Rodrigo Santoro is Soccer Star Heleno de Freitas!

Rodrigo Santoro shoots his new movie, Heleno, at a soccer stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday (June 10).

The 34-year-old Brazilian actor plays the title character, Brazilian soccer star Heleno de Freitas, who contracted syphilis and eventually was admitted to a mental hospital at the end of his life.

Heleno is being directed by José Henrique Fonseca.

15+ pictures inside of Rodrigo Santoro as Heleno de Freitas…