"Just two days ago, Wagner Moura was dancing the samba at a Golden Globes afterparty. He'd beaten the likes of Michael B Jordan and Oscar Isaac to become the first ever Brazilian to win the award for Best Actor in a Drama. Still a bit delirious, he was shoved on a plane to London the next day - and now he's speaking to me over Zoom."
"The 49-year-old is on the campaign trail for The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho's blackly funny drama about an academic attempting to flee Brazil's military dictatorship in the 1970s. Moura doesn't know it yet, but there'll be no respite. It's become an unexpected awards magnet, earning four Oscar nominations (including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film) since our conversation. Speaking to him, I'm reminded of the hollow-eyed look that settled over Cillian Murphy during the seemingly endless press run for Oppenheimer in 2024."
Wagner Moura, fresh from a Golden Globes win as the first Brazilian Best Actor in a Drama, immediately continued a gruelling press tour, traveling from London to further stops. He is campaigning for The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho's darkly comic drama about an academic attempting to flee Brazil's 1970s military dictatorship. The film became an unexpected awards magnet, earning four Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film. Moura portrays Marcelo, a widowed intellectual forced into flight after a compromising encounter with a corrupt government minister. Moura is best known for portraying Pablo Escobar in Narcos and remains committed to craft despite exhaustion.
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