‘Élite’ stud André Lamoglia talks moving on without Manu Ríos & why everyone should be an LGBTQ+ ally
Élite is moving forward without our boy Manu Ríos.The Spanish actor won’t be returning to the hit Netflix teen telenovela for the show’s new season and his equally gorgeous on-screen lover, André Lamoglia, is spilling tea on what fans can expect now that the fan-favorite couple is dunzo.With Rios’ gay character of Patrick exiting following the events of the season six finale, Lamoglia’s bisexual character of Ivan will be picking up the pieces with a new romantic prospect.“In the sixth season, the character of Manu Rios, Iván’s romantic partner, says goodbye to the series and new love conflicts appear”, Lamoglia said in an interview with the Brazilian publication Quem.The actor also explained how he used Iván and Patrick’s past history to help inform how he moved forward with his portrayal during this new phase of the character.A post shared by Élite (@elitenetflix)Manu Ríos and André Lamoglia play boyfriends on ‘Elite’ & their latest outing proves their connection is strong IRL too!“I think the most challenging thing is, each season, to align the essence of Iván’s personality with the changes that have been happening to him due to the traumatic situations he experienced in the sixth season, which made the character change his way of reacting to situations, actually becoming more reactive,” Lamoglia added. “It’s as if this shell created by suffering made him develop other sides of his own personality, which had not yet been accessed before.”Fully aware of Elite‘s penchant for the melodramatic, the Brazilian star also touched on how the exclusive private school world depicted on the show, along with the mysterious crimes at the center of each season’s storyline, are a million years away from any sort of reality he.
