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Director Sigrid Bernardo on making rom-coms: ‘Dapat lahat may romance, may love, may landi!’

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Rhea Manila Santos

<p>Coming from the success of her 2017 film <em>Kita Kita,</em> talented director Sigrid Andrea Bernardo said bringing back the tandem of Empoy Marquez and Alessandra de Rossi onscreen and working with them was much easier this time around.</p><p>“Siguro ang maganda is kahit papaano from <em>Kita Kita </em>nagkaroon na ng friendship sa aming tatlo. Lalo na kasi yung nangyari sa <em>Kita Kita,</em> yung pressures din, lalo na yung nangyari sa personal life namin, nagbago din naman yung career namin. Sila sa pagiging artista, ako bilang isang director. So nag-grow kaming tatlo. Ibang iba rin ang trato. So doon kami nakakuha ng common denominator sa isa’t isa after ng <em>Kita Kita </em>kaya naging close kami,” she said.</p><p>She also noted some of the changes when it came to their new film. “And hindi mahirap nung nag-su-shoot kami kasi parang hey we’re back again. Iba lang level yung <em>Walang KaParis </em>kasi mas mature yung roles nila so very challenging. It’s an acting piece.”</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/3/20/alessandra-de-rossi-on-reuniting-with-empoy-marquez-in-walang-kaparis-403" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Alessandra de Rossi on reuniting with Empoy Marquez in ‘Walang KaParis’: ‘Kami yung true lang talaga’</u></strong></a></div><p>With the entertainment industry already saturated with romantic stories, direk Sigrid explained why romance is still a very relevant and important genre today.</p><p>“Hindi ako naniniwala na hindi natin kailangan ng romance in life. I think dapat lahat may romance, may love, may landi. Kasi you’ll be such a boring person if wala kang ganun. Dapat laging meron. Maraming matatalino na gusto ang romance films and marami ring romance films na matatalino. Depende na lang siguro yun sa pagkakagawa.</p><p>‘Pero I think siguro yung mas appropriate na answer sa survey na yan is that what will make this romance film different from other romance films? So yun naman yung laging tinatanong. Kasi ang dami ng romance films eh. Kaya siguro nauumay yung mga tao. Kaya yun yung challenge.</p><p>“So dito sa film namin, kaya mo bang magmahal ng walang kapalit? Even yung pagpili nung theme song, madali magmahal pero lagi kang may expectations. Papaano kung hindi na-meet yung expectations mo, kaya mo pa rin ba mahalin ang taong yun? So yun yung challenge and yun yung I think makikita sa film namin,” she said. </p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/3/20/empoy-marquez-on-having-dolly-de-leon-as-his-acting-coach-napapanaginipan-ko-pa-rin-siya-334" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Empoy Marquez on having Dolly De Leon as his acting coach: ‘Napapanaginipan ko pa rin siya!’</u></strong></a></div><p>The <em>Walang KaParis</em> director also admitted that there are a lot of memorable scenes in her latest film. </p><p>“Ang daming memorable. Very challenging talaga for actors yung film. Only because they’re not playing their parts already. Kasi nung <em>Kita Kita </em>mas sila yun talaga eh. It was really written with their characters as a person. So sila talaga yun. So ito talaga different talaga yung character nila.</p><p>“In general na lang, favorite ko talaga is yung kinakabahan talaga ako to be honest is si Alex as mas comedy. In person sobra siyang komedyante pero siyempre hindi naman natin siya lagi nakikita na komedyante sa pelikula kasi yung mga roles niya. But she was able to pull it off and yun yung mga lagi kong inaabangan. Behind the scenes walang problema eh. Iba lang kasi you know pag nandun na sa eksena. And with Empoy, kahit 10,000 takes yan, nakuha naman niya yung drama,” she added. </p><p>As for her lead stars, direk Sigrid said their strong winning chemistry is still there in their second film together.</p><p>“Wala silang kaparis kasi totoo silang tao. On screen and offscreen, totoo sila. Hindi ko lang alam yung offscreen na tambalan niyo baka nagkaka-developan na sila. So dun niyo malalaman kung gaano sila kagaling umarte onscreen, yung pagiging love team nila,” she admitted. </p><p>Not to be pressured by the success of <em>Kita Kita,</em> direk Sigrid said telling a good story will always be her top priority, more than anything else.</p><p>“Ang dami kong learnings dito as a director and writer. As a filmmaker, very important to focus on what you want, to focus on the story pa rin despite the pressures na ibigay sa iyo. So yun yung matinding learnings ko. To fight for what you want. It’s still a love story. Laging love story. it’s about taking risks in love and loving someone even if this someone doesn’t love you. So what are you going to do? 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<p>'Walang KaParis' director Sigrid Bernardo talks about why romantic films are still very much relevant in the entertainment industry.</p>

'Walang KaParis' director Sigrid Bernardo talks about why romantic films are still very much relevant in the entertainment industry.