Met up with director and stars of
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) on set in October 1991. Such meeting was arranged by
Bruno Barreto. Calmon told
Francis Ford Coppola about his series
Vamp (1991) and had him laughing at the idea of a vampire telenovela. The movie would be a main inspiration for Calmon's following vampire series
O Beijo do Vampiro (2002).