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Atom to make movie debut in new Mike de Leon film

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1461479" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>MANILA -- Broadcast journalist Atom Araullo is set to make his movie debut, playing the title role in &quot;Citizen Jake,&quot; the new film of multi-awarded director Mike de Leon, whose previous works include the critically acclaimed films &quot;Kisapmata,&quot; &quot;Batch &#x27;81&quot; and &quot;Sister Stella L.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The central character is a person my age, more or less, and he is either part-time journalist or a full-time journalist but it&#x27;s not clear yet. Actually I don&#x27;t know what I can reveal lalo na at wala pang sigurado at sinusulat pa lang &#x27;yung script,&quot; the 34-year-old Araullo told ABS-CBN News in an interview on Tuesday.</p><p>Araullo, one of the hosts of &quot;Umagang Kay Ganda,&quot; admitted that he was surprised when De Leon approached him for the project.</p><p>&quot;Siyempre nakakagulat kasi hindi naman talaga ako professional actor but dahil si Mike de Leon &#x27;yon at kilala ko siya at alam ko ang dati niyang pelikula -- I am also a fan -- I agreed to a meeting and then they explained what was the project all about,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a risk. It&#x27;s something I haven&#x27;t done before but I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s an opportunity I can let go of or I can reject because it&#x27;s a once and a lifetime thing,&quot; added Araullo, who revealed that he is also helping de Leon in writing the script.</p><p>Araullo, who was part of the children&#x27;s show &quot;5 and Up,&quot; noted that acting is not new to him, pointing out that he has done projects before when he was younger.</p><p>At the same time, Araullo, who took up Applied Physics at the University of the Philippines, stressed that he has no plans to take up acting full time.</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s not my job, that&#x27;s not really my profession,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;But sabi nga nila -- and I hope they are right -- acting daw is like learning how to swim. Once you learn, you don&#x27;t forget but you have to kind of practice again.&quot;</p>

<p>Broadcast journalist Atom Araullo is set to make his movie debut, playing the title role in "Citizen Jake," the new film of multi-awarded director Mike de Leon, whose previous works include the critically acclaimed films "Kisapmata," "Batch '81" and "Sister Stella L."</p>

Broadcast journalist Atom Araullo is set to make his movie debut, playing the title role in "Citizen Jake," the new film of multi-awarded director Mike de Leon, whose previous works include the critically acclaimed films "Kisapmata," "Batch '81" and "Sister Stella L."