14 Brazilian actors who transformed their appearance to give themselves to a character

If you worked acting in soap operas, would you have the courage to transform your own body to live a character? For actors who really pour themselves into their roles, undergoing radical physical changes is no problem – in fact, some even shave their heads or gain weight by choice.

Next, the incredible.club recalled 14 Brazilian artists who are true chameleons and underwent major transformations to bring their characters to life. Check out!

How can an actor change so much? Luan Vieira is a perfect example of a “chameleon” artist. to act in freedom, freedom, in 2016, he wore a beard and abundant curly hair. Shortly afterwards, he underwent a major transformation to give life to Caio, the character from rock story who was battling cancer.

At the time, Luan completely shaved his hair and makeup artists bleached his eyebrows. The actor said he found the result strange at first, but then he got used to it. “My friends are supportive and kind, so they tell me I’m different but cool,” he said.

Vivianne Pasmanter underwent such a radical transformation to play Germana in New world that was not recognized even within the Globo studios. Preparation for the character involved hair extensions, body paint, contact lenses and prosthetics.

Contrary to what many might think, the actress said that the role was a gift and that “it takes more work to look pretty” than ugly. “Indulging in ugliness is very freeing,” she said.

As the transformation was impressive, Viviane said that her youngest daughter, Lara, refused to see her mother’s scenes as Germana. “She didn’t watch. A week ago she took a peek at me. But if she stood her ground for a long time, she was disgusted with the way I looked,” she said.

The delivery of Grazi Massafera to give life to Larissa, from Secret Truths, it was huge. Including, the transformation of the actress began right at the time of taking the test. “I stayed a whole night without sleep because I couldn’t show up there healthy,” she explained.

To compose the role of the model who surrendered to the world of drugs, Rede Globo’s characterist, Dayse Teixeira, said that the hardest part was “ruining” Grazi’s stunning hair.

“She helped me a lot, I was able to go without washing my hair for two days just for the soap opera. I also bought an American spray that I put on her hair, it was the same color as the root, to be able to remove the blonde from the ends, in addition to leaving it opaque, dead, bristly”, said Dayse. “Destroying Grazi’s beauty was one of the biggest challenges of my professional life”, she added.

The actress said that the work was strong and intense, and that she had great support from the telenovela team. The deep dive into the character’s trajectory had great results and made Grazi nominated for an Emmy in 2016.

To live the character Araci, from foolish heart, Cristiana Oliveira had to gain between 18 and 20 kg and reached a weight of 95 kg. But before the telenovela’s recording period, which aired in 2011, she had already faced problems with the scales.

In an interview with the Pânico radio program, the actress revealed that the recording of foolish heart represented a happy period in her life. Despite the aesthetic demand for thinness, she did not feel bad at the time, as she had a professional “excuse” to gain weight. However, when she decided to undergo medical tests, she realized that her body was completely altered, with worrying numbers.

“Today, because of everything that happened to me, I end up having a good relationship with food. I end up not being in line with what people expect of me, because I would have to be about 15 kg thinner than I am today. But today I look in the mirror and I feel beautiful. And not only on the outside, but on the inside, ”she said.

Daniel Oliveira weakened his own body to relive the story of the late musician Cazuza in theaters. For the first phase of Cazuza: Time Doesn’t Stop, the actor went from 64 kg to 71 kg. To interpret the last days in the singer’s life, Daniel lost 14 kg and reached a weight of 57 kg – measuring 1.74 m.

At the end of the recordings, the artist said that “more than a challenge for those who always sought difficulty, this role was a dream”.

All of Daniel Oliveira’s effort and dedication paid off, as the musician’s biopic was a box office success in 2004. The feature had 3 million viewers, triple what the film’s producers expected.

Those who follow Wagner Moura’s career closely know how much the actor dedicates himself to his roles. And it is clear that his behavior was no different when playing Pablo Escobar in the series narcos🇧🇷 During the immersion process, not only did he live in Colombia and learn Spanish, he gained 20 kg to revive the criminal.

Gaining weight, however, was not so easy. “I tried hard to gain weight, because my body is thin. So I ate everything that was bad and it was good… Pizza, ice cream, dessert every day. Man, you weren’t going to recognize me two months ago,” she stated.

With a lot of dedication, Wagner Moura regained his previous weight after the recordings. In fact, two months after his participation in Narcos ended, he had already lost 13 kg thanks to an exercise routine and a strict vegan diet.

Murilo Benício was 23 years old when he gave life to Juca Cipó in the second version of Brothers Courage, which aired in 1995. At the time, the delivery to the role was so strong that the actor had one of his incisor teeth sawn. “That’s how it is for me, there’s no middle ground,” he said.

To compose the character, Murilo also chopped his eyebrows and cut his hair close, leaving several intentional flaws. The initial plan, in fact, was to shave the head completely, but the idea was vetoed by the director general of the soap opera, Luiz Fernando Carvalho.

The artist’s dedication and physical transformation certainly paid off, as Juca was one of the highlights of the telenovela.

Babu Santana has an amazing physical resemblance to the singer Tim Maia. Therefore, it is impressive to watch him as the protagonist of the biopic Tim Maia, released in 2014. To face such an important role – the preparation process took more than a year – the actor gained about 15 kg on his own.

But it’s not just the physical appearance that is similar. When the invitation came up, Babu Santana revealed that she identified with the singer on a deeper level. “We have a lot in common, poor kids, friends who get along well… he’s outside the beauty standard… family that doesn’t understand having an artist in the family. A movie played in my head. It’s like a dream I’ve been chasing all my life,” he said.

Carolina Dieckmann starred in one of the most remarkable episodes of Brazilian television, when she agreed to record a scene shaving her hair to face the trajectory of the character Camila, from Family relationships, in the fight against cancer. To this day, the actress talks about this exciting process.

“It was when the character entered me in a physical way, there I physically met Camila”, said Carolina. “I feel like she was stronger than ever, and it rubbed off on the scene, it wasn’t just me who felt it. I think everyone who sees the scene identifies that there is a physical encounter between the character and the actress, “she added.

In the opening chapters of the novel Two facewhich aired in 2007, Dalton Vigh used a mole on his face, a nose prosthesis and a beard to face the role of embezzler Alberto Rangel.

“This transformation takes a lot of work, because the material of the prosthesis, for example, starts to dry out. You have to be careful not to report that it’s fake,” said the actor at the time.

Certain heartthrobs have no problem putting vanity aside in the name of an important role. This is the case of Paulo Rocha — he is Portuguese, but spent most of his career in Brazil — who underwent a radical change to play Joel in Se Eu Fechar os Olhos Agora. Anyone who thinks that this transformation was a requirement of miniseries production is wrong, as it was the actor himself who decided to shave his hair and gain 10 kg.

“It was an initial idea that I had, and when I started rehearsing I felt that something was missing for me to be able to look in the mirror and not see Paulo Rocha. When I cut the hair, the character ‘went down’ in a more poignant way than it had before,” he explained.

In 2011, Amandha Lee experienced a major challenge in her career on television: gaining 12 kg to give life to the cook Margarida in the telenovela Lifes in game, from RecordTV. At the time, she was accompanied by an endocrinologist and metabologist to follow a diet to gain weight.

“People think that when they need to gain weight they can eat whatever they want. It would be great to open the fridge and stuff myself with chocolates and other goodies. But it’s not there. To gain weight with health is more delicate than to lose weight. Sometimes I’m dying to eat a brownie, but I can’t, “explained the actress.

The process, however, was not easy. At the time of the soap opera, she said that she would not have been able to play the role if she did not have the psychological structure. “It messed with my vanity having to put on weight again. It was really hard to look in the mirror and think that wasn’t me. But I saw that we are not just cover. Actors have to be chameleons, ”she said.

When Fabrício Mamberti, artistic director of the work God Save the Kingshowed an image of Monique Alfradique’s characterization (pictured below), the news generated a great deal of repercussion because she was unrecognizable.

Unlike Amandha Lee, who actually changed her weight to dedicate herself to work, Monique Alfradique used a body filler suit on the scene to live the first phase of the character Glória. At the time, the role was important for illustrating problems arising from a lack of self-esteem and self-acceptance.

We love to see the dedication with which Rodrigo Santoro faces his characters. From the photos above, you can see that the actor has no problem changing his appearance to give himself to a role. to film Heleno, the feature about the player Heleno de Freitas, Rodrigo Santoro had to lose 12 kilos. Shortly thereafter, he had two months…