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'A Very Good Girl' stars Kathryn Bernardo, Dolly de Leon on what they learned from each other

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Yong Chavez | TFC News Hollywood

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j6boMhSJuW4?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 Kathryn Bernardo started acting at six years old, so she&#x27;s at home in front of the cameras.</p><p>But the actress happily shared that in “A Very Good Girl,” apart from what her acting coach taught her, she learned an important lesson from her co-star, Golden Globe nominee Dolly de Leon in tackling extremely challenging scenes.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m used to method (acting), that&#x27;s the technique that I&#x27;m familiar with,&quot; said Bernardo in Filipino. &quot;But then Ms. D told me to try this. And turns out, there are other techniques! I said to myself, how come I only knew about this now?&quot;</p><p>She added: &quot;There are other techniques and they are healthier. Because after doing a scene, you can easily let go of it and you don&#x27;t have to bring it with you every time.&quot;</p><p>The actress recalled the first time she found out that there’s a healthier way to effectively deliver a genuine performance.</p><p>&quot;I told Ms. D, &#x27;Can you say these things to hurt me so I can get angry?&#x27; during that scene where I was wearing white. She said, &#x27;Kath, I don&#x27;t think I can say that. That doesn&#x27;t seem okay.&#x27; And that&#x27;s where it started.&quot;</p><p>Bernardo said what she learned from De Leon is a lesson that &quot;I will bring with me in everything that I will do.&quot;</p><p>De Leon, meanwhile, said it is imperative for actors to take care of their mental health when playing challenging scenes.</p><p>&quot;Sometimes, it&#x27;s hard to use method,&quot; she said. &quot;What&#x27;s difficult in method (acting) is it takes a toll on your mental health and my mental health is already at risk, so I don&#x27;t want to add to it.&quot;</p><p>Bernardo said doing the Star Cinema film with De Leon felt like she was in an acting workshop, where she learned a lot.</p><p>&quot;[You have to] familiarize yourself with these emotions and keep it within you, so that every time you need it, you just pull it from a cabinet,&quot; she said. &quot;It was great and it really helped me.&quot;</p><p>Star Cinema&#x27;s &quot;A Very Good Girl&quot; is directed by Petersen Vargas. It recently had a star-studded premiere in Hollywood, joined by ABS-CBN executives.</p><div><a data-ved="2ahUKEwiQhIO6gu2BAxWUsFYBHeUcACUQFnoECBMQAQ" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/10/23/a-very-good-girl-earns-more-than-p100-million" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="M9mgyc" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/10/23/a-very-good-girl-earns-more-than-p100-million&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiQhIO6gu2BAxWUsFYBHeUcACUQFnoECBMQAQ">&#x27;A Very Good Girl&#x27; earns more than P100 million</a></div>

Kathryn Bernardo and Dolly de Leon share how they worked together to deliver the difficult scenes in the Star Cinema film.