Saturday, September 13, 2008
Speaking of Muneca Brava, what did it mean to you to do this novela? Was it a before and an after?
It was a huge step up in my career but "Chiquititas" was also a before and an after, just like "Sueltos". It signified a huge step up which gave me an impressive catapult, just like the one I had in "Chiquititas" with the kids.
But now i've realized that with "Muneca Brava", it was on a worldwide level. It was something I never could have dreamed of.

You never even thought about it?
Romania, Greece, Israel. I wasn't egotistical enough to ever think about such things. And there are many other countries i'm leaving out. All of Latin America, Central America, United States...this was on a worldwide level. So i'm the luckiest guy in the world because anyone could have played the role of Ivo but I was the one lucky enough to do it.
It gave me the opportunity to open myself to the worldwide market and that's incredible. So how do I feel in respect to Muneca Brava? Thankful and tremendously lucky. Grateful to those who gave me the chance to do my first leading role in a telenovela alongside Natalia (Oreiro).

When they told you that you would be working with Natalia, who was already very well known, did that affect you?
I could have let it affect me until the very moment I met her, but I didn't. I already knew Natalia in a very casual way. Nothing more than that. But I heard comments from other people that Natalia is a girl (I'm not one to talk about her. I don't like to talk a lot about other people) whom no one can speak badly of. If they do, it's because they have bad intentions.
So having heard this about her, I said "Whatever happens happens. I'm going into this with good intentions, i'm a hard worker, and I want to do things right. There can't be a problem." and there wasn't one.

In fact, the chemistry between you two that had never before been seen between other leading couples.
I'm only going to speak for myself. It was very easy for me to fall in love with her, with her character, with her in itself. I was playing someone who was falling in love so when they yelled "action!" I was completely in love with the woman standing in front of me.
Later on when they said "cut!", it would be "Bye! Send my greetings to so and so". You know?
Everything went down very well. Meaning, we never had to push aside the professionalism required for a situation such as this. It was very easy for me to fall in love with a woman like that. It was pure chemistry.

What did you and Ivo have in common?
Little and nothing. I gave Ivo everything I didn't have in real life. That freshness, that arrogance, and that's why I had so much fun doing it. Because I was never like that. I gave him my innocence, my foolish side; This guy passed himself off as the most noble angel in the whole world, as the baddest guy, the most courageous, the clumsiest and the most cowardly. And these things were so visible/obvious that they were almost harmonious.
If one thinks about harmony and tries to do things in a harmonious manner, nothing can turn out badly.

What did it signify for you to get your hair cut off in Muneca Brava?
I had moments of desperation, insecurity, and confidence. Moments where I thought "I don't care!", moments when I missed it, and moments when I said "It's good that I got it cut off".

When they first told you about it, did you immediately say yes or did you have to think about it?
I said, "You think so?" (He laughs). "Do you really think this is the best thing to do, bro?"

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