The film ‘Furious Speed X’, which opens on the 18th, marked the entry of Daniela Melchior into a new family in ‘Hollywood’, but the Portuguese actress is looking for new characters and on a different scale of production, as she explained to Lusa. agency.
Set for a worldwide release next week, Louis Leterrier’s “Fast and Furious X” is the tenth action film in a lucrative film saga that began in 2001, starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez.
The most recent film, whose filming went through Portugal in 2022, count on him Portuguese actress Daniela Melchorin the role of Elizabeth.
“I can say that Elizabeth [a personagem brasileira que interpreta] is a street racer from Rio de Janeiro. He fought and worked hard to get to where he is. And he has a guilt in her that will end up a little more resolved when he crosses paths with Don. [personagem de Vin Diesel]”, he explained, in an interview with the Lusa agency.
The “Fast and Furious” film series is one of the most profitable in cinemathat combines action, adventure, espionage, a story about family ties and a great visual apparatus with car races, risky maneuvers and lots of explosions.
Despite being a predominantly male cast, the new film features some women, namely, Charlize Theron, Brie Larson, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, and Michelle Rodriguez.
“I felt that masculine energy, but in a positive way from the actors I played with, especially Vin and Jason Momoa. I felt that a lot. Masculine energy, but not toxic, healthy masculine energy. In other words, the feminine energy that we actresses brought to the film wasn’t like, ‘OK, let’s find our space here and put our feminism here,’ because it wasn’t necessary,” she said. About participating in this film, the actress compared the experience to entering a new family.
I have never worked with so many people who are passionate about what they are doing. (…) I felt like each person who joined this family over the years became family too and I felt that hug from Vin. [Diesel] as a protagonist,” he recalled.
For Daniela Melchior26 years old, this is the third appearance in a big budget film in the United States, after starring in “Suicide Squad” (2021) and a brief participation in “Guardians of the Galaxy 3”, currently in movie theaters.
Before this international tour, Daniela Melchior had participated in some Portuguese soap operas and in the films “Parque Mayer” and “O cuaderno oscuro”, both from 2018.
According to Variety magazine, Louis Leterrier should shoot one last movie to close the “Fast and Furious” saga.
“The indication I had is that I can’t even talk about a possible second part. I am aware that these rumors exist, but I am really unaware of my participation in the second part”, stressed Daniela Melchior.
In recent weeks, Daniela Melchior has been on promotional trips for “Guardians of the Galaxy 3” and “Fast and Furious X”, but she has a team “with less than ten people”, including agents, ‘manager’ and publicists, who help manage the career.
About the projects you want to bet on, Daniela Melchior says that she continues to “look for diversity in terms of characters” and wants to make independent and smaller-scale films.
“Now, in terms of my career path, I am very much embracing what is coming to me as well. There is no strategy, there is no concrete ambition, ”she said.
One of his upcoming projects, already shot in 2022 in the Dominican Republic and currently in post-production, is “Road House”, by Doug Liman, for Amazon Prime Video, together with Jake Gyllenhaal and which also includes Joaquim de Almeida.
Daniela Melchior will soon return to work in Portugal, but she can say little else.
“My next project will be in Portugal and I am very excited. (…) I still can’t say much, but I can say that I’m going to sing, ”she said.
Source: Observadora
