Leonardo Brandão also known as Leo Brandão is the main antagonist of the Brazilian telenovela Insensato Coração (Irrational Heart). He is an egocentric and seductive coup who will step on anyone who stands in his way. He is portrayed by Gabriel Braga Nunes.
History[]
He was responsible for the death of Peter's wife on the plane and for leaving him paraplegic for a short time. He also seduces a nursing technician called Norma a humble and ambituos woman, only to get the money from the rich old man he had heard, he then gets steals the old man, he dies, and Norman is injustly imprisoned. But afternoon, he does business with a drug dealer called Afranio, with slot machines, after some time when his father, Raul gets very worried, and goes to investigate the son's life, he soon discovered that Leo was involved with illegal things, but Afranio and Leo then give up when Raul arrives also making Afranio even more angry, so Afranio and his men attack the two taking both to the hospital. After the incident, Raul denounces Afranio and his men, the police then kill everyone except Andrade who is Afranio's right-hand man. Soon after surviving the police, he assaults Leo and points a gun at his head threatening, after the lack of attention Andrade, Leo then beats the car with on purpose he then explodes the car with Andrade alive.
Leo later also seduces a rich lady in which he tries to steal more she dies of infarction. He then uses his cousin Irene to seduce Pedro a few weeks later she gets pregnant from him more after he discovered the truth he dismisses her, Leo then cheats Irene and runs her down with a gypsy killing her, then Pedro arrives at his house beats him unmasks and goes away. Later Leo and Pedro would have another confrontation in which he reveals that he killed his expose on the plane he did not expect Pedro had recorded their conversation, they fight a with to get the tape recorder, but Leo picks up the recorder and ends up destroying.
Leo then joins a millionaire named Horacio Cortez along with a henchman who he met when he robbed himself at the hotel, he is later deceived by Norma who was in search of revenge and became rich, she then blackmails him with a photo that shows him killing Irene. After some humiliations he flees and Norma is killed by Wanda. He later seduced Marina in the beginning she even fell on his more then resolved to help Pedro to put Leo in jail, then Marina does Leo confess she with tape recorder after being unmasked by Pedro again, they then fight, then Leo goes though.
After Leo kidnaps Marina to try to leave the country, he then demands 1 million euros to free her, releases her, he releases her and leaves. He then goes to the airport, he is seen by Pedro that the two leave fighting that more he goes away again, he is then pursued by the police that after the persecution he ends up being arrested.
Death[]
Léo is killed after being thrown from a prison pavilion at the behest of a cortez, after the latter discovers that Léo was responsible for the leak of the incriminating video.
Characteristic[]
Personality[]
Leo is egocentric and ambituos, he is cruel not showing any remorse for his actions, he is a psychopath who does mot care about the well being of anybody or even his family with was shown at the beginning of the chapter. He is also a seducer and greedy manipulator who will go through any of his goals.
Victims[]
- Luciana (had the plane destroyed by Leo).
- Andrade (had car crashed and was killed by Leo in a blast)
- Pedro (tried to kill him with a blast but failed)
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Trivia[]
Leo is very much like Rugal both kills him the person of his rival, Rugal to Heidern, and Leo to Pedro, both are also rich, and extremely manipulators and seductive, and both are pure evil.