Actor who grew up in front of the camera Johnny Massaro (Pictured below, with Barbara Reis) is finally getting a primetime protagonist on Globo to call her own. The boy, who made his television debut at the age of 13 in Floribella (2005), plays one of the main characters in Band earth and passionreplaces Travessia on the nine o’clock band.
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In the story by Walcyr Carrasco, Massaro plays the good Daniel, who falls in love with the heroine Aline (Barbara Reis) and quarrels with his own brother Caio (Cauã Reymond). However, Daniel is not supposed to be a classic soap opera hero. So much so that the character wasn’t supposed to arrive alive until the end of the series.
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Terra e Paixão tells the story of the La Selva family, who became rich with agribusiness. Businessman Antonio La Selva (Tony Ramos, photo above) is the father of Caio and Daniel, but he does not get along with his children. The rejection of the patriarch finally leads to the brothers, who have a great love for each other, being united. But brotherly love is threatened when the fight over Aline begins.
While Caio is described as a problematic character due to his father’s strong dislike, Daniel is portrayed as the typical good guy. Good character, the boy starts the soap opera, trying to promote reconciliation of the whole family, which is quite unconventional.
However, Daniel’s character justice must be kept in check throughout the storyline. Johnny Massaro himself, in an interview with Folha de S. Paulo’s F5 website, said that during the soap opera the character’s profile could change, and the boy would reveal his flaws. Daniel also has to die during the conspiracy, which would be a major turning point.
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did you say too much
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In the interview, Johnny reveals that Daniel starts the soap opera by trying to unite the whole family. However, events will transform the boy throughout the narrative. Finally, he released a “spoiler” when he said the good guy shouldn’t make it to the end of the soap opera alive.
“He’s dying… I don’t know, I could say that! I think it’s already out [risos] or did not come out? Well, anyway. Valkyrie [Carrasco] He’s the king of mysteries and bullshit and I’m available to interpret anything that may happen.”
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Sina de Caua Reymond
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Daniel’s probable death during Terra e Paixão will change the direction of Walcyr Carrasco’s series. At least this opens up space for Caio to advance in the fight for young Aline’s love. It should be remembered that the young woman is also the target of Jonatas’ (Paulo Lessa) passion.
That is, without Daniel in the way, Caio is elevated to one of the good guys of Terra e Paixão. Just a guy Cauã Reymond had been trying to avoid. When asked to star in the story, the actor asked the network management to play a different character as he was tired of playing the good guys on soap operas.
So much so that Caio was initially sold as one of Terra e Paixão’s main villains. But when Daniel dies, the boy becomes one of the good guys in the story. Did they deceive Cauã?
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André Santana is a journalist, writer and cultural producer. He grew up with the “electronic nanny” and turned his passion for TV into a career in 2005 when he started the blog TeleVisão. Since then he has written about television in several specialist publications. He is the author of the book TeleVisão: A Televisão Brasileira em 10 Anos, published by EB Ações Culturais and Clube de Autores.
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