Fernanda Montenegro breaks down salaries at Globo and reveals how to make good money on TV TV News

Today, Fernanda Montenegro is the most famous actress in Brazil, and certainly one of the highest paid, but this was not always the case. She recalls that in the 1970s, Globo did not offer her much money to work on their productions. According to the actress, the salaries at the station were “disreputable.” The veteran also talks about how an actress or actor can join Globo with a good salary.

This theme is quickly explored in Tributo, a program in tribute to Fernanda Montenegro that will be broadcast Thursday night (17) on Globo, and is now available in full on Globoplay.

When recalling her career, the artist spoke of a period in which she primarily performed in plays, with occasional appearances on television. She explained what was the problem that kept her away from Globo:

“From 1970 to 1981, it was just theater. I had invitations from Globo, but they were always shameful salaries, you know? Extremely low salary proposal“Explode.” “Fernando,” I said. [Torres, marido da atriz]Are we crazy? We can’t show our lives on TV. No, we have to take control of our lives, even if they are modest, and that is theater.

Specifically at the time when Globo shouted that whoever was good was in Globo. And we laughed, because we thought we were really good and we weren’t on Globo. That’s great, the two of us are probably the only good guys who weren’t in Globo. We have been fully focused on theater throughout Brazil.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Fernanda Montenegro and Fernando Torres (1927-2008) produced teletheatres and telenovelas on television, and on stations such as Tupi, Excelsior, TV Rio and Record. The person responsible for taking them to Globo’s TV drama is author Manuel Carlos. “In 1981, Manuel Carlos invited Fernando and me to appear in his TV series on Globo,” she said.

In another interview conducted by Fernanda Montenegro in 2002 and also featured in Tributo, she explains how the author’s proposal and negotiation with him and the broadcaster to star in Baila Comigo (1981) went.

“[Manoel Carlos disse:] “So I want you in the lead role,” one of Helena’s many personas in his life. I said: Okay. I came and got a salary [salário] “Well, because the author got into a fight,” he recalls.

Fernanda then gave advice on how to get a better salary at Globo: “If the author wants it [você no papel]…if you enter like this [de mãos abanando, sem um convite de autor]It’s zero, even Frank Sinatra [não ganharia bem]. But if the author or director really wants you, you can propose at home.”

However, there were changes along the way until the series premiere. Manuel Carlos decided that Lillian Lemmertz (1936-1986) would be Helena de Baila Comego and that Fernanda would have another role.

“After a week, I don’t know, Manuel comes again and says to me: Look, Fernanda, this role I played for you, you played another role better than that.” So I said like this: “They are.” Will I change it for my salary? [Ele disse] ‘no’. Ah, then okay. “Fernando had great success with Lemertz, and she played a good role, but a supporting role,” says, who played Sylvia Toledo in the story.

Since then, Globo has begun paying well to the actress, who has produced dozens of soap operas, serials and specials at home, such as Guerra dos Sexos (1983), Belíssima (2005) and O Outro Lado do Paraíso (2017).