Cruz Carvalho [May 16, 1977 - October 13, 2020] was a main character through Seasons 5-6 of the Netflix series Elite. He is a Portuguese football player. He is portrayed by Carloto Cotta.
Biography[]
Background[]
Throughout the Series[]
Season 5[]
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Season 6[]
When a video of Cruz kissing Patrick Blanco Commerford is released online, he publicly comes out as gay. He gets threatened and harassed by homophobic football fans. He attempts to hide the harassment from his son Iván and convinces him to stay with Patrick.
At a football game, a fight breaks out between homophobic football fans and Cruz's supporters, causing the game to be cancelled.
Later, while leaving his house, Cruz is recognized by homophobic football fans who beat him to death.
Season 7[]
Carmen kisses Iván who has done drugs with and she imagines Cruz instead of him. When she realizes the truth, she leaves Iván and she has a mental breakdown.
Physical Appearance[]
Personality[]
Despite being an adult, Cruz often behaves in a immature way, with Iván forced to be the adult in their relationship, as he is, initially, constantly seen in parties day and night, even consuming drugs frecuently. Patrick even said that despite being father of Iván he behaves more like he were his friend. Nevetheless, Cruz does this, though unconsciously, as a way to hide the fact he's actually a closeted homosexual and because of the homofobic propaganda of soccer players he strieves to keep that image of a soccer player intact.
However, he gradually starts to change. He slowly becomes more and more attentive with his son and does his best to be a good father, which is seen when he steps aside and let his son have a relationship with Patrick despite having feelings for the boy, even encouraging Iván to fight for his happiness.
With time, Cruz comes to embrace his homosexuality and publicly confesses being gay, and during a game he even kisses with pride the LGBTQ+ flag, not feeling ashamed any more of his homosexuality.
Relationships[]
Trivia[]
- He is the fourth male main character (and fifth overall) to be murdered after Polo, Armando and Samuel.
- He is also the second adult character to be murdered after Armando.
- He is also the second LGBT+ character to be murdered after Polo.
- His death is the first one committed by random people, instead of one of the main characters.
- He is also the first main character whose death didn't happen in their respective season finale.
- In Season 8, Isadora House is named after him (Cruz9), as Iván becomes the new owner.
Appearances[]
Season 5[]
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Season 7[]
Gallery[]
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| Main Characters |
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Nadia • Omar • Isadora • Iván • Sara • Nico • Sonia • Chloe • Eric • Joel • Dalmar • Luis • Emilia • Héctor |
| Past Main Characters |
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Marina • Christian • Nano • Yeray • Polo • Lu • Valerio • Malick • Carla • Guzmán • Ander • Armando • Samuel • Rebeka • Cayetana • Phillipe • Cruz • Benjamín • Bilal • Hugo • Álex • Javier • Patrick • Ari • Mencía • Jessica • Raúl • Rocío • Dídac |
| Recurring Characters |
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Azucena • Inspectora • Ventura • Laura • Teo • Beatriz • Yusef • Imán • Pilar • Begoña • Andrea • Antonio • Victoria • Sandra • Martín • Estefanía • Sebastián Abaga • Greta • Jess • Felipe • Virginia • Roberta • María • Alfonso • Pau |
| Minor Characters |
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Alexis • Pablo (student) • Felipe Montesinos • Fer • Nasser • Fatima • Ander's doctor • Pablo (waiter) • Sadelagu • Elodie |