1 of 4 Aílton Graça as Mussum Photo: Disclosure Aílton Graça as Mussum Photo: Disclosure
Cacilds! The countdown has ended for “Mussum, o Filmis”, a feature film starring Ailton Graça and Yuri Marçal that tells the story of Antônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes, the comedian who gave life to one of the Trapalhões, Mussum. The film premiered in Brazilian cinemas this Thursday (2).
And this Friday (3) Pedro Bial interviews the actors who brought the comedian and samba singer to life and the fun is guaranteed! Unmissable conversation, just like Filmis!
2 of 4 Ailton Graça as Mussum — Photo: Desiree do Valle Ailton Graça as Mussum — Photo: Desiree do Valle
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Ailton Graça says he did not know Mussum and believes it is important to talk about the cause of death of the actor, who died in 1994 at the age of 53. “I wasn’t happy getting to know Mussum and there was this fallacy.” “It wasn’t that he died of cirrhosis of the liver. He had a big heart in every way and underwent a transplant,” he says.
The artist died days later, on July 29, when he too suffered from pneumonia.
3 of 4 “Mussum, O Filmis”: Aílton Graça and Neusa Borges bring Mussum and Dona Malvina, mother and son, to life in the comedian’s biography Photo: Divulgação/Desiree do Valle “Mussum, O Filmis”: Aílton Graça and Neusa Borges brings Mussum and Dona Malvina, mother and son, to life in the comedian’s biopic Photo: Divulgação/Desiree do Valle
Ailton also recalled that he was a clown during his career, just like the character: “My name was Gibi, in honor of the clown Benjamim de Oliveira. I was a clown, a trapeze artist and a knife thrower, the only skill I’ve lost is knife throwing. These elements helped me in the construction of Antonio Carlos in the cinema,” he emphasizes.
4 of 4 Ailton Graça and Vera Holtz are honored at the Gramado Film Festival Photo: Canal Brasil Ailton Graça and Vera Holtz are honored at the Gramado Film Festival Photo: Canal Brasil
Bial asked where Ailton kept his Kikito, the best actor statuette for the film at the Gramado Festival. “I placed it on my altar, next to Our Lady. My wife walked past and joked: ‘There! We already have a Kikito Saint at home.’”
In order to appear even more similar to the awkward character in terms of details and facial expressions, Ailton had to undergo some facial procedures, including Botox and facial harmonizing:
“I have always loved makeup and transformation. When our makeup artist said, ‘Let’s do something new, let’s see if we can harmonize it. Let’s raise our eyebrows, Botox’. My gaze was very tense, his was the opposite. I had a procedure to open my eyes and shape my cheekbones,” he explains.