Bruna Portugal on The Rick Thorne Show

Brazilian comedian and actress Bruna Portugal joins Rick Thorne to talk about coming from tiny Teófilo Otoni, acting and modeling in São Paulo, and moving to LA in January 2020, just before lockdown. She gets into doing stand-up in her second language in a male-dominated scene, her acting training, self-tapes versus in-room auditions, whether comics should use ChatGPT, releasing her special, and Legal Alien, her new comedy channel with a cast of actors. CHAPTERS 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:04 Meet Bruna Portugal 0:06:41 World Cup & acting in São Paulo 0:11:25 Where in Brazil she's from 0:16:46 Women in a male-dominated field 0:20:46 Doing stand-up in English 0:26:46 Acting training & Stella Adler 0:32:44 Self-tapes vs. in-room auditions 0:37:43 ChatGPT & writing your own jokes 0:41:35 Finding your niche & Brazilian comics 0:47:49 Hollywood Boulevard characters 0:51:00 Her Legal Alien comedy channel 0:52:53 Releasing her special 0:58:13 Sacrifice & being an artist 1:03:09 Wrap-up, SOLI sponsor & credits Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/biOdroduJ10 More episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgUEwO8D7_1-x6VhkkeIAKc4Gf5ORzaDA Subscribe to InfanityTV: https://www.youtube.com/@Infanity-TV/?sub_confirmation=1 Website: https://infanitytv.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infanitytelevision/ Business inquiries: [email protected] Produced by Jeff Sims for InfanityTV.