Wagner Moura highlights his experience in the Civil War and draws parallels between the A24 film and Brazil

One of the biggest stars of national and international cinema, Wagner Moura is in his second Hollywood production this year. After starring in two episodes of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a Prime Video series created by Donald Glover, the actor will be seen in Civil War, a new project from A24.

Directed by Alex Garland, filmmaker known for Extermination, Ex-Machina and Annihilation, the film has gained notoriety after its first worldwide screening, at the SXSW Festival. Also starring Kirsten Dunst, the film arrives in Brazil via Diamond with a narrative set in a dystopia that is not too far from our reality.

The plot follows a group of journalists who travel across the United States during an intense conflict that involves the entire nation. In addition to the protagonist duo, the film’s cast also includes names such as Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jesse Plemons and Nick Offerman.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wagner Moura gave some details about the project’s recordings, citing one of the project’s most frightening sequences. Towards the final act, Jesse Plemons asks the actor’s character “What kind of American are you?”, something that moved the artist on different levels. “I was really destroyed afterwards,” he said. “We filmed that part for two days and then I lay down on the grass and cried.”

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