 Susana was scheduled to play Nazaré, but with the problem with Regina, was eventually moved to the role of Maria do Carmo, while Renata Sorrah was invited to play the antagonist at the request of Susana herself who was her personal friend.Raul Cortez would play Colonel Justino in "Cabocla", but gave up the character to accept Barão de Bonsucesso at Aguinaldo Silva's request.The director thought of removing Marcello Antony from the cast when the actor was arrested for drug possession in April 2004, before starting the telenovela recordings, however decided to keep it.