Mussum, the podcast star: artist hides love for samba and becomes actor by accident.

Even at the height of his career as a comedian in “Os Trapalhões” (The Bunglers), Mussum claimed he had no talent for acting. Antônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes was a man with many nicknames: Caco, Carlinhos do Reco-Reco, Carlinhos da Mangueira, Pé de Rodo, Mussa, Cabo Fumaça, and the most famous of all, Mussum. Born in the favela Morro da Cachoeirinha, in the northern zone of Rio de Janeiro, this iconic figure of Brazilian TV, cinema, and music became an actor almost by accident. Even at the height of his career as a humorist in “Os Trapalhões,” he insisted that he lacked talent for acting. The carioca ended up in…