Adriane Galisteu reveals she refused nudity in a soap opera and that the director punished her: ‘Running like a banshee’

Adriana Galisteu she revealed that she felt punished by the director Walter Avancini for refusing to record nude scenes in Xica da Silva. In the soap opera broadcast from 1996 onwards TV titleAdriane played the character of Clara, the sister of Xica, played by the protagonist Tais Araújo.

His character, who initially would only participate in nine chapters, died and was resurrected three times in the plot. According to the artist it was a “punishment” for refusing to be naked.

“When I did it Xica da Silva, which was my first moment as an actress, I was a bit traumatized in this soap opera. I was hired to do nine chapters. And as far as I was hired I did very well, I only received compliments. They decided to hire me until the end, the person got excited, she said: ‘I’m signing, I did well, everyone likes her,'” she said on the PocCast podcast.

“The director was out of his mind, the soap opera wouldn’t end, he wanted to leave me naked. I said ‘I’m not taking my clothes off'”, he commented. In the ninth episode, his character died after being sexually assaulted, but he had to continue with the plot.

“I died and was resurrected three times. I died in the rape, he decided to resurrect, then I complained so much that I wanted to leave the soap opera, which [pensei]: ‘he takes me out because I ask so much to leave, then they stabbed me, he revived me. Then they tore off my ear, I drowned, I came back and broadcast this telenovela like a banshee (…) I got to the end of the telenovela as punishment, “she declared.

Source: Terra