Watch as ‘Balota’ star and Kapuso Primetime Queen Marian Rivera reacts to her award-winning performance and know the behind-the-scenes stories of some of her challenging scenes in the film.
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00:00I couldn't move, I was like this.
00:02So I was really shaking
00:04until I used the scene where
00:06I didn't realize that my tears were falling on my face.
00:14Hello, this is Mariel Mivera
00:16and in this video, we will break down
00:18the shot by shot of some
00:20iconic scenes of Teacher Emmy
00:22in Balota. So let's watch it.
00:24Okay, that was my Day 1.
00:30And I remember that
00:32Direk told me that
00:34we have here in the Philippines
00:36the hottest, the hottest
00:38weather that we can feel.
00:40And this is the day
00:42that we shot outside
00:44and it was really hot.
00:46And it was my first time to use the real
00:48Balota because
00:50at first, I used a mock-up
00:52but I decided to use
00:54the real Balota. So this is my
00:56first day, when I got home,
00:58it was still wet. That's why I can't
01:00forget it. I was crawling
01:02to the truck.
01:04The floor was really hot.
01:06The sunlight was really different.
01:08So when I put my hand
01:10on the floor, I was like,
01:12it's really hot. But because of
01:14the adrenaline of Teacher Emmy in running
01:16and hiding, I didn't hesitate.
01:18At the ending, I realized
01:20that I'm sweating
01:22because it's really hot.
01:24So those are the moments.
01:28Okay, that scene
01:30was really
01:32hard to act.
01:34Because it's really
01:36sharp. But that's what's good
01:38about the set because they make sure
01:40that I'm really safe
01:42when I'm passing by and everything.
01:44But this is also one of the hardest
01:46scenes because it was really
01:48as in, I went through
01:50it all the way.
01:52There's really no double.
01:56Actually, there were two
01:58twists in that one. It's funny
02:00if you're the one watching, you'll get excited
02:02because you don't know if
02:04the authorities will see
02:06Teacher Emmy in his hiding.
02:08Imagine, Direk Acijan saw
02:10a tree that
02:12has a curve that you can really hide.
02:14So that's where I really
02:16hid myself.
02:18I hid myself there.
02:20There were cockroaches, mosquitoes.
02:22Right?
02:24And there's the scene where
02:26the camera fell
02:28and I fell down that day.
02:30And then in that scene,
02:32if you really look closely,
02:34we shot it when it rained
02:36and it was cloudy.
02:38So our cameraman was standing
02:40at the root of the tree.
02:42He was there because we had an insert shot.
02:44So in that moment,
02:46the camera slipped.
02:48The camera fell on my head.
02:50So I had a big bump on my head that day.
02:52So everyone
02:54went crazy.
02:56Everyone panicked.
03:00So that day,
03:02I climbed up the tree.
03:04I didn't tell them, but they all
03:06asked if I was okay.
03:08Because to be honest, it was really high.
03:10At the same time,
03:12I really climbed up by myself.
03:14Then they left me by the tree.
03:16Then they said,
03:18everyone's out.
03:20So all of my connections to get down
03:22and my comfort that I'll be safe
03:24because there were
03:26things like that.
03:28They removed everything from the scene.
03:30So in that scene, I used my emotions
03:32because I was really scared.
03:34I was holding on to the tree.
03:36They even gave me a heavy bag.
03:38My feet were even folded.
03:40I couldn't move.
03:42I was like this.
03:44So I was really shaking.
03:46Until I used the scene
03:48that my tears were falling in fear.
03:50So I used that whole scene and emotion
03:52when I climbed up that tree.
03:54I invite you to watch
03:56our movie, Balotas.
04:10Balotas