A feeling he never learned how to handle
Um ator retorna à televisão não apenas para reconquistar o público, mas para habitar uma contradição humana que a sociedade ainda reluta em nomear. Em 'Quem Ama Cuida', estreia da Globo em 18 de maio, Allan Souza Lima encarna Tom, um eletricista cujos gestos de amor e impulsos de controle nascem da mesma raiz — revelando como a violência doméstica frequentemente se disfarça de afeto. A ficção de horário nobre, ao alcançar milhões de lares cinco noites por semana, assume aqui uma responsabilidade que vai além do entretenimento.
- Allan Souza Lima retorna à televisão com um personagem deliberadamente incômodo — Tom carrega amor e ciúme doentio como se fossem a mesma coisa.
- A novela coloca no centro do horário nobre temas que a sociedade ainda trata como assunto privado: dependência emocional, agressão e feminicídio.
- O ator descreve a relação de Tom com a esposa Elenice como uma espécie de vício — intensa, fraturada, enraizada em padrões aprendidos desde a infância.
- Com um elenco robusto e o respaldo da Globo, a produção se posiciona como veículo de transformação cultural, não apenas como drama familiar.
- A estreia está marcada para 18 de maio, e a expectativa é que a série provoque conversas que normalmente ficam escondidas atrás de portas fechadas.
Allan Souza Lima volta à televisão com intenção clara: interpretar Tom, personagem central da nova novela das nove da Globo, 'Quem Ama Cuida', que estreia em 18 de maio. A primeira imagem promocional já sinaliza o tom — ele aparece ao lado do personagem de Dan Stulbach, figura de influência e atrito dentro da trama.
Tom é eletricista, homem de trabalhos irregulares, mas seu conflito maior não está nos canteiros de obra. Ele é casado com Elenice, vivida por Mariana Sena, numa relação construída sobre bases instáveis: paixão misturada com dependência, afeto embaralhado com controle. Juntos, têm uma filha, Dafne. A vizinhança de Adriana, personagem de Leticia Colin, acrescenta mais tensão a um lar já fraturado.
O que torna Tom complexo, segundo o próprio Lima, é justamente sua contradição interna. O ator descreve o trabalho com Sena como a construção de uma relação saturada de intensidade — algo próximo de um vício. 'Há algo delicado nisso, mas há amor', explica. 'É um sentimento que ele nunca aprendeu a lidar.' Tom demonstra ternura pela filha e ciúme sufocante pela esposa — impulsos que não se opõem nele, mas se alimentam mutuamente, herdados de uma forma de viver que ele absorveu desde criança.
A novela não trata esses temas como pano de fundo. Lima é direto: 'É um tema que estamos vendo hoje e é extremamente necessário falar — relacionamentos abusivos, agressão, tudo isso envolto no feminicídio.' A Globo posiciona a série como um espelho do que persiste na vida cotidiana, apostando no alcance do horário nobre para normalizar conversas que costumam permanecer em silêncio. O retorno de Lima à televisão, portanto, é também uma escolha sobre o que vale habitar — e o que vale mostrar.
Allan Souza Lima is stepping back into television after time away, taking on the role of Tom in Globo's new prime-time soap opera, which debuts on May 18th. The first promotional image shows him alongside Dan Stulbach's character Ademir, a figure of influence and controversy within the story. It's the kind of casting that signals intention—not just a return, but a return to something that matters.
Tom works irregular jobs in construction, mostly as an electrician, the kind of man who moves through the city taking whatever work comes. But his real struggle isn't on job sites. He's married to Elenice, played by Mariana Sena, and their relationship is built on something unstable—passion mixed with dependence, affection tangled with control. They have a daughter, Dafne, portrayed by both Valentina Cavalheira and Arlyane Carvalho depending on the character's age in different scenes. Tom is also close to Adriana, a neighbor played by Leticia Colin, a proximity that adds another layer of tension to an already fractured home.
What makes Tom compelling, according to Lima, is that he contains contradictions. The actor describes the work with Sena as building a relationship saturated with intensity—what he calls a kind of addiction, though he's careful with the word. "There's something delicate about it, but there is love," he explains. "It's a feeling he never learned how to handle." Tom shows tenderness toward his daughter while simultaneously displaying intense jealousy toward his wife. These aren't separate impulses in him; they're connected, rooted in patterns he absorbed growing up. "For Tom, this comes together with an entire way of living. He was born and raised this way."
The novela is deliberately engaging with material that dominates current social conversation. By centering a character whose behavior reflects abusive relationship dynamics, the show enters territory that demands attention. Lima is direct about why this matters: "It's a theme we're seeing today and it's extremely necessary to talk about—abusive relationships, aggression, which is all wrapped up in feminicide, in everything we see in society." This isn't decoration or subplot. It's the spine of the story.
The ensemble around Lima is substantial. Beyond Stulbach and Colin and Sena, the production has assembled actors capable of holding complex material. The network is positioning this as more than entertainment—it's framing the narrative as a vehicle for examining how relationships become toxic, how patterns perpetuate, how violence against women remains embedded in everyday life. A soap opera reaching millions of viewers at nine o'clock at night, five nights a week, has a particular kind of power. It normalizes conversation about things that often stay hidden behind closed doors.
Lima's return to television, then, is not incidental. He's chosen to come back to a character who will force viewers to sit with discomfort, to recognize themselves or people they know in Tom's contradictions. The premiere is two weeks away.
Notable Quotes
There's something delicate about it, but there is love. It's a feeling he never learned how to handle.— Allan Souza Lima, describing his character's emotional dynamic
It's a theme we're seeing today and it's extremely necessary to talk about—abusive relationships, aggression, which is all wrapped up in feminicide, in everything we see in society.— Allan Souza Lima, on the novela's social purpose
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
Why does a soap opera need to tackle something as heavy as domestic abuse? Why not leave that to documentaries or news?
Because soap operas reach people who might never watch a documentary. They reach families sitting together at nine o'clock. The story gets inside you before you realize you're being asked to think about something difficult.
But isn't there a risk that showing Tom's jealousy and control might normalize it, make it seem like just part of a relationship?
That's the craft question, isn't it? Allan talks about revealing the layers—showing that Tom loves his daughter, that he has tenderness in him, but that those things coexist with behavior that's harmful. The audience has to hold both truths at once.
What does it mean that this is his return? Why now, why this character?
Maybe he was waiting for a role that asked something of him. Tom isn't a hero. He's a man caught in patterns he inherited. That's harder to play than it sounds.
The neighbor, Adriana—is she a love interest, or is she part of what makes the marriage worse?
The source doesn't spell it out, but the proximity matters. In a story about jealousy and control, another woman in the picture becomes a pressure point. It's how these dynamics escalate.
Does the show seem to be taking sides, or is it trying to understand?
It's trying to understand while being clear that the behavior is wrong. Understanding isn't the same as excusing. That's the balance.