“Real Madrid is like Manchester United or Liverpool or Bayern Munich. There is so much history, and you need to play and win against that history. It's difficult to play against them because you fight against everything - the history, the players - but because of that, the motivation is always so high.”

Brazilian actor, director and producer

Fernando Monteiro Torres was a Brazilian actor, director and producer in television, film and theatre. His career in Brazilian performance spanned more than five decades, and he is best known to international audiences for his supporting role as Americo in the 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman. He also founded Teatro dos Sete in 1959. Across stage and screen, he worked as both performer and creator, building a long career in Brazilian film, theatre and television. The available details point to a figure closely tied to Brazilian popular culture and to a major film that brought him wider recognition.