facets of a Cássia that only friends and family have known; in addition to her fight to guarantee the right to exist freely as an artist, woman and mother.
