Bruno Gagliasso He is a Brazilian actor and a celebrity in his country. The good proof of this is the nearly 22 million followers he has on Instagram. He arrived in Spain as a policeman in the Netflix series, Holy and now we see him as a drug dealer in oil spill operation from Movistar+.
He is married to a presenter who is also Brazilian and They have three children including two adopted in Malawi who are already on the cover of magazines. He disconnects in his personal paradise in contact with nature on his Montanha ranch and engages politically and socially for various causes. Could we talk about the perfect man with a perfect life?
“I don’t know if it’s perfect, but it’s a life that makes me feel goodI’m very, very happy with the life I have, with my children, my wife, with my job. But it’s an active life, I’m happy because I’m fighting for my rights, the rights of my children. But it’s not perfect,” he admits.
If we talk about music, he admits that, unlike other actors, he sings very badly and that he only does it in the shower. In Spain he met Bread and he really likes his songs. His wife is a friend of Anita and at home they listen to a lot of Brazilian music from the classics like Caetano Veloso, joão gilberto oh Jobim. But if he has to look outside, he stays with legendary bands like rolling stones oh Guns’N’Roseseven if his son listens to a lot of rap.
After chatting with him during his last visit to Spain, we collected 25 facts about him to show that we are not so confused when talking about the perfect man.
#1. Speak Spanish or Portuñol
Here, talk, meet people. I like to discuss, I like to listen to the other. I like to talk because I’m an actor and I need the other. I need knowledge. I need stories to be able to do what I do. I am delighted with Madrid because here I can walk, have a coffee, chat with a friend, go to the cinema, peacefully.
#2. The most surprising in Spain
People, we are very close. We are hot like the Spaniards. Brazilians and Spaniards are very similar. We look into each other’s eyes, we talk to each other by touching and giving kisses. When we think of the Europeans, we say to ourselves that they are cold and that the Spaniards are not. I like it because I like humans, people and that’s why I was so passionate about Spain and Madrid.
#3. Friends in Spain
I made friends, great friends here. I miss my friends, chatting, having a drink, sitting in a bar, you do that a lot, chatting, walking. Here I do everything on foot and I miss walking, going from one neighborhood to another, walking, quietly.
#4. First event in Spain: LOS40 Music Awards
I remember him a lot, mainly because I met Almodóvar. We exchange a few words, but I’m an admirer of Almodóvar, I want to know myself better. We have mutual friends in Brazil. I remember it was a beautiful night. I’m very happy to start working here because I feel nostalgic, I have a certain nostalgia because I remember my beginnings in Brazil. I love starting to meet journalists, other actors, I like that.
#5. Nearly 22 million followers on Instagram
That’s why I do what I do. I’m talking about politics, I’m talking about rights. I have a conscience and that’s why I love what I do. I do politics through art, positions. What I do with Twitter and Instagram is use them to my advantage.
#6. a precocious child
When I was 8 years old, I participated for the first time because I was a very restless boy. I always talked a lot, I was always on the move. I went to the taping of a series, a soap opera, and there was a guy talking and talking and the director said, ‘What’s up? Who is speaking?’ and I said “I”. ‘Come on, you’re going to do the show then’ and that was it. Then I was idle for a while, doing professional theater and I trained and started working as an actor.
#7. Hyperactive
Yes, I am hyperactive, I have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and my head is always working. Now, with maturity, I’m calmer and I try not to do too many things, but I always make cases. When I rest, I do so by doing things.
#8. in love with his profession
I am aware that I am who I am thanks to my work. I couldn’t do anything else. It’s what makes me human, what makes me learn, what makes me want to live life for my children. I conquered many things with art, mainly my character, my family, my friends. I am aware of the power that art has, especially for Brazil.
#9. soap opera actor
In Brazil, it’s very appreciated because we do it very well. Brazilian soap operas are very good. There will be bad ones, just like there will be bad movies, but Brazilian soap operas are very good. I am very proud to have started doing soap operas. The Brazilians are very good, I recommend them.
#ten. Operation: oil spilla way of talking about drug trafficking
I like to talk about things like drug dealers, it’s very important to talk about it. This is a true story that happened recently. A crazy story. If we saw it and didn’t know it was real, we wouldn’t believe it. When we talk about a Brazilian narco, the first thing everyone thinks of is that he’s black and he lives in the favelas, but the real narcos, the bad guys, aren’t them. They are the ones who don’t use weapons, they use pens. They are the ones who make the laws, the real powerful who have studies, speak Spanish, speak English, they are powerful kids.
#eleven. stance on drugs
I have a cousin who uses cocaine and we all still suffer from it. I wanted to talk about it, it’s good for me to open the discussion and if I can do it with my art, why not? I like to question, ask.
#12. Permanent honeymoon with his wife
13 years. I don’t think I’m an example, we have a lot of ups and downs, like all married people. We are always learning and there is no recipe, we are friends, colleagues and we are always learning. She with me and me with her. Our children have done a lot too, a lot, a lot, a lot, because we are not together just because of them, but because we want to be together, we want to go through this life together.
#13. Two children adopted in Malawi
My wife didn’t want to adopt. She went to do a show, because she’s a host, and she went to do interviews in Malawi. On the last day he wanted to go to shelters to help and he met our daughter, it was very exciting. He called me and said, “I found our daughter. I went to Malawi to also meet our daughter and we started a great story. We didn’t make the decision to adopt, we were adopted by our daughter. After two years my daughter wanted a brother and we thought why not Malawi. We returned to Malawi and started another story with our son. These are two different stories.
#14. a biological son
We also have a three-year-old son now, named Zayn, who we weren’t expecting. We didn’t want biological children because we were happy with our children at heart, but they came and we are a very beautiful and big family and we are still learning.
#fifteen. fight against racism
I have hate. Racism is very bad and it is in every home. We grow up in a racist society. We have to fight, we have to confront, we have to investigate and ask ourselves why the boys have ever suffered from racism.
We have to do, we can’t stand still because if we stand still, we would be colluding with him.
#16. Worried children
My daughter loves fashion. The mom is a fashion reference and she likes it. My son is an artist, he paints, sings, he likes it a lot. My son is very young and he loves animals and nature, just like me.
#17. Bless, his eldest son, inspiration for works of art
A magnificent, wonderful artist from Brazil, whom I already admired a lot because I love his work. When I arrived in Madrid, a friend told me that Alexandre was exhibiting in Madrid. And I went to see him. I looked at things, I talked to them. ‘Have you seen Bless?’, ‘Bless, why?’, ‘How come, why Bless? Because I painted Bless. I do not believe it. “Your son inspired me to make a fabric.” I started crying and getting emotional because my son is an artist, he paints everything. My wife’s brother is also an artist and stays with Bless painting and I was very excited because art makes these encounters.
I was able to meet an artist that I like, who is a source of inspiration. A good artist, black, Brazilian, traveling the world and inspired by my son. Alexandre’s show is about people in museums around the world and he was thrilled with a photo I took of my son in Paris looking at a work by an artist who paints black people and he is also black. It was wonderful.
#18. Personal paradise: El rancho Montaña
My paradise, where I feel connected with God, I feel present, where I feel human, alive. Life is not prizes, it is not cars… life is nature, we are part of nature. I planted 20,000 trees. We have an institute for the recovery of wild animals and we have a brown bear, a toucan, a parrot, parakeets, we have the animals that we recover from traffic accidents and release them into the wild.
#19. criticism of the government
We had a government in Brazil this year that was very bad. I didn’t believe in nature, science, health, vaccines, covid, I didn’t believe in anything, only economic growth, but you don’t grow economically if you don’t take care of nature, health, education, it’s nonsense. We have a very corrupt and genocidal government.
#twenty. Bolsonaro, hated character
He’s a genocidaire, that’s why he’s not going back to Brazil, he’s in the United States, he knows he’s a criminal. Only fascist fanatics who are next to him.
#21. Marighellacensored movie
They did another type of censorship, veiled censorship, also very bad, but different. We found ourselves for two years without being able to open in Brazil, it exists, what’s going on? We had to open in Berlin and under pressure we were able to open in Brazil, but that’s not good because a city without art, without history, that’s nothing.
#22. Religion: Camdomblé, nothing to do with Santeria
It’s a natural process of Catholicism in Brazil, to demonize something different, which we don’t know. It is a lack of knowledge because it is a wonderful religion that comes from Africa. They’re doing what they’ve always done, trying to shut down the stories, I don’t mind, because the truth always comes out.
#23. Dani Alves case
Terrible, very bad because if you have committed a crime you have to comply. Everyone is disappointed, just like you here. He was an idol for everyone. If it is a crime, he must serve his sentence, he is not a victim.
#24. No midlife crisis
No, I like the 40s because with maturity I like what I see: my family, my career. I am very proud of what I have accomplished in my life.
#25. Projects in Spain
I have very interesting projects with Galician producers. I love Galician people.