The Brazil that voted for her wants originality and authenticity
Dez anos separam a Ana Paula Renault de sua última novela na Globo, mas foi uma vitória no BBB 26 — e cem dias de confinamento — que reabriram essa porta. Na festa de lançamento de 'Quem Ama Cuida', no Jockey Club de São Paulo, a diretora Amora Mautner a convidou para integrar o elenco, interpretando uma personagem em uma trama de competição de dança ao lado de Flávia Alessandra. O gesto revela algo sobre o que o público brasileiro parece estar pedindo: não perfeição ensaiada, mas presença genuína.
- Ana Paula Renault saiu da festa de lançamento da nova novela da Globo com um contrato na mão — convidada ao vivo pela diretora Amora Mautner diante de todos os presentes.
- A diretora justificou a escolha como resposta direta ao voto do público no BBB 26, argumentando que os brasileiros elegeram a autenticidade como valor acima da performance polida.
- Renault admitiu abertamente que não sabe dançar — nem andar em linha reta —, e essa autoconsciência, longe de ser um obstáculo, parece ter sido exatamente o que selou o convite.
- Cem dias sem contato com o mundo externo, e agora o mundo externo quer tudo ao mesmo tempo: a exaustão é visível, as olheiras contam o que a maquiagem ainda não consegue esconder.
- A atriz reconhece o paralelo com 2016, quando esteve em 'Haja Coração', mas sente que a escala mudou — e que, por ora, está tentando encontrar o ritmo antes que o ritmo a encontre.
Ana Paula Renault chegou à festa de lançamento de 'Quem Ama Cuida' como vencedora do BBB 26 e saiu como parte do elenco. O convite veio da própria diretora Amora Mautner durante o evento, realizado no Jockey Club de São Paulo em 14 de maio. Ela integrará uma trama de competição de dança ao lado de Flávia Alessandra — uma escolha que Mautner enquadrou como resposta ao que o público demonstrou ao votar em Renault: um desejo por pessoas reais, não por personas cuidadosamente construídas.
A própria Renault foi a primeira a brincar com a ironia da situação. Ela não sabe dançar. Não consegue nem andar em linha reta, admitiu. Mas essa autoconsciência desarmante parece ser exatamente o que a torna atraente para o projeto — e para o público que a elegeu.
Não é a primeira vez que ela aparece em uma novela da Globo. Em 2016, esteve em 'Haja Coração', dividindo cenas com Ellen Rocche. Mas aquele era outro momento, antes do confinamento, antes da vitória que reconfigurou sua trajetória. A década que passou mudou a escala de tudo.
Falando com jornalistas na festa, Renault descreveu a vertigem do pós-BBB: a agenda lotada, o cansaço acumulado, as olheiras que a maquiagem ainda não cobre. Ela traçou paralelos com 2016 — o mesmo redemoinho de compromissos —, mas reconheceu que a intensidade agora é diferente. Cem dias isolada do mundo, e o mundo agora quer sua atenção de uma vez só. Ela sabe que o ritmo vai se acomodar. Por enquanto, está correndo. E está trabalhando — que é, no fim, o que importa.
Ana Paula Renault walked into the launch party for Globo's new prime-time telenovela "Quem Ama Cuida" on Thursday, May 14th, at the Jockey Club in São Paulo, and left with a contract. The BBB 26 winner, still riding the momentum of her hundred-day confinement and subsequent victory, was invited into the cast by director Amora Mautner during the event. She will join the show as part of a dance competition storyline, working alongside veteran actress Flávia Alessandra.
The casting decision signals something deliberate about how the network sees its audience right now. Mautner, explaining the choice to those gathered, framed it as a direct response to what Brazilians demonstrated when they voted Renault to victory. The public, she suggested, had made a statement: they want authenticity over performance, real people over carefully constructed personas. They want originality. Renault herself was candid about her limitations for the role, joking that she lacks even basic coordination—she cannot walk in a straight line, let alone dance. The self-awareness seemed to be part of the appeal.
This is not Renault's first time on a Globo soap. In 2016, she appeared in "Haja Coração," a seven o'clock slot drama where she shared scenes with Ellen Rocche. But that was a different moment in her career, before the reality television machinery, before the confinement, before the win that changed the trajectory. The intervening decade has shifted something in how she moves through public space.
Speaking with reporters at the party, Renault described the texture of her current life—the whirlwind of it, the exhaustion beneath the excitement. She drew a line between now and 2016, noting the similarities: the packed schedule, the constant movement, the sense of being pulled in multiple directions. But the scale feels different. A hundred days without contact with the outside world, and now the outside world wants her attention all at once. She is running on fumes, she admitted. The dark circles under her eyes tell the story that makeup cannot yet cover. She has not slept properly. She has not reorganized her life. But she is trying. She knows the rhythm will settle eventually, that the machinery will find its tempo, that things will click into place.
What matters now is that she is working. The victory in the house has translated into work in the world—a role in a major production, her face attached to a story that millions will watch. The party itself was a kind of proof of concept: surrounded by photographers and fans, she was no longer a contestant in a house. She was a working actress, a public figure, someone the industry had decided was worth investing in. The exhaustion is real. So is the validation.
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The fact that she won the BBB shows that Brazil wants originality and authenticity. More than any falsity, Brazil wants to see real people.— Amora Mautner, director of 'Quem Ama Cuida'
I spent 100 days confined, without contact with the public. Now I'm receiving all this affection and it's been worth it. I just need to sleep properly and get organized.— Ana Paula Renault
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Why do you think Mautner specifically chose someone who just won a reality show, rather than an established actor with dance experience?
Because Renault's victory proved something to the network. It wasn't a vote for polish or training—it was a vote for authenticity. Mautner read that as a market signal. The audience wanted to see a real person, not another polished performer.
But Renault herself said she can't dance. Isn't that a problem for a dance competition storyline?
That's the point, I think. The joke is the honesty. She's not pretending to be something she isn't. That's what won her the house, and that's what Mautner thinks will work on the soap too.
How is she handling the sudden shift from confinement to constant visibility?
She's exhausted. A hundred days without the outside world, and now the outside world won't leave her alone. She's comparing it to 2016, but it feels bigger this time. She hasn't even slept properly yet.
Does she seem to regret taking on so much so quickly?
No. She seems to understand it's temporary chaos. She knows the schedule will settle, that things will organize themselves. Right now she's just trying to keep up with the momentum while it lasts.
What does this casting say about what television networks think audiences want right now?
That they're hungry for something genuine. Not the carefully constructed version of a person, but the actual person. Mautner said it plainly: the Brazil that voted for Renault wants originality and authenticity. They're tired of the performance.