“I was really destroyed”: Wagner Moura praises his experience in the Civil War and draws parallels between the A24 film and Brazil – Cinema news

Distributed by Diamond, the production hits Brazilian cinemas in April.

One of the biggest stars of national and international cinema, Wagner Moura is in his second Hollywood production this year. After starring in two episodes of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a Prime Video series created by Donald Glover, the actor will be seen in Civil War, a new project from A24.

Directed by Alex Garland, filmmaker known for Extermination, Ex-Machina and Annihilation, the film has gained notoriety after its first worldwide screening, at the SXSW Festival. Also starring Kirsten Dunst, the film arrives in Brazil via Diamond with a narrative set in a dystopia that is not too far from our reality.

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The plot follows a group of journalists who travel across the United States during an intense conflict that involves the entire nation. In addition to the protagonist duo, the film’s cast also includes names such as Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jesse Plemons and Nick Offerman.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wagner Moura gave some details about the project’s recordings, citing one of the project’s most frightening sequences. Towards the final act, Jesse Plemons asks the actor’s character “What kind of American are you?”, something that moved the artist on different levels. “I was really destroyed afterwards,” he said. “We filmed that part for two days and then I lay down on the grass and cried.”

Moura told the outlet that he didn’t know much about the film when negotiations began, but everything changed when he read the script. “The first time I read it I really felt like it wasn’t an ordinary project. I’m a very political person – the only film I’ve directed so far was also a very political film – so that was very mine,” he said recalling directing Marighella .

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Still on the political issue, Wagner related discussions of national politics, with citations to recent events, to talk about the Civil War. “I’m from Brazil and it’s very polarized there too. We had a similar reaction to our last elections, where people didn’t accept the results and invaded, but the country was very quick to send people to prison because they were under a strong dictatorship during 20 years,” he said.

“They know what an authoritarian regime is. I was born in that period. They understand that democracy is not a given. I think sometimes Americans take democracy for granted because they are so used to it. I care about this country and with what happens to your government. I know that’s why the Civil War is scary. It’s not an alien invasion, like Independence Day. It feels very realistic,” he concluded.

Civil War hits Brazilian cinemas on April 18.