The success of Prime Video’s Tremembé: A Prisão dos Famosos series has reignited public interest in the country’s defining criminal case. As the response spread, Ulisses Campbell, the author of the book that inspired the series and the screenwriter behind the production, agreed to an interview. big city And he detailed the process of writing the biography of Elise Matsunaga, one of the series’ inspirations.
Elise was convicted of murdering and dismembering her husband, Marcos Matsunaga, in 2012, and Ulises said Marcos’ father, Mitsuo Matsunaga, closely observed the investigation and behind-the-scenes of the case, and was of great help in creating a biography of the perpetrator. The book “Elise Matsunaga: The Woman Who Chopped Her Husband” (Matrix Edition) was published in 2021.
“To write Elise Matsunaga’s book, I talked a lot with Marcos Matsunaga’s father. He was very helpful. He told the whole profile of Yoki, behind the scenes of Yoki’s sales,” said Ulisses.
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The author also emphasized that during his conversation with Mitsuo, Marcos’ father remained firm and never showed any signs of forgiveness toward his former daughter-in-law.
“He emphasized that he would not forgive Elise. He was very angry because at that time she was the widow of his son and the documents still had Elise’s surname,” he explained. According to Campbell, Mitsuo even said at the time, “What pisses me off the most is that there is a call girl using my last name.”
This feeling was the deciding factor in turning this story into a series. Mr Campbell said the family’s outrage was sparked by scenes from the hearing depicted in the piece that showed the tension and lack of reconciliation between Elise and Marcos’ relatives. Marcos’ parents are even fighting a legal battle against Marcos and Elise as they have custody of their daughter.