DO REVENGE – (L-R) Camila Mendes as Drea and Sophie Turner as Erica in Do Revenge. While the fact that Mendes is leading and producing this film is notable and worth celebrating on its own, the fact that she, and presumably the rest of the cast, are portraying Brazilians is even more exciting. Set in the Brazilian community in Newark, New Jersey, Música is focused on Mancuso’s character as he navigates life and love while always having music playing in his head.
Mendes is executive producing and acting in Rudy Mancuso’s (of Vine fame and himself Brazilian American) directorial debut, the romantic comedy Música. She’s also tackling – for the first in her career – a role that reflects her Brazilian identity. With Riverdale coming to an end after its seventh season, Mendes is exploring more projects and more roles, like her pitch-perfect turnout in Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s love letter to 90s teen movies, Do Revenge. In 2023, this pattern might finally change.Ĭamila Mendes, of Riverdale fame, has increasingly become one of the most visible Brazilian American Latinas working in Hollywood. There have been few Brazilian characters on our screens in the US, and even fewer who are Brazilian American and reflect diasporic experiences. Even though Brazilian stars have had crossover success in the US – everyone from Carmen Miranda to Wagner Moura to Alice Braga – they usually do so while playing Latine characters of other nationalities.
While Brazil might be Latin America’s largest country, Brazilian representation in US media is in short supply.
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