PL: Where are you from? 

SC: I’m from Lille a Metropolis at 200 km North from Paris. I went to high school in Belgium, and after graduating I moved to Montpellier in the south of France. Then I moved back to Paris to work as a model. I also lived in Montreal for a year before moving to Sydney, Australia where I study acting at NIDA and ACTT.


PL: Can you tell me a little bit about the film and television projects you’ve done? 

SC: I've starred in the films "The Heart of a Mind", "To dear Mary​ ​", "Triangulove​​"​​,
"Nessa", "Curse of The Slender Man​​​", "So, You Want to be a Gangster​​", 
"What’s in the Case​"​, "Lost Angels​​"​​, "Hollywood Girls​​​​", and several others.

PL: Can you list some of the theatre projects you've participated in up until now? 

SC:  "Wild Honey​", "Titus Andronicus", "The Marriage of Bette and Boo​"​,
"The Comedy of Errors​​​", "Been so Long​​",​​ "The Pillowman "​​​​, "In Arabia We’d All Be Kings​​", and "Orpheus Descending". 

 PL: They are all very different, what made you choose to participate in these projects?

SC: The challenge, I love getting into very different and complicated characters.
I always try to push myself out of the comfort zone! I have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to work on some great projects with some very well-known directors like Milton Justice, Bruce Katzman, Nikki allen, Alex Kahuam and others

PL: You get approached all the time to work on projects with people, what makes you pick one role over another?

SC: The feeling and the connection I have with the character after the first read of the script. I just let my body respond to the relation with the character and the story; and of course the message the director wants to deliver through the story.

Having a good connection with the director helps me to choose if I want to work with them or not. Making a movie is all about team work, there needs to be good energy and a symbiotic relationship between every member of the team to make the final product worth watching. 

PL: What has been your favorite role so far and why?

SC: My favorite roles have been the more challenging ones. For example, in the theater I would say Raymond Legendre (Been So Long). After the first reading I made the mistake of comparing myself to the character and I thought that he would be easy and fun to play. But I soon realized that he was much more complicated than my first perception so I had to completely change my perspective of the character and in the end I became fascinated by him. There were many intense moments between the character and I, something which made the experience extremely satisfying. 

PL: As for genre, what is your favorite? (Comedy, Drama, Horror, etc.)

SC: My favorites genre would have to be drama and action. 

For the drama, I've gone through a lot of events and emotional moment in my private life so I can easily relate to strong and emotional moments. I also love sharing and giving, for me the best way to do it is with drama.
I also love action movies, I’m a stunt man with 14 years of experience in martial arts and three years of experience with motorcycle acrobatics. 

PL: What separates you from other actors?

SC: My look, the seduction and sex appeal of my French accent. I am fluent in French and English. I have 14 years of martial art experience and 3 years of stunt training with acrobatic tricks on motorcycles. When it comes down to it, I don’t care if I have to work 12 to 20 hours on set, I was born to do this. 
 
PL: What would you say your strongest qualities as an actor are?
 
SC: I am a very understanding, honest, and respectful actor. I’m very confident and I have a strong personality, and I’m a hard worker who always asks questions to get a deeper understanding of the character.

Jump starting her career as an actress in the theater at the age of 10, Marilia Colturato has starred in dozens of high profile productions including Fahrenheit 451, The Bourgeois Gentleman, Boca de Ouro, The Horatians and the Curiatians, and many more. 

Originally from Brazil, this striking actress has created such an incredible reputation for herself that she has become a go to lead for many casting directors in Hollywood. Colturato has starred in countless suspense films including Mao Winters P.I., Once More, and Anton all of which serve as a testament to her capacity for playing roles interwoven with thrills and mystery.

In the fantasy film Living in Berlinda, written and directed by Lunnara Luza, Colturato stunned audiences with her performance in the role of Michel, a writer struggling to break a lengthy bout of writer's block. Adding to the tension, Michel is given only a few hours to break the mentally strenuous block if she wants to keep her job, a task she achieves by the simple act of taking a nap. Through a deep therapeutic sleep, Colturato's character Michel unveils a world of inspiration that fuels her imagination with the power of her subconscious.
"To play Michel, the biggest challenge for me was to accept the state of writer’s block that she has in the beginning of the movie. As an actress I’ve already faced situations very similar to that one. Sometimes I forget I am not a robot and as a human being I have to accept that the creativity will run away for a while, but it’ll come back at the right time. Overall it was a great experience being able to go into that magical world where the imagination has no limits," said Colturato.
                              
The film Living in Berlinda comes as a beautiful display of how it takes the ability to think outside of the box in order to be successful in any art form with the beautiful Marilia Colturato leading audiences on a fantastic journey through the struggles of being a writer and the solutions that lay within oneself. 

 A genre which requires an actor who is able to commingle subtlety and anticipation in the face of a story's building tension, Colturato's talent for playing dynamic characters within the mystery genre is second to none.