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Liza Soberano handpicked for Hollywood film 'Lisa Frankenstein'

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Yong Chavez | TFC News Hollywood

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ne-oe9g_u8E?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Filipino actress Liza Soberano makes her Hollywood debut this February in &quot;Lisa Frankenstein.&quot;</p><p>The film&#x27;s director is Filipino-American Zelda Williams. She shared how she personally convinced Soberano to star in her movie.</p><p>&quot;When you have to hire people to play sisters, that dynamic is so important,&quot; said Williams. &quot;I think Liza thought that I was was kidding originally, when I told her that she should come in and read for the movie and read the script. I think she was like, ‘No, you don&#x27;t want me in your movie.’ ‘Yes, I do. You&#x27;re brilliant.’&quot;</p><div><a data-ved="2ahUKEwjghMSOyeiDAxUUgFYBHVvzDMcQFnoECBoQAQ" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/05/24/watch-liza-soberano-in-trailer-of-lisa-frankenstein" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/05/24/watch-liza-soberano-in-trailer-of-lisa-frankenstein&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjghMSOyeiDAxUUgFYBHVvzDMcQFnoECBoQAQ">WATCH: Liza Soberano in trailer of &#x27;Lisa Frankenstein&#x27;</a></div><p>In the horror-comedy movie, Soberano plays Taffy, the step-sister of the title character Lisa played by Kathryn Newton.</p><p>But how did Williams get to know Soberano? She said it was through mutual friends in Los Angeles.</p><p>&quot;I was struggling to cast the part that she ended up playing,&quot; the director said. &quot;I really wanted someone who could play so earnestly and sweetly and lovingly and everyone was kind of playing it very meanly, no matter what notes I gave them.&quot;</p><p>She added: &quot;I asked her myself I was like, ‘Please, please, will you tape this? I think you&#x27;re right for it.’ And everyone fell in love with her. She&#x27;s most people&#x27;s favorite part of this whole movie.&quot;</p><p>The actress-turned-filmmaker is the daughter of the late comedy legend Robin Williams with FilAm Marsha Garces.</p><p>“Lisa Frankenstein” is her feature directorial debut.</p><p>Williams also shared that Soberano is part of the reason why she has been inspired more than ever to celebrate her Filipino side.</p><p>&quot;She&#x27;s the biggest star in my heart,&quot; said the director. &quot;I genuinely love that that’s so much of her life, whereas it was kind of the opposite of mine.&quot;</p><p>Williams added: &quot;Everyone knew Dad, but they didn&#x27;t really know anything about my grandfather or my mom. So trying to grasp that more in my 30s and now that I&#x27;m not acting anymore, I can kind of be very much who I am instead.&quot;</p><p>“Lisa Frankenstein” is written by Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning-writer of “Juno.”</p>

The Fil-Am director of 'Lisa Frankenstein' shares how she personally reached out to Soberano to star in the movie.