Klara Castanho celebrates her return to TV and a drastic character change

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Klara Castanho celebrated a year 2025 marked by various projects in television, cinema and comedy, visual changes for the characters and an award at the Rio Film Festival, highlighting her dedication and artistic growth.

Klara Castanho celebrates her return to TV and a radical change in character: ‘If I have to shave it, I will’:

Actress Klara Castanho, 25, has had a very busy professional year. In 2025, she does almost everything: soap operas, TV and even cinema. For her, all that was missing was theater to support the artistic fronts. The diversity of his work has allowed him to experiment with different genres, from drama to comedy.

“I started the year by finishing Girl of the momentwhich was a very special soap opera for me,” she commented to Earth. “After seven years away from TV, I came back with a character so beautiful, so complex, with so many layers, so well accompanied, and who has already given me some really nice work afterwards.”

“I finished the series on a Saturday and, on a Wednesday, I was already in a script meeting for a series which will be released next year, which was already completely different and which also allowed me to discover another side, which was When she disappearsthe adaptation of a book by Vitor Bonini of the same name, a detective, suspense and horror series,” he continued.

“Crying is easy, but making people laugh is complex”

In soap operas and series, Klara Castanho has worked on dramatic stories, a genre in which she has become an “expert” after so many years dedicated to dramaturgy. An actress since the age of 6, she understood very early how to access places to express her emotions on stage. However, 20 days after registration is completed When she disappears (Globoplay), it finds itself in a different and little-explored context: comedy.

Guest to play Pri in the film Let it happen (Globo Filmes) — scheduled for release next year — she found herself out of her comfort zone. “Doing comedy is one of the hardest things there is, there’s a limit to not coming across as meaningless burlesque. timing different, a gesture, it’s all difficult. I always said I knew how to cry. Crying is easy, it’s very peaceful. However, making people laugh is complex. I admire anyone who can understand the timing of humor.”

In addition to tackling acting, to play Pri, Klara also changed her look: she dyed her hair red and let it grow out.

For her, it was difficult to adapt, but she met the challenge with optimism. “It was the first time that a project put me to the test in this place and which, in a certain way, aged me, something that I had also been looking for for several years, that is to say to take advantage of this ‘passability’ of age.”

“I look younger so I can go back and forth between the ages of the characters. Making it red was a way to test myself in another place.”

“If I have to shave my head, I will shave it”

Despite her vanity, the actress has no problem changing her look through art. “Since I started on TV, my appearance has changed by 50 cents,” he says with humor. “So the most practical accessory I have to show the changes of the times, so that the audience can see that this is a new character, is my hair. Eugenia’s hair, for example, is short, with bangs, something remarkable from the 60s, which is the era of the soap opera.”

According to her, the process of adapting to her red hair wasn’t quick, but she would do the same, or even more, for future characters. “It’s a dynamic getting used to a darker towel, because it releases paint every time you wash it. But it’s worth it in terms of public reaction, because it immediately connects the look to the work you’re doing.”

“For me, appearance is a means of transportation for the audience to access this story, and I am the person most willing to change for the job. If we have to shave our heads, we will; if we have to cut Joãozinho, we will cut him. My hair grows fast and I am ready for anything.”

“I still have a long way to go”

In the second half of 2025, Klara started working on advertising Hail Rosea feature film that addresses the dangers of digital influence on childhood. Coincidentally, around the same time, the video went viral Adultizationby YouTuber Felca, who comments online on cases of children exploited by adults.

“THE Hail Rose it was an alignment of universes, of planets, of everything, because it was actually linked to a problem that was latent at that time. We launched it in October, but in August, a very strong movement began to talk about adultization, to talk about the exposure of minors on the Internet. And indeed, everything aligned. In addition, being a spokesperson on this subject, being able to expose certain realities, is an honor. I am lucky to participate in projects that expose painful realities and cause discomfort.

For her work, Klara won an award at the Rio Film Festival, in the Best Actress category. This victory symbolizes the opening of new horizons in the field of art, especially for her because she has been an artist since she was so young.

“It was very shocking for me because I was a child who was already working, so we lose a bit of the reference of what we can have. Very young, I experienced a lot of things in the profession. I’m 25 years old, but I already experienced most of the things very early. At 16, I had already done 5 serials. So we lose the reference of what we can still achieve, and this reward instead of thinking: ‘I still have a lot of things ahead me’.”

Although they operated almost without interruption in 2025, two of Klara Castanho’s projects will only be able to be seen by the public in 2026: When she disappears (Globoplay) and Let it happen (Globo Filmes). Regardless, as she reflects on her professional year, she’s celebrating.

“It was a year of many achievements, of great happiness. It is a year of very positive results and which has already resulted in new processes for next year. It was a very fruitful year and one that I will carry with great affection in my heart.”