In an exclusive interview, Elisa Volpatto, actress of “Bom Dia, Verônica”, comments on the power of the series with real approaches
power. Perhaps this is one of the best words to define Elisa Volpatto. THE actresswho plays Anita Berlinger in “Good morning Veronica”of Netflix, has accumulated, over the course of his career, productions focused on sensitive, necessary and urgent topics.
Domestic violence, femicide and environmental crimes, for example, are some of the narratives that set the tone for her own movements, which began in 2016, with the solo show “PULSO”, inspired by the life and work of writer Sylvia Plath – made invisible from the patriarchal and sexist context in which he found himself in the 1950s.
Well, since then he has amended Globoplay’s “Assédio”, based on the story of the doctor Roger Abdelmassih, accused of sexual abuse of patience; “Digital Victims”, by GNT, with the crimes of exposure in the virtual environment and “Aruanas”, which calls into question activism and environmental protection.
“I come from a number of works that approach these themes and it’s also funny how this topic has been going through me for a long time and in different ways. something I really need to talk about, “he exclusively tells Celebrities and celebrities.
Away from the cameras and the stage, Elisa is a real-life feminist, with well-defined positions and needs. For her, the series says a lot about Brazil today.
“Today we see in the figure of our own president a misogynistic image, which seems to be against women. Both in attitudes and in words. It is very obvious! And I just don’t know how there is support, since we have different situations of the day, like those portrayed in the production, pointing to this model of acting of the masculine in front of the feminine “, he unleashes.
Season 2 features a more vulnerable Anita
Spoiler alert! Those who have already marathon the new wave of episodes must have noticed that the season tries, even in a light way, to move the character away from the stereotype of the villain, leaving her the freedom to create empathy with the public – given that Anita was also inserted in the victims of the system.
“It’s great to see the return of people and how much we have managed to strengthen this connection. In the first phase, there is no room for vulnerabilities. In the beginning, we see a person who is always hostile. And now he is much more like a “Soldier than boss of something.” She arrives more likely impressed by all the things Veronica is discovering and is run over by problems of abuse. And when she was there, at the point of redemption, a fatality happens, ”account.
Gender-based violence, femicide and corruption
Faced with two seasons with approaches that refer to gender-based violence, corruption and various types of abuse of power, Elisa also underlines how many breaks and accessible dialogues are necessary for a real change in the model of society.
“I really hope that ‘Good morning, Veronica’ serves as an example. That it serves to open the eyes of men and women to the little machismo of everyday life. That they understand in which places they are violent – even if without realizing it -, since we are built on a patriarchal “, he comments.
“I think when we have a series, which reaches a huge audience, which is streaming, which many people subscribe to and have access to, it’s a way to file a complaint on social media and gradually change this reality,” he adds. .
Below you can see the complete interview:
Elisa, how did your relationship with art begin, whether it’s singing, dancing, theater and all that body movement?
I come from the Rio Grande do Sul countryside, from a very small town. And although we did not have a theater, we have had several other artistic events and I have always wanted to participate in these activities. I started in the choir, I danced ballet and jazz.
There, to have a very strong tradition with the gaucho culture, we have the CTG (Centro de Tradições Gaúchas), where I started singing, performing and opening this artistic space. At the time, I still didn’t quite understand what it was or where I wanted to go, but I knew that there was a communication, through art, that interested me a lot.
After I turned 15, I realized it was serious and I wanted to move on. I discovered a Theater College in Porto Alegre and that’s what I did. I finished high school, took the performing arts entrance exam, and went to study. In 2010 I came to Sao Paulo and continued my work here with audiovisual. But I think if you ask me how it started, it was there, in the countryside, with the possibilities I had in the art scene.
And how was the preparation for playing Anita in “Good morning, Veronica”?
In the second season we were in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and we didn’t do many face-to-face activities, but all the preparation I had at the beginning has served a lot for this new phase.
I visited the Sao Paulo Homicide Police Station with Ilana Casoy, which has a very large front door, mainly due to the books she has written about this universe and was introduced to many delegates.
We spent a whole day doing some kind of laboratory. I was able to observe how these delegates talked, dressed, behaved and questioned about their daily life. After that, I took a shooting course, Tainá Müller and I, to really learn all this relationship with the gun and we did a whole preparation of the two characters together.
You’ve played a lot of strong characters who relate to each other, mainly because they always put their finger on the wound. Do you think this also says a lot about you as a woman and your view of the world?
Wow, for sure! I feel like I started this really strong movement for me as an artist in 2016 when I debuted solo on Silva Plath. It was precisely the year of Dilma’s impeachment and I remember that he became very strong, with the people who understood that moment.
I found the movement highly misogynistic and from that moment on I understood it as a real commitment. I think art is political in nature, but if we can make a social denunciation that opens people’s eyes to pressing issues, I see it as a way to build a better society as an artist.
How has the public response been on social media, especially women who share stories and experiences with you?
Since the first season it has been a very massive comeback, also for being a detective production, which covers a large audience. But I think that, when it comes to violence against women, it took a specific point.
Brazil is very concerned with this issue and I have received very touching messages from women thanking us for talking about this topic, sharing stories of how important it was to see the series, understanding ourselves in this place of oppression and thinking about how to get out. its.
When we have this kind of personal feedback, it is a sign that we have come somewhere and I think that if we have come from a woman, for me, it is a sign that we have done our job. It is an ant job, it is an awareness job.
Living such an intense experience, even more so in the midst of the chaos of the Covid-19 pandemic, was there any specific scene that marked you a lot?
I think the scene where Veronica disarms Anita and brings that information that she knows who she is, knows her real name and knows she was a victim too, was a scene that moved me.
It needed to disassemble somehow. That was the first moment that Anita showed some kind of frailty and I connected a bit with this personal moment where I realized that she was a victim of something.
I think all women have been through some form of harassment, on different levels, so yeah, I’ve had my experiences and it was pretty painful to get in touch with that.
Sometimes you know that you are in a situation that you should get out of, which is not right and you don’t have enough strength. I went through it and when it hit me, it was a very difficult time. I needed to forgive myself for being there for so long in an abusive relationship. So I think there’s a mix of Anita realizing this and she realizes that she, somehow, she needed to forgive herself to go ahead and help Veronica.
And what advice would Elisa give to Anita?
I think the message I would send to Anita is that she was on the right track. That she was doing the right thing. It’s a shame that fate stopped this flow, but I think I’d say, “It was like that, sister! So it was” (laughs).
Now speaking of future projects, do you have any desire to dive into a very different experience? Go beyond streaming, theater? A dream role on TV, for example?
In addition to doing a soap opera, I would like to play a real character, for example. I think it would be an interesting challenge. Thinking a little about the genres we are discovering in Brazil, it would be nice to do a horror series. Something scary, with moods and effects. I think it is an industry under construction and soon we will be able to do it.
Finally, we hit the ball. One word, one answer.
A love?
Guto, my partner.
A song?
Nobody asked about you – Letrux
3 inspiring women?
My mother, Sirlei, Fernanda Montenegro and Andréa Beltrão.
Looking at all the small steps you have taken so far, what would you say to Elisa 10 years ago?
I think I would tell her to have a little patience and to believe in her more. I think that when we are young we have a lot of anxiety about things that happen and, sometimes, because of this anxiety, we almost end up running into something that is very typical of youth, it is an organic, natural thing. Things happen when we do it honestly and with the purest sincerity.
Source: Terra
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