In an exclusive interview with GMANetwork.com for Kapuso Profiles, Bianca Umali and Ruru Madrid talked about earning their dream roles and leading GMA's biggest series.
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00:00I started becoming the young versions of the main leads of mga show when I was 8.
00:05Well, ever since bata ako, dream ko talaga maging action star.
00:08Yun yung pangarap ko dahil nga may iligaw manood ng mga action.
00:13Ako, si Bianco Umali.
00:15Ako, si Ruru Madrid.
00:23So, actually, I really started doing commercials when I was 2 years old.
00:28And then I started na mag-audition and mag-extra-extra sa kid when I was 7, 8.
00:35And ever since, lagi rin ako sa GMA nag-audition.
00:38So even before I signed with GMA in 2009, doon lang rin talaga ako napapadpad palagi.
00:45And I started becoming the young versions of the main leads of mga show when I was 8.
00:51And then I was discovered in the background of one of the commercials under Columbia Candy,
00:58which is the producer of a show called Ropang Pochi.
01:02And that was when I officially signed.
01:05Ang pagiging artista, hindi talaga siya isang bagay na pinangarap ko gawin.
01:09Kasi again, I started doing commercials when I was 2 years old up until I was, what, 7, 8.
01:15Being in front of the camera is something that I grew up doing.
01:18And I got used to doing it.
01:20So hindi ko masasabi na naisip ko na gusto kong mag-artista
01:24because I was growing up na uma-arty ako in commercials and I was auditioning.
01:29And then hanggang sa pag nakukuha, I was used to the lights and the cameras and the sets and everything.
01:35So it's not something that I can say that I dreamt of, but it's something na alam kong pinaghirapan ko.
01:41Well, ever since bata ako, dream ko talaga maging action star.
01:45Yun yung pangarap ko dahil nga may iligaw manood na mga aksyon
01:48from pelikula nila FPJ to Sen. Robin Padilla, Philip Salvador.
01:53Yun yung mga growing up, yan talaga yung pinapanood ko.
01:56Siguro naka-discover sakin ng pinakaunan taong nagtiwala sakin ng aking manager before,
02:03si Director Mario J. de los Reyes, sa isang birthday party.
02:07Na meet niya ako dun, then kinanong niya ako kung gusto ko ba mag-i-artista.
02:12Then sinabi ko, yes.
02:14So bago ako mag-protege, na meet ko na siya at tinanong niya ako anong pangalan ko.
02:20Nung sinabi ko yung pangalan kong Ruru, yun, yun yung gamitin mong pangalan.
02:24Then pinag-audition po niya ako sa protege.
02:27Pero pinag-workshop niya muna ako sa PETA before for, I guess, three months.
02:32Dun ako nagsimula, nag-extra ako sa mga commercials, nag-extra ako sa isang teleserye.
02:38And then after nun, dun niya na ako pinag-audition sa protege.
02:41But I think after two years yata, since yun, na-discover niya ako.
02:47Actually lahat.
02:49Pero siguro ito yung top three ko with GMA, which is Sahaya, Legal Wives, and Sangre.
02:55Lahat talaga ng roles na nabibigay sakin, I am really grateful for.
02:58But I can say na ito yung top three ko because I love what the representation is na meron yung role.
03:06I love the impact of the projects that they entrust sa akin.
03:11Of course, naiyan ko nung Sahaya because it was my first ever title role.
03:15Pero sa kasalukuyan na na-announce na yung Sangre,
03:18I think hindi ko na mabilang kung ilan yung crying photos ko na nababasa.
03:23Like in every event and every interview, palaging may crying photo.
03:26Siguro kasi NKANTAYA is such a huge project of GMA.
03:30It's a different world.
03:32And to be given the opportunity to be one of the Sangres itself,
03:35and kung alam niyo lang yung story, it's very overwhelming
03:39to the point na first time kong maramdaman na nakakapresyo siya ng bongga
03:43na hindi ko alam kung paano ko iahandle.
03:45Pero thank you, Lord. Ganun. Ganun yung feeling.
03:48Itong Black Rider, pinangarap ko nga kasi talagang maging action star.
03:51At parang ito yung full action talaga na seriye na matagal ko nang pinapangarap.
03:58Actually, even sa GMA, ngayon lang talaga sila gumawa ng gantong ka-action na teleserye.
04:06So, napaka-swerte ko na napabilang po ako sa proyekto na ito.
04:11Makasama po yung mga action stars na tinitingala ako,
04:15mga dekalibring mga artista na talagang mauusay,
04:19na sigurado marami akong matututunan.
04:21That's the dream, diba?
04:22Parang to be part of this project, ano na yung malaking pangarap na yun para sa akin.
04:29It would be Miss Mylene Dizon.
04:34Because, parang kaming pinagbiyak na ba ito?
04:37Honestly, like we were, yung isang tao lang kami.
04:41And hindi lang sa mga payo niya about acting ako na mga,
04:45na-attach ako sa kanya because she taught me so much about life.
04:49And I love how independent she is.
04:52I love how strong she is as a woman.
04:54And I really see myself in her.
04:57And actually, nakita ko kung saan ako papunta din.
05:01Kung paano yung, kung paano siya,
05:04kung gaano siya ka-solid as a woman.
05:07Siguro kay Tatay Ipe.
05:09Parang recently lang nung nagkasama kami sa Black Rider
05:12kasi siya yung naging mentor ko sa Protégée.
05:15So siyempre marami na siya naturo sa akin doon.
05:18Pero nakakatuwa lang na siyempre Philip Salvador,
05:23bukod sa napakahusay niyang action star, napakahusay din niyang actor.
05:27Ang pinaka hindi ko makakalimutan na advice niya sa akin is,
05:31okay na gumawa ng action.
05:33Kung yan talagang gusto mo, gawin mo yan.
05:36Kung yan talaga pangarap mo, gawin mo.
05:38Pero lagi mon tatandaan,
05:40na bago ka makipaglaban,
05:42dapat lagi mo maaalalahanin ang puso ng storya.
05:45At doon ang gagaling yung drama.
05:47So kahit na ano pang klaseng fight routine yan,
05:51ano pang klaseng gaano kadalikadong stance yung ginagawa ko,
05:56hindi ko dapat mapabayaan yung drama.
05:58Yun yung gusto kong dalihan hanggang pagtanda ko,
06:01hanggang ipaasak ko na sa mga younger generations of actors
06:05yung mga natutunan ko sa mga nauna sa akin,
06:07yun yung gusto kong gawin.