‘I felt at rock bottom’

Debuting in soap operas, Henrique Barreira, playboy Fred from “Vai na Fé”, says he hit rock bottom in 2020. The actor, now 21, passed the test to act in the 28th season of “Malhação”, which ended being cancelled. “The pandemic affected me a lot, I was out of work, without leaving home, without the theater, I felt at rock bottom. I lost my father and this whole process affected my emotions a lot, it was a difficult period. I was in Paraty when I got the call from Globo to do the actors’ workshop with Cris Moura, who prepared the telenovela. This workshop was a turning point”, details him, who acted in the series “A vida pela frontal”, still without a premiere date, before entering the seven o’clock soap opera.

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In “Vai na fé”, Fred is a privileged young man who will broaden his worldview while living with scholarship students at the Faculty of Law. For now, neither Globo nor the actor confirm Fred’s involvement with Yuri (Jean Paulo Campos) and say that the talk on the networks about the two forming a couple is still pure speculation.

Henrique, who studied theater at Tablado, in Rio, from 12 to 19 years old, says he is very different from his new character. understand its complexity. Rosane Svartman is such a good author that she manages to create characters showing both sides of her. Fred is a composite of many men I’ve come into contact with. Teenagers or adults, clueless playboys with a heart,” he says.

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