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Julia-Joshua kissing scene in movie revealed by director

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:33.28703703703704% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYvBXCBDQNH/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by STAR Cinema (@starcinema)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-09-07T09:25:54+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Sep 7, 2017 at 2:25am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Warning: Minor spoilers ahead</p><p>With at least a P60-million <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/05/17/love-you-to-the-stars-and-back-earns-p60-m-in-first-week">take </a>after one week, it&#x27;s safe to say that Julia Barretto and Joshua Garcia&#x27;s first movie outing outside of the Metro Manila Film Festival is a success. </p><p>And that&#x27;s without the popular teen love team sharing a monumental kiss in the flick to leave fans swooning and the most hardened love cynic swimming in a pool of feelings. </p><p>But what if they actually did? </p><p>Antoinette Jadaone, the director, revealed on Thursday that her original script had a scene where Barretto and Garcia, as their doe-eyed characters, cap off their palpable chemistry by locking lips.</p><p>&quot;Sa script ko, nag-kiss sila,&quot; Jadaone shared with reporters during a blog conference held to promote &quot;Love You to the Stars and Back.&quot;</p><p>In the movie, Barretto plays Mika, a girl who believes in aliens and is on a journey to have herself abducted after her mother died. She then meets by chance Caloy (Garcia), whom she falls in love with. She later on discovers that Caloy has cancer. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_-wz0Z0h-U" width="560"></iframe></figure><p>According to Jadaone, who helmed the cult favorite road trip love story &quot;That Thing Called Tadhana,&quot; removing the kiss scene was a compromise she had to make but quickly added that she&#x27;s still happy with how her new movie turned out. </p><p>Jadaone, who wrote the script herself, explained: &quot;When you&#x27;re a director you will always compromise.&quot; </p><p>&quot;And in compromising and limitations, doon lumalabas iyong creativity mo. Habang nili-limit ka, doon ka makakaisip ng mga paraan kung papaano pa rin magawa mo iyong vision mo.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Kaya kapag binibigyan ka ng total freedom, at nagagawa mo lahat ng gusto mo -- iyong creativity mo, hindi lumalaki.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Love You to the Stars and Back&quot; has been <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/31/17/review-julia-joshua-shine-in-love-you-to-the-stars-and-back">receiving positive feedback</a> and glowing reviews from critics, with some noting Jadaone&#x27;s ability to &quot;create uniquely Pinoy situations to generate romantic thrills.&quot; </p><p>Garcia and Barretto&#x27;s undeniable rapport with each other was also a definite plus, if not the highlight of the whole thing. </p><p>Jadaone refused to reveal when in the movie the kissing scene fits, but said that if she could release a book about her film, she would want it to include her original script. </p><p>&quot;Gusto ko lang makita ng audience iyong pagkakaiba noong nasa script at iyong ginampanan na nina Mika at Caloy kasi iba talaga ang script. Iyong script, it can work on paper pero not on screen.&quot; </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:33.28703703703704% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYfkHgjD9Uj/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by STAR Cinema (@starcinema)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-09-01T09:21:46+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Sep 1, 2017 at 2:21am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:33.28703703703704% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYf1_YoADce/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Star Magic (@starmagicphils)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-09-01T11:57:56+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Sep 1, 2017 at 4:57am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Also in the blog conference, Jadaone was full of praise for Barretto and Garcia, who have only been paired with each other in &quot;Vince &amp; Kath &amp; James&quot; and for an episode of &quot;Maalaala Mo Kaya,&quot; prior to this movie. </p><p>&quot;Sobrang happy ako sa naging experience ko sa kanila kasi ang dami kong natutunan sa kanila as a director,&quot; she said. </p><p>&quot;Very young, raw sila eh -- ibang klase iyong kagustuhan nilang umarte. Alam mong actors talaga sila. Kapag kausap ko sila, alam mong they&#x27;re not here for the fame, fortune, or the glamour --talagang they&#x27;re here because for Caloy and Mika.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Love You to the Stars and Back&quot; is still showing in cinemas nationwide, with international screenings scheduled in the coming weeks. </p>