The stars of ‘Five Breakups and a Romance,’ Alden Richards and Julia Montes, engage on an in-depth discussion on their journey as artists and individuals.
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00:00 So the fear in me came in when I was still thinking,
00:04 "Am I going to go back?"
00:06 Stop asking yourself questions about why you're here.
00:09 As much as you want to forgive yourself,
00:13 you have to appreciate yourself as well.
00:16 We can see the worth of Julia Montes.
00:20 "Wahawatman"?
00:25 Favorite scene?
00:29 Yes, you.
00:30 That opportunity that Direk gave me,
00:33 to direct a scene.
00:35 Yes.
00:35 Ah, yes!
00:36 Sing the chorus.
00:38 It has been a dream.
00:40 And actually, Direk Irineo empowered me.
00:44 I was so excited until now.
00:46 It only took one scene.
00:47 You direct that too.
00:48 Then, I don't know.
00:50 When Direk says it, I don't think twice.
00:53 She has a magic
00:55 that she doesn't know about.
00:58 That she empowers people.
01:00 True.
01:00 That all our voices are heard when she's the director.
01:05 And I'll correct you,
01:07 not just us.
01:08 What I appreciated with my personal makeup artist,
01:11 with Ate Len,
01:12 Ate Len and I are close,
01:14 that's why we're best friends.
01:15 Because we have the same dilemma.
01:16 We feel unheard in all aspects.
01:19 Work, personal life.
01:21 We feel like,
01:22 "It's okay, I won't listen to her."
01:26 Here, she's happy because
01:28 simple things.
01:30 But sometimes, simple things are neglected.
01:32 Direk Irineo asked Ate Len,
01:35 and Ate Len was so excited.
01:36 That's when I felt,
01:37 not just the artist,
01:40 but her listening,
01:41 everything.
01:42 To the smallest details.
01:44 What do you think?
01:45 I feel like,
01:46 the ultimate utility.
01:47 Yes.
01:48 And it happened.
01:49 I think there's a factor aside from empowerment.
01:51 Respect.
01:53 She felt the respect in everybody.
01:55 That's why we're all
01:57 happy.
01:59 Because she'll be redeemed.
02:00 And also,
02:01 she earned it.
02:02 Yes.
02:03 How you treated us, Direk.
02:05 You earned it.
02:06 You didn't impose it.
02:07 You didn't tell us to respect you.
02:09 Respect me, okay?
02:10 No such thing.
02:11 Yes.
02:12 Everything was smooth.
02:13 If ever,
02:14 in all of your journeys,
02:16 have you ever thought,
02:19 "Is this what I did?"
02:20 Or did you change anything
02:22 that you wanted to change
02:25 to change the flow?
02:26 Just in your opinion.
02:27 I really like that question.
02:29 "Change something in the past."
02:31 Because,
02:32 I really like answering it,
02:34 "Never."
02:35 Because I will not be the person that I am,
02:37 if not for my past.
02:39 Everything that's happening to us,
02:42 one way or another,
02:44 we deserve it.
02:45 But sometimes we feel like we don't.
02:47 But,
02:49 we deserve it because the Lord wanted
02:51 us to learn a lesson from it.
02:53 I have a picture that I want to share.
02:55 We have a thinking that
02:59 this is the size of our teddy bear.
03:01 But God,
03:03 or Jesus,
03:04 has something
03:05 that's bigger.
03:07 So sometimes,
03:08 we don't see something
03:09 that we know is better.
03:11 And we hope that we know
03:13 that there's something better.
03:14 Not this time,
03:16 that we're expecting.
03:18 But sometimes,
03:19 more than what we expect,
03:21 it will happen in God's perfect time.
03:22 That's why there's faith.
03:24 Yes!
03:25 That's faith.
03:27 What was the struggle
03:30 going back?
03:32 And then,
03:33 I also want to know,
03:34 what were your apprehensions?
03:35 What were your fears
03:38 accepting this role?
03:41 Maybe,
03:42 if I start with the part
03:44 where I took a break,
03:45 what did I feel?
03:46 At first,
03:47 of course, I enjoyed it.
03:48 Because,
03:49 I didn't expect that
03:52 I would reach a point
03:53 where I needed to rest.
03:55 And I needed to have
03:57 a place in my own life.
04:00 I studied,
04:02 I met a lot of people in my family,
04:04 I met my dad.
04:05 It's like,
04:07 everything I dreamed of before,
04:09 when I wasn't yet blessed
04:11 with projects,
04:12 I just dreamed of it before.
04:14 But it's happening.
04:16 So when it's happening,
04:18 I can't keep up with it.
04:20 Because my dad is so far away.
04:22 So, you're going back to compromise?
04:24 Yes, I'm going to compromise.
04:26 So, the fear that came to me
04:28 when I was thinking,
04:30 "Am I going to go back?"
04:32 There's a question there.
04:33 Because my dad,
04:34 he doesn't want me to work anymore.
04:36 All these years,
04:37 all the things I've been through,
04:39 there are parts that people know
04:41 because I was interviewed when I was young.
04:43 But,
04:44 I've been through a lot
04:45 that a lot of people don't know.
04:47 So, that part,
04:48 if I didn't treat
04:50 this work as therapy,
04:52 on the side,
04:53 I might have done a lot to myself.
04:55 What's my life like now?
04:57 Now,
04:59 I'm proud.
05:00 This is the first time I'm saying this.
05:01 I'm proud of what happened
05:03 in my life because
05:05 I can tell my siblings that
05:07 all struggles
05:09 can be turned into
05:11 happy or positive situations.
05:14 Because,
05:15 we used to have problems
05:17 because we didn't have a good roof.
05:19 We had to live somewhere.
05:20 Because, no joke,
05:21 we used to have a house.
05:23 When it started raining,
05:25 of course, it started raining.
05:27 You had to look for a roof,
05:29 a roof rack,
05:30 a pot that you don't use.
05:31 This is not an exaggeration.
05:33 It's really like that.
05:34 And our roof was an old house.
05:36 So, the roof,
05:37 it was really a thumbtacks.
05:39 And me,
05:40 it was really like that.
05:41 So, when I got home,
05:42 I really cried.
05:43 I was like,
05:44 "So, this is it.
05:45 This is what I'm going to leave.
05:46 The thing that helped me
05:49 to build this."
05:51 So, I was like,
05:52 "Can I do this?"
05:53 So, one specific scenario,
05:56 Kuya Mac called.
05:57 There was an endorsement
05:58 that came in that time.
05:59 So, he said,
06:00 "I'm really crying."
06:01 I said,
06:02 "Are you serious, Kuya Mac?"
06:03 I said,
06:04 "There are a lot of bankables there.
06:06 There are a lot of celebrities there.
06:07 There are a lot of things there
06:08 that are not like I'm not there."
06:10 Something like that.
06:11 So, I was like,
06:12 "Oh my God,
06:13 this is it."
06:14 Maybe, Jules,
06:15 I'm not the first person
06:16 to say this.
06:17 I'm sure you got this from someone.
06:19 Or I don't know if I'm the first one
06:20 to say this,
06:21 but stop asking yourself questions
06:24 about why you're here.
06:25 We,
06:30 we see the worth
06:33 of Julia Montes,
06:34 of the marriage of Erika and Jules.
06:36 As much as you want to forgive yourself,
06:40 you have to appreciate yourself as well.
06:44 That's what you can't see,
06:46 but we can see.
06:47 You also need to see it.
06:49 That's the gift that Irene directed to me
06:52 in this film.
06:53 I'm telling this to Kuya Mac.
06:55 I said,
06:56 "It's the first time I feel
06:57 that I did something.
06:59 I'm just excited.
07:01 I'm proud.
07:04 She has that in me."
07:06 So, it's like,
07:07 in the part where you're saying
07:08 you appreciate,
07:09 it's the first time I appreciate myself
07:10 that you made me feel that.
07:12 That's why I really
07:14 pushed you.
07:16 That's why it's enough.
07:17 While you're in talks with Emenes,
07:19 Jules,
07:20 since you first worked
07:23 with each other in ABS,
07:25 any learnings from her?
07:28 I mean, when you get the chance to talk
07:30 like a one-on-one
07:31 or like in passing?
07:32 I probably won't forget.
07:35 I did a project with Star Cinema
07:37 that I wasn't fully me.
07:41 I wasn't 100% me.
07:43 To the point that,
07:45 of course, I know there's frustration on their side
07:48 because they're seeing something in me.
07:50 I was like a disappointment.
07:51 So, I feel like before,
07:53 Emenes didn't like me.
07:55 Emenes didn't like me.
07:56 He didn't say he didn't like me.
07:58 But,
07:59 I was like,
08:00 because I wasn't fulfilled,
08:01 I didn't meet the standards.
08:04 That's why this time,
08:05 I'm happy and proud
08:07 because this time,
08:08 I'm happy
08:09 because I'm able to perform.
08:11 I feel like this time,
08:13 "Emenes, are you okay?"
08:16 "Are you okay?"
08:18 You can ask her.
08:19 It's like you're getting it back.
08:20 But, in her comment,
08:21 even though I didn't ask her,
08:23 because I really asked Emenes,
08:24 but in her comment about the one she watched,
08:27 I was happy
08:29 because she saw us.
08:30 Here, you asked me about Emenes in ABS.
08:32 On your side,
08:34 Miss Anette,
08:35 what was her reaction when she watched the film?
08:36 She said we're like ghosts, Jules.
08:39 These people have been here for the longest time
08:41 and I couldn't be more proud
08:43 that they're very much appreciative,
08:46 like Emenes,
08:47 that they're so happy with the outcome of the film.
08:50 They're all happy, Jules.
08:52 That's what I appreciated the most.
08:54 You're happy.
08:55 It's like,
08:56 "Ah, I'm okay now."
08:58 But, I can say,
09:00 the whole story,
09:01 how it impacted me
09:04 and how it impacted others
09:05 because it wasn't made
09:07 into a story,
09:08 just a story.
09:09 The whole heart of Direct Iring
09:11 that she gave here,
09:12 that's what will transcend
09:13 to the audience.
09:15 And as a hopeless romantic and an audience,
09:18 especially in the cinema,
09:19 when you feel that feels
09:21 that I'm here watching
09:23 because this is what's happening.
09:24 The screen is big,
09:25 the sound,
09:26 that's all you hear.
09:27 I'm sure they'll ask me,
09:29 they'll ask me,
09:31 "What can I do for love?"
09:33 "How long can I take something
09:36 that I can't take
09:38 or that's not normal
09:40 or that hurts for love?"
09:42 Why Love Story?
09:44 Because the world of love is so big.
09:49 There are a lot of stories,
09:52 but there are more that are not told.
09:55 And I think,
09:57 being artists,
09:58 us as actors,
10:00 with Direct Iring as our director and writer,
10:03 it is our obligation
10:05 to the audience
10:06 to tell different facets
10:09 of different life circumstances.
10:11 That in this case,
10:13 it's love.
10:14 This conversation that we had is so refreshing.
10:17 Thank you for...
10:18 Actually, thank you for every day
10:21 that I'm with you
10:22 and the whole team for this project.
10:25 It makes me realize,
10:29 sometimes even in your lowest of lows,
10:34 there's always a silver lining.
10:35 Beautiful, right?
10:37 You know, you can host now.
10:39 That's when I realized
10:40 we've been talking for a while.
10:41 Jules!
10:42 No, it's so beautiful
10:45 because we've known each other for a while,
10:48 we've talked a lot,
10:49 but there's still a lot to talk about.
10:51 It's so good.
10:53 And I'm thankful
10:54 because you made me feel a lot,
10:58 I was happy,
10:59 I'm going to fill it up.
11:01 And it's not going to end
11:03 and we've talked about it.
11:04 You, Director Irene,
11:06 and the whole team.
11:07 Until they...
11:08 Miss Ava and the boys,
11:10 the crew,
11:11 the whole experience,
11:13 I'm going to fill it up in my heart.
11:15 And I won't forget you.
11:17 So, thank you.
11:18 Thank you.
11:19 So,
11:20 5 Breakups in a Romance.
11:22 October 18, 2023.
11:25 Let's watch it together.
11:27 Yes, only in cinemas.
11:29 Directed by the very talented,
11:32 very hardworking,
11:33 very passionate,
11:34 very sympathetic
11:35 Yes!
11:36 person.
11:37 Directed by Irene Villamor.
11:39 Directed by Irene Villamor.
11:40 Thank you!
11:43 Yeah!
11:45 5 Breakups in a Romance.
11:47 October 18, 2023.
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