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Jodi Sta. Maria says 'Lavender Fields' more than just a revenge drama

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Reyma Deveza

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA -- Actress Jodi Sta. Maria on Tuesday expressed her excitement over her upcoming series &quot;Lavender Fields,&quot; which will join the Primetime Bida lineup beginning this September.</p><p>In an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN News, Sta. Maria shared her happiness watching the drama&#x27;s <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/8/6/watch-dreamscape-drops-lavender-fields-trailer-1338" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">official trailer</a> released online by show producer Dreamscape Entertainment.</p><p>The 2022 Asian Academy Creative Awards’ Best Actress boasted that aside from complex tale of love, duality and redemption, one of the drama&#x27;s strengths is its stellar cast.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a complex love story as well, I&#x27;d say it&#x27;s a redemption story too. So ang daming nangyayari. Isa &#x27;yon sa magiging strength I believe ng &#x27;Lavender Fields&#x27; siyempre contrary to what others believe na &#x27;ah ano lang &#x27;yan typical revenge story.&#x27; But no, it&#x27;s not. Of course, it&#x27;s from Dreamscape Entertainment. I mean this is you know a credible source of beautiful seryes,&quot; Sta. Maria said.</p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3065120"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><p>&quot;Also the cast, stellar, superb cast &#x27;yung makakasama. So isa rin &#x27;yon sa strength ng &#x27;Lavender Fields&#x27; kasi napakahuhusay ng mga aktor, hindi ba? Powerhouse talaga,&quot; Sta. Maria added.</p><p>Sta. Maria was all smile when she shared how she always looks forward to go to set to work with her co-stars.</p><p>Joining Sta. Maria in the drama are <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/13/jericho-rosales-returning-to-tv-via-lavender-fields-1129" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jericho Rosales</a>, <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/10/janine-gutierrez-joins-jodi-sta-maria-in-lavender-fields-1202" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Janine Gutierrez</a>, <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/18/jolina-magdangal-makes-teleserye-comeback-with-lavender-fields-1629" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jolina Magdangal</a> and <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/24/maricel-soriano-edu-manzano-albert-martinez-join-lavender-fields-1412" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maricel Soriano. Edu Manzano, and Albert Martinez</a>. Young stars Krystal Mejes, Marc Santiago, Jana Agoncillo and Miguel Vergara are also part of the show. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/20/krystal-mejes-marc-santiago-jana-agoncillo-and-miguel-vergara-join-lavender-fields-1130" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Krystal Mejes, Marc Santiago, Jana Agoncillo and Miguel Vergara join &#x27;Lavender Fields&#x27;</a></div><p>&quot;I always look forward to the set knowing that I&#x27;m working with them. I work with Inay (Soriano) before. I worked with Echo (Rosales) that was like ages ako. And it&#x27;s my first time working with Janine (Gutierrez.). I&#x27;m also working with Tito Edu, working with Albert Martinez, Kuya A, na ang sarap-sarap lang to be working with them. Kasi napaka-professional. Parang minsan, pwedeng huwag na ako sumali, papanoorin ko na lang kayo, kasi ang galing. Ang galing parang there&#x27;s such a joy to watch,&quot; Sta. Maria said.</p><div><strong>Jodi&#x27;s first action drama</strong> </div><p>Sta. Maria will once again prove her versatility as she is also set to do action scenes for the first time in &quot;Lavender Fields.&quot;</p><p>The Kapamilya actress admitted that doing action scenes is not easy, stressing that it requires a lot of preparation and training.  </p><p>&quot;Maraming pag-iingat, hindi lang para sa sarili kung hindi para sa mga ka-eksena at stunt people. We usually allot one day to rehearse the fight scenes before namin siya i-shoot, let&#x27;s say the following week pa or maybe the following day or maybe three days later, ganoon. Hindi siya &#x27;yung nire-rehearse sa set tapos sa set iti-take, hindi siya ganoon,&quot; Sta. Maria said.</p><p>Sta. Maria said they called the action scenes &quot;cinematic Filipino martial arts.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The intention really is not to hit, the intention is ipakita na nandoon &#x27;yung galaw, nandoon &#x27;yung movement without actually striking your opponent because you are using it for television,&quot; Sta. Maria said.</p><p>&quot;Maraming hand sometimes may mga acessories na ginagamit, &#x27;yung basic sa boxing tinuruan din nila ako. We also did a lot of strength and conditioning to avoid injuries,&quot; Sta. Maria shared.</p><p>Sta. Maria&#x27;s last TV series was the groundbreaking and historic drama &#x27;Unbreak My Heart,&quot; the first collaboration between ABS-CBN and GMA, which concluded in November last year.  </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/4/jodi-sta-maria-coming-back-to-primetime-in-lavender-fields-1204" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jodi Sta. 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<p>Jodi Sta. Maria shares strengths of new Primetime Bida series 'Lavender Fields'</p>