Lorena and Bianca Comparato Cast as Carmen and Aurora Miranda

Real-life sisters Lorena and Bianca Comparato will play Carmen and Aurora Miranda in "Pra você gostar de mim," directed by Bruno Barreto. The casting replaces Larissa Manoela, who exited the lead role over a scheduling conflict.

The film centers on Carmen Miranda, the performer known as the Pequena Notável (Little Remarkable), with a specific focus on her professional trajectory in the United States. The screenplay, written by Melanie Dimantas, Guilherme Gonzalez and Marcelo Saback, follows Carmen's 1939 move to the US, where she built what the production describes as a meteoric career, and traces Aurora's path as she followed her sister abroad.

Who were the Miranda sisters?

The casting mirrors family history. Aurora Miranda, Carmen's younger sister, found success during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and became the second most prolific recording singer in Brazil by number of discs. The two sisters appeared together on screen in 1936, in the film "Alô, alô carnaval."

That shared history gives the Comparato pairing a documentary logic the earlier single-lead configuration lacked: two sisters playing two sisters whose careers intertwined across two countries and two decades of Brazilian popular music.

What happened to the original cast?

Larissa Manoela had initially been set to play Carmen. The actress said a change in dates made her participation in the project impossible. Her husband, André Luiz Frambach, also announced his departure from the cast. He had been slated to play Aloysio de Oliveira, the singer and producer close to Carmen. Director Bruno Barreto has not ruled out keeping the actor in the production.

The double exit and subsequent recasting mark the most significant shake-up for the project ahead of its shooting schedule.

When does filming start?

Production is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2027. Giros produces the film, with Globoplay on board as a partner.

With principal photography roughly two years away, the production now has its two leads set, one supporting role in question, and a script that positions Carmen Miranda's American years — not her Brazilian origins — as the narrative core.