What 10 stars of “Beyond Illusion” looked like when they started their career

Many of us faithfully follow soap operas; production enters, production exits and we are there transfixed in front of the television. Still, with so many actors in the spotlight, sometimes we forget what they were like at the beginning of their career, still inexperienced. In the telenovela Além da Ilusion, we have some veteran actors, who have been working for so long that we barely remember their features at the beginning of their careers. We also have those actors who, despite being young, started acting at a young age and have changed a little since then.

With that in mind, we awesome.club, we decided to go back in time and remember what 10 actors from Beyond the Illusion were like at the beginning of their careers. Check it out!

Larissa Manoela is an artist with many talents, in addition to being an actress, the young woman is also a singer and entrepreneur; Her career began as a child, with her first highlight in Carrossel at age 12, as Maria Joaquina. Since then, the actress has starred in other soap operas and films, and in 2022 she made her debut on Globo as the protagonist of Além da Ilusion.

Rafael Vitti took after his father not only in appearance, but also in his acting profession; the boy debuted in Malhação — Sonhos, as one of the protagonists, and since then he has been starring in many soap operas, such as Rock Story and Verão 90. In the meantime, the boy also found love, married comedian Tatá Werneck and together they had the daughter Clara Maria, who since she was a little girl charms everyone on the internet.

Paloma Duarte has a love for art in her blood, she is the daughter of actress Débora Duarte. As a child, she debuted on the theater stage, and only later went on to act on television. Since then, she has added more than 20 productions to her resume, in addition to Best Actress awards. In addition to being inspired by her mother, the actress also has another big name on Brazilian television to look up to, her grandfather Lima Duarte, with whom she acted in Além da Ilusion: “It was an old dream to be on stage with him. It was our first time. I should have put a bib in the studio! I was shaking with joy. I couldn’t believe I’d be on set with that amazing guy and he’s still my grandfather!”

Years have passed, but Antonio Calloni still has the same little face he had when he was young. He debuted on the theater stage, but then went to television, joining one soap opera after another. The actor has also worked in some films, in addition to giving voice to the cat Garfield. But not only does Antonio Calloni live in acting, he also enjoys writing and is the author of several books, including Filho da Noite, released in 2020.

Bárbara Paz began her life in cinema and theater in the same year, 2000. Since then, she has never left the screen, and has even acted alongside international names, such as Willem Dafoe, the eternal Green Goblin from Spider-Man: “ Willem is a sublime actor. For me, he has always been a reference. He has a simplicity, a mastery on the set”.

Roberta Gualda gained prominence in Mulheres Apaixonadas, after all it is difficult to forget the character who did everything to annoy her classmates and still made little of her humble father. But the old character gained prominence again because of the memes, in which the phrase “you already know the news” was remembered again on social networks. Now, older, the actress returns to have a prominent role on Globo: she plays the Italian Giovanna Martinelli in Além da Ilusion.

In 2022, Marcello Novaes celebrates 40 years of career, 34 of them on television, including a soap opera on air, Além da Ilusion. The actor started on the small screen in Vale Tudo and year after year he starts a new production: “I look back and see that it was a very nice trajectory. I built a cool place professionally without ever stepping over anyone.”

We can see that Eriberto Leão has not changed much, his hair and beard have taken on a gray tone, but his little face is the same. In the first image, he played the farmhand Tomé, in Cabocla; for the actor this was the turning point in his career: “It was very important. From then on, I participated in a trilogy of great classics and was in ‘Sinhá Moça’ (2006) and ‘Paraíso’ (2009). These works also had a fundamental imprint in my personal life”.

Jayme Matarazzo had his first experience as an actor playing his father, Jayme Monjardim, in the miniseries Maysa: When Fala o Coração, which told the story of his grandmother and singer Maysa. From his family he inherited a taste for art, since before acting he had a band, Seu Bené e os Poetas da Malandragem, which he left to become an actor. Since then Jayme has not left the screens and in Além da Ilusion he plays Padre Tenório.

Olívia Araújo made her debut in soap operas in Ciranda de Pedra, but her highlight came some time later in Chiquititas, where she remained on the air for two years. After the children’s soap opera, she returned to Globo, featuring in several soap operas. In Beyond the Illusion she plays Augusta, and for this role she claimed to have been inspired by her Aunt Filomena: “When I read Augusta for the first time I thought she was a sensitive, strong character. I was building Augusta remembering several people, but when I saw myself characterized by clothes, makeup, hair I found myself very similar to my great-aunt who was called Filomena”.

After this “time trip”, which star do you think has changed the most? Is there any that you noticed that nothing has changed, that time seems to have passed for her? Tell us in the comments!