Brazilian actress Larissa Manoela, 25, announced on social media on Monday, August 24, that she is leaving the cast of the Carmen Miranda biographical film.
In a statement posted online and reported by CNN Brasil, Manoela said the decision not to continue in the project came from the film's director. The director moved filming forward after learning that another project dedicated to Miranda was also being produced.
According to the statement, the director changed the schedule despite knowing that the actress already had prior professional commitments for the new dates. Manoela had reserved her calendar for the shoot more than a year ago, and she could not adjust her other commitments after the change.
André Luiz Frambach and the schedule change
Actor André Luiz Frambach, who is married to Manoela, had also been invited to join the cast before her. At that time, another actress was set to play the role of Miranda, and Frambach had likewise blocked out his schedule for the originally planned filming period.
The statement explained that Manoela prioritises honouring the commitments she had taken on for the period when the production wanted her to film. It concluded that she regretted not continuing in the movie, but remained certain she had acted with responsibility, respect and consistency toward the professionals involved in all the projects and, above all, toward the public.
Carmen Miranda and Rio de Janeiro stage play
Miranda, who lived from 1909 to 1955, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress who became an international star on Broadway and in 1940s Hollywood musicals. Manoela is a prominent Brazilian screen actress known for starring in television telenovelas and streaming films since her debut as a child star.
The couple will next debut on stage in Rio de Janeiro in Descalços no Parque, an adaptation of playwright Neil Simon's classic comedy Barefoot in the Park. In the comedy, the characters Lara and Edu return from their honeymoon at the Copacabana Palace hotel straight to a rented flat in the Catete neighbourhood and discover that marriage begins after the wedding party.
