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EXCLUSIVE: Tippy Dos Santos on prioritizing school over acting: ‘Hindi ko lang naging number one priority’

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Rhea Manila Santos

<div> </div>Last seen on the big screen as part of Star Cinema’s Crazy Beautiful You, Tippy Dos Santos admitted she has no regrets that her career took a backseat when she started college. “After I did I Do Bidoo Bidoo, I was in school so 2012 was the first day of my college life. So from 2012 to 2016, I did others which is nag-TV ako for Galema, I did a couple of movies and medyo nag-supporting actress lang din ako sa Crazy Beautiful You, naglabas din ako ng album. Hindi ko lang naging number one priority yung paggawa ng movies. Because ang priority ko talaga since before would be my studies so I did what I could do on the side,” she told PUSH during the Sinag Maynila media launch held in Quezon City.As the star of the Sinag Maynila film festival entry Abomination, Tippy said she is happy that the film is finally getting a local cinema run. “Actually we did the movie a few years ago so it has been a movie that direk Yam Laranas and I have been very proud of so it’s been a great opportunity that finally we’re going to be able to show it here in the Philippines. It was out on iTunes USA and Canada until now. I had to go blonde for the movie but I was doing Grease at that time so I really went blonde for my role as Sandy so perfect timing din. We hit two birds with one stone,” she told PUSH.In Abomination, Tippy plays a young woman who is found unconscious on a city street and claims to be another person who was brutally murdered two months earlier. She escapes from a psychiatric hospital in order to prove her identity and find the truth about her life, her death, and her murderer. “It’s not based on a real story. I would call it a suspense thriller which I think is very apt for what’s happening today with regards to mental health and depression. It goes around those topics so I think it’s very appropriate for 2018 and what’s going on with the world today,” she explained.Working with talented director Yam Laranas was also a good experience for Tippy who is more used to working in television. “It’s my first time to work with direk Yam. Kasi I’m used to TV acting. To have done this movie with a director as talented as direk Yam, iba yung atake niya sa pag-direct eh. Tapos a lot of it came from he wanted you to think of things on your own. Hindi ka talaga niya i-su-spoonfeed sa mga gusto mo gawin. Which I think is very refreshing in a sense na nakakakaba din. To get this role and to want to impress my director it was very difficult but it was a light set when the cameras were not rolling. But there’s a fulfilling feeling when you’re able to make your director proud,” she admitted.

Tippy Dos Santos is excited to be part of the Sinag Maynila film festival this year.