EntertainmentBlindly, Brazilian wins role in X-Men ’97, new Marvel series: “When did I audition for this?” Based in the United States, Gui Agustini is the voice of Roberto da Costa, aka Sunspot, in the sequel to Disney+’s classic series from the 1990s today at 12:00

In the premiere episode of X-Men ’97the voice of Gui Agustini is one of the first to appear on the screen, behind the figure of Sunspot, Marvel’s first Brazilian superhero. Born in Brazil, son of an Argentine mother and a Peruvian father, the former tennis player and now actor, based in the United States, was chosen to live Roberto Da Costawho joins the franchise’s most beloved team of heroes, made up of characters like Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, jean gray, Rogue and so many others.

In an interview with Rolling Stone Brazil, Gui Agustini revealed that he arrived in the Marvel universe unintentionally. He sent the test to some project and, just months later, he received the answer that he would play the mutant capable of absorbing solar energy in the sequel to the classic animation from the 1990s:

“I said, ‘What? When did I audition for this?'”he joked. “I was a little confused, I didn’t understand. Then I went to my emails and remembered that I had done [o teste]. So it was an immense joy and a lot of honor.”

Agustini He became interested in acting after abandoning tennis and switching to a modeling career. When she failed in a commercial for a network fast food, in which he needed to act for the cameras, he decided that it was better to invest in improving his techniques. Since then, he has worked on productions inside and especially outside Brazil, such as the films Single Almost Freaking Out (2020) and Paino (2022), and the series The Time Traveler’s Wife (2022).

Now, the actor is joining one of the most successful franchises in pop culture. “[Me sinto] very proud to be able to be part of this cast, of this huge universe. Of being able to represent Brazil, of being chosen to voice Sunspot, who is Marvel’s first and only Brazilian superhero”he declared.

In the conversation, Agustini stated that the pressure of doing a Marvel production did not increase his responsibility when it came to carrying out the work: “I get a job and I want to do my best”, he justified. However, he admitted that having grown up watching X-Menan animation shown between 1992 and 1997, which gave rise to the novelty of Disney+, and having the opportunity to represent Brazil in history brought a “extra joy” to work.

In addition to representation, X-Men ’97 also provided the Agustini the opportunity to collaborate with the Marvel team in creating his character: “I had a conversation with the team to understand what they had thought of for the character, for this new version. My luck is that they had already included it, so For example, several expressions or words in Portuguese, so they already wanted to introduce this characterization”, he recalled.

For the actor, the hardest part was the accent of Roberto da Costa. As you have lived in the United States for many years, Agustini He retains very few traces of the Brazilian accent in his English, so he had to find a middle ground in his performance: “Like the mother of Roberto da Costa is American, even though he grew up in Brazil, they preferred that I keep the way I speak English nowadays. So, it’s a version of a more neutralized, more American English.”said.

“However, I had the opportunity to speak Brazilian words, to help them with expressions and what is a little more native to us. Sometimes, they had written it a certain way and they really wanted my opinion, whether it was correct, If there was another way of speaking, how would it be better? It was really cool to have this freedom, this responsibility to say: ‘I prefer to speak this way, I think it will be better, it fits better with what you want'”celebrated the actor.

Created by Beau DeMayo (Moon Knight), who recently left Marvel Studios after writing the scripts for a possible second season of the animation, X-Men ’97 follows the team of mutantsfollowing his leader’s last wish, the TeacherXavier, and continuing to fight to protect the innocent and for harmony with humans. Watch the trailer:

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