Julia Barretto ‘auditions’ for Darna role: ‘Hindi nila ako sineryoso’

Vince Garica, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/05/02/20190502-julia-barretto.jpg"/><figcaption>Julia Barretto jokes that she already &quot;auditioned&quot; for the role of Darna, but the producers of the movie did not like her. Star Magic.</figcaption></figure></div><p>&quot;Hindi nila ako sineryoso,&quot; quipped Julia Barretto, talking about how her &quot;audition&quot; for Darna went. &quot;Sabi ko nga, &#x27;Maghuhubad na ba ako? Kasi ready na ako.&#x27; Wala, tinawan lang nila ako.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Baka ayaw nila.&quot; </p><p>The young actress is well aware of the criticisms that might go her way if she ever she do somehow get the coveted chance to portray the Pinay superhero: her funny answer suggests as much. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Julia Barretto playfully jokes that she&#x27;s willing to play Darna, and that she actually auditioned for it already: &#x27;Hindi nila ako sineryoso!&#x27; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BetweenMaybesMediaMoment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BetweenMaybesMediaMoment</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/3RDpXfLGIq">pic.twitter.com/3RDpXfLGIq</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1123935593371774976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>There&#x27;s a certain level of maturity to her joke. She understands that some roles are just not meant for you, that perhaps Darna&#x27;s costume — a symbol of female empowerment — is one size too big. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/01/19/the-real-score-on-darna-casting-audition-dates-set-for-undiscovered-talents">READ: The real score on Darna casting: Audition dates set for undiscovered talents</a></li></ul><p>Though this means that she thinks the inverse is also true. She feels the exact opposite about the part of Hazel Ilagan, the woman she plays in her upcoming movie, &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/02/19/watch-new-trailer-for-julia-barretto-gerald-andersons-between-maybes">Between Maybes</a>.&quot;</p><p>Hazel is an actress struggling to live up the success she achieved as kid, brutally described as a &quot;has-been&quot; in the official synopsis. Fed up, she escapes to a remote fishing town in Japan. </p><p>&quot;Timely dumating si Hazel sa buhay ko. We were going through the exact same thing. Pareho kami ng experience,&quot; Barretto shared. </p><p>She explained that while her motives differ a bit from Hazel, the need to breathe, the need to find oneself, and the need for clarity were something that she truly could relate to. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Julia Barretto on why she didn&#x27;t want to give up her role in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BetweenMaybes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BetweenMaybes</a>: We were going through the exact same thing. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BetweenMaybesMediaMoment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BetweenMaybesMediaMoment</a> <a href="https://t.co/r6ZRgUCDft">pic.twitter.com/r6ZRgUCDft</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1123944031560642561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Between Maybes&quot; is directed by Jason Paul Laxamana and Black Sheep, the same production studio behind the hit &quot;Alone/Together.&quot; </p><p>It is set to debut in cinemas this May 15. </p><p>Barretto was speaking at a media conference held for the movie at the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City this Thursday. </p>

<p>"Hindi nila ako sineryoso," quipped Julia Barretto, talking about how her "audition" for Darna went. </p>

"Hindi nila ako sineryoso," quipped Julia Barretto, talking about how her "audition" for Darna went.

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Julia Barretto ‘auditions’ for Darna role: ‘Hindi nila ako sineryoso’

Vince Garica,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 03, 2019 12:12 AM PHT

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Updated May 03, 2019 05:01 PM PHT

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