The actress Taís Araújo47, commented during an interview with “Sem Censura” about the support he gave to Bella Campos28, behind the scenes of the remake of “Anything goes”. She revealed that she considered it essential to keep her colleague emotionally strengthened in the face of the criticism and controversies that surrounded the production.
played Maria de Fátima, one of the central characters of the plot, and faced criticism of her performance in the first chapters of the soap opera. According to Taís, there was a collective concern so that the actress would not be shaken by public pressure.
“Without Maria de Fátima, there is no ‘Vale Tudo’. So it was very important that Bella was strong. For me, for Debora Bloch, for Manuela Dias, for TV Globo, for everyone. Bella had to be strong, I said: ‘This girl can’t weaken, otherwise it’s over for all of us'”, he declared.
Taís also highlighted that starring in a soap opera requires much more than acting in front of the cameras. “The job of a soap opera protagonist is not just to arrive and do 30, 40 scenes. You have a political issue, it’s the way you behave, the time you arrive, with the text memorized, all of this influences.”
The statements came shortly after , who played César Ribeiro in the soap opera. In a recent interview with the videocast “Conversa Vai, Conversa Vem”, the actress stated that she suffered from episodes of misogyny during recording.
“My biggest challenge within this project [Vale Tudo] It was having to live with misogyny internally. I think this was also what, in the beginning, left me feeling stuck, this feeling of suffocation. People see the result on television, but they have no idea about the things that happen behind the scenes and how much it can affect the result. I felt overwhelmed at first,” Bella said.
The actress also said that she decided not to pretend that everything was fine while the conflicts were happening. “After a lot of shit hit the fan, and everyone already knew what was happening, I said: ‘That’s it, there’s a lot of confusion going on. I’m not going to give an interview saying everything is fine, because it wasn’t’.”
Bella also reported situations that she classified as disrespectful during recording. “It cannot be laughable for a man to raise his arm in the middle of a recording and ask: ‘Smell my armpit and see if I stink’. This cannot be treated as something comical, because it is not. For a man to say: ‘Ah, but you look like you like the man’s smell’. That to me is not funny at all, but these were the things I was going through before everything came to light”, he stated.
According to the actress, the atmosphere behind the scenes changed after the situation gained public repercussions. “After everything came to light, things were a little more controlled, because then people became afraid of being exposed.”
Bella also revealed that she received support from other women after making the case public. “When I did this I started receiving messages from many women, from many actresses who had already gone through similar things.”
The actress stated that this strengthened her emotionally during the soap opera. “At that moment, I understood that it wasn’t about me. It gave me a certain strength to continue doing what I was doing. When I took control of that strength, I was able to give even greater strength to the character, Maria de Fátima.”
In her outburst, Bella also criticized the internal handling of the case and stated that she tried to seek dialogue within the broadcaster. “I requested meetings, but who is in the command chair? Men, white people, who until today I have not understood the strong pact there between them. I cannot understand”, he declared.
