Actress plays the singer in Meu Nome é Gal, which hit theaters on October 12th
Star of My Name is Galbiopic of the singer Gal Costawhich hit theaters on October 12th, Sophie Charlotte (All the Flowers) spoke about the emotion of receiving the artist’s blessing, before her death in November 2022, to play her in the film.
Second Dandara Ferreiradirector of the film, Gal was mainly responsible for casting Sophie in the role: “I called Gal and said: ‘Gal, I thought about Sophie Charlotte. What do you think?’ She loved. And then she said: ‘A lot of singers try to imitate my way of singing, but Sophie has the same timbre as mine’. But I said: ‘Where did you see it? How do you know?’ She said: ‘I saw her singing Her Stupidity, with Roberto Carlos’”he recalled in an interview with Fantastic.
“Every time I met her, I always maintained a modesty in those meetings. Always a sweetness, a simplicity, a great affection towards me. This is unforgettable, it left a deep impression on me”declared the actress, who waited five years to see herself on screen as Gal Costafrom the moment she was invited to play the singer.
In the chat, Sophie also commented on the opportunity to explore her skills as a singer in My Name is Gal: “Being able to sing in the film, discover, learn from her, which at the time of the film was to get closer, seeking a vocal approach, but which was also a learning about breathing, about musical choices she made. The crystal voice, the absolute voice . I love singing, so it was a school”he stated.
In My Name is Gal, we revive the trajectory of Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos from the trip from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro at age 20 until the birth of Gal Costa in the midst of Tropicália, one of the main counterculture movements in Brazil.
In addition to Sophie Charlotte in the role of the protagonist, My Name is Gal still has Rodrigo Lelis as Caetano Veloso, Dan Ferreira as Gilberto Gil, Camila Márdila as Dedé Gadelha, Caroline Andrade as Rita Lee It is Dandara Ferreira who in addition to directing the film, also plays the singer Maria Bethânia.
Luis Lobianco (“Vai Que Cola”) plays the businessman Guilherme Araújowhich follows the moment in which Maria Grace starts using the artistic name of Gal CostaIt is George Sauma (“Toma Lá Dá Cá”) lives the poet, composer and director Waly Solomonfundamental in the construction of the aesthetic context of the tour Fa-tal, Gal at full steamwhich established the artist as a voice of Brazilian counterculture.
On the soundtrack of My Name is Galof course, there is no shortage of hits from his more than 50-year career. Gal Costawho passed away on November 9, 2022. Among the songs chosen are “I came from Bahia”, “Baby”, “Wonderful Divine” and the big “My Name is Gal“, composed by Erasmus It is Roberto Carlos in 1969, and which lends the title to the biopic. Watch the trailer:
Source: Rollingstone
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