Son of Chico Anysio, Nizo Neto talks about his brother Lug de Paula, Seu Boneco, who lives in reclusion in Florianópolis

Son of Chico Anysio, Nizo Neto gave news of his older brother, Lug de Paula, 66 years old, who was a great success in the 1990s with the character Seu Boneco from “Escolinha do Professor Raimundo”. According to the actor, his brother has lived in reclusion in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, for years, and abandoned his career and fame because he “does not like to work” on television.

“He lives in Florianópolis, he has land, but he doesn’t like working on television. He has talent, the gift, but he doesn’t have the vocation. He has to have passion, even more so for this job of ours”, said Nizo in an interview with Talking Parrot podcast, by Sérgio Mallandro.

The brother recalled the great success that Lug had with the character. “He had a show on (defunct TV) Manchete, recorded a disc, had a puppet. It was a phenomenon. But he doesn’t like to wait. You have to be patient to wait. In this medium (of television), you have to be patient to record, and he did not have”.

Lug was married to Heloisa Perissé from 1992 to 2001 and had a daughter with her, actress Luísa de Paula, who is now 24 years old.