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IT WAS a simple story of boy meets girl in a crowd where everything becomes a blur, all except her. He took a chance, she liked him back, they hit it off and became lovers.

The movie “How To Be Yours” follows the story of Anj (Bea Alonzo) and Niño (Gerald Anderson), blissful for the first few months as a couple, inseparable until their own career choices threathen to break them apart.

Chasing after their own ambitions, with lesser time spent with each other, resentment seeps into the relationship. No one was terminally ill, there was no third party, no lies… only a hard truth that despite two people being so much in love, a wonderful relationship can fall apart.
The romantic film that earned P10 million on its first day is a must-watch as it affirms that a relationship is a two-way street—you shouldn’t be the only one making sacrifices. Your partner needs to make them as well.

Here, Bea and Gerald state their take on which should go first, love or career? Moreover, how did the former real-life lovers overcome their “awkwardness” during the shoot while discover new things about each other.

In real life, are you love-over-career or career-over-love?

Gerald: Ako sa ngayon career-over-love. Top priority is ‘yung career ko kasi ito ‘yung platform ko para magawa ‘yung pangarap ko. Merong time sa buhay ko na naging love-over-career ako, but it didn’t work out really well. Pero siyempre nagho-hope pa rin ako na darating ‘yung babae na magiging love-over-career na ako… by then sana matanda na ako.

Bea: Ako obviously, career-over-love sa ngayon. Pero feeling ko kasi, di naman either of the two all the way. Depende pa rin kung saang estado ka pa ng buhay mo. Right now I’m career-over-love pero eventually, maybe three years from now, I want to choose love over my career.

But Bea, you’ve tried combining love and career.

B: Yes, nasubukan ko. It was hard pero ang swerte ko kasi ‘yung mga nakarelasyon ko naman mostly from show business din, naiintindihan din nila.

How hard was it?

B: Mahirap kasi parang yung level naman ng pagmamahal mo para sa relationship at sa career ay halos magkapareho… Then again sabi nila you can’t serve two masters at the same time. So mamimili ka siguro kung ano ang ipa-prioritize mo, kung saan mas matimbang ang puso mo or kung pipiliin mo ba ang love-over-career, is he worth it?

There have been observations that this movie is like other movies tackling the love-versus-career theme. How is this different from the ones you have done in the past?

B: Alam mo sa totoo lang, it’s a very, very simple story. I think based on the trailer masasabi mo ay ‘alam ko na ang istorya niyan.’ ‘Yun ang kadalasan na reaction, ang gusto kong makita ng tao is ma e-entertain sila sa every scene na mapapanood nila kasi si Direk Dan Villegas—iba ‘yung flavor na binigay niya dito. Kung napanood mo ‘yung past movies niya, lagi siyang may modern take on love. Yung huli niyang ginawa is “Always Be My Maybe”— hugot siya but it’s a different kind of hugot film. So kung pag-uusapan natin ang talent ni Dan Villegas alone, talagang i-po-promote ko ang movie na ito nang sobrang-sobra at di ako mapapahiya. Also, first time namin magkasama ni Gerald on-screen.

What did you discover about each other while doing this movie?

G: Wala .. ‘di joke lang! (laughs). Lahat po ng nakatrabaho ko sobrang passionate in what they are doing so I guess it’s good to be working with like-minded people. Pero iba yung nakita ko kay Bea… talagang mahal na mahal niya ‘yung trabaho niya. Minsan tinatanong ko siya kung may iba pa ba siyang gustong gawin, pero sabi niya bata pa naman siya ito talaga ang gusto niya. Honestly, sobrang dedicated siya sa mga projects niya. Napaka-swerte ko that I get to witness it firsthand… andun ako mismo sa eksena ng movie at nakita ko mismo ‘yung passion niya.

B: For Gerald, the thing na hindi ko alam before is that ang galing niya mag-balanse, sa time management. Kasi ang dami niyang ginagawa sa buhay niya, bukod sa pagiging tenyente niya na talagang nagte-training siya ng matagal under the Philippine Coast Guard kasi yun yung passion niya... to save lives. Aside from the fact na mabuti siyang kapatid, mabuting kaibigan, mabuting aktor. Tapos meron pa siyang K9 foundation, tapos nag wo-work out at nagta-triathlon pa siya. Hindi ko alam kung paano niya ginagawa lahat ng iyon pero ang sipag-sipag niya talaga. Ang galing niya sa time management, lagi siyang nag e-excel sa bawat aspeto or category na gusto niyang pasukin. Nakita ko na pag nilagay niya talaga yung puso niya sa isang bagay, magagawa niya. Nakakabilib talaga at parang napapaisip ka na… ito lang yung ginagawa ko, parang napapahiya naman ata ako (laughs).

Gerald and Bea at the press conference for the movie "How To Be Yours"

Gerald and Bea at the press conference for the movie “How To Be Yours”

You have admitted in your past interviews that initially there was an awkwardness during the filming, how did you shake it off?

G: Nag-uusap lang po kami… it just happened. Siyempre nakaka hang out din kami habang sa taping, bonding din. Kahit sino naman kung bago ang leading man mo, mahirap talaga at mangagapa ka din. Ako naman, as leading man niya gusto ko maging komportable siya… and eventually naging komportable naman kami sa isa’t isa. Naging madali nalang yung trabaho namin.

B: Ang iba yung naiisip ko. Naging weird or naging awkward kami because iniisip namin how people will react or how people would perceive us to be together again. Kasi dati, di naman kami sanay na nakikita ninyo di ba? So ako, dun nanggagaling yung awkwardness ko kasi ako ever since naman I am very comfortable with other people at tsaka yung set namin is sobrang gaan, si direk Dan, the staff and the crew, talagang nag-enjoy kami na nakatulong para maging comfortable kami and interacting with other people again na magkasama.

Would you say that this is the perfect time for you to do a project together?

G: Yes, kasi mas mature na kami. Dati 21, tapos 25 siya naman (laughs) Joke lang! One year lang naman ang gap, 22 and 23 kami noon. So ngayon parang mas mature na kami so iba na yung outlook namin sa buhay.

B: Yes, I agree.

Gerald, you were quoted in an interview, “I fell in love fast and really hard.” Aside from Bea’s beauty, what made you fall in love fast and hard?

G: Alam mo yung bata pa lang ako, bata din siya nun. (laughs). Eh kasi sobrang crush ko siya, sa General Santos pa. Wala pang kwarta, talagang binili ako yung notebook na ang mukha niya yung cover. Kumbaga sobrang crush ko siya, at never ko talaga inakala that I would be right here seated next to her, promoting a movie. Masarap kasi siya tingnan kaya nung nakasama ko siya abroad di ko inisip na mangyayari yung nangyari. Mas nakilala ko siya, sobra niyang iba, sarap niya kausap, sarap niyang kasama at ang sarap niya patawanin. Mas naging crush ko pa lalo siya.

What about you, Bea? What did you like about Gerald then na nagustuhan mo?

Bea: Nakita ko na sobrang genuine person siya at refreshing na yun sa akin. Kasi laking probinsya siya eh, alam mo yung di pa siya jaded but I am not saying that kaming mga laking Manila is ganun. I’m just saying that he was a very bright-eyed boy,

G: I’m a man.

B: Fine (laughs). But, really, talagang nakikita mo na napakabuti niyang tao.

Gerald if you were to give advice to a male teen star, who is part of a very popular love team but is in love with someone else, what would you tell him?

Gerald: Wow ha! Grabe yun! Well, he has to choose kung ano ang mas importante sa kanya. Syempre ang hirap pag nawala ‘yung love team niya kasi mawawala siya. So dapat niya i-consider if importante ba sa kanya ang career niya, kasi medyo napagdaanan ko yan so alam ko ang tinutukoy mo. But you know, when you are young, hindi mo yan masyado iniisip, eh. You’re wild and free, kumbaga yung advice ko sa ‘yo is itimbang mo kung ano ang mas importante sa ‘yo. From my experience, try your best to lessen the pain, kasi kahit anong gawin mo makakasakit ka ng tao. Mahirap yun but I can’t give him an advice kasi ibang sitwasyon yan at ibang tao yan.

Bea, do you think it’s time for Pinoy fans to go beyond the love team mentality?

Bea: I think it’s happening already. I think mas open-minded na ‘yung mga tao maybe because of social media. It shows that we are humans also and we do things that normal people do on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. And that we also feel pain, we also cry, we also fall
in love. So ngayon I think mas open-minded na ‘yung mga tao, mas malawak na .

 

A scene from "How To Be Yours"

A scene from “How To Be Yours”

Do you have a list of things you want to achieve before you can say with certainty that you are okay and can choose love over career?

B: Iniisip ko na sana by 32… kasi I’m 28 now… na sana mayroon na. Right now, I am single and I don’t know what’s going to happen so parang ang hirap iplano at mag forward-thinking. Kasi pag na hit ka naman ng love, sabi naman nila alam mo na ‘yun and you’re gonna be sure that you are going to marry him. And in terms of work, pwede ko naman gawin ‘yun even if married.

After having worked on this project, would you say there is a chance for you to be together again as a real-life couple?

G: We are just enjoying this moment. Kasi ngayon lang kami nakakapag-usap ulit nang mahaba at matagal at malalim. We are just taking it day by day, and ini-enjoy ko ang company niya pag magkasama kami. Bahala na kung anong mangyari. For now we are really happy.

B: Di naman kami nagmamadali. Ngayon lang kasi kami nakakagalaw nang maluwag. Parang ang pangit naman na ngayon na nga lang kami walang tinatago, so bakit naman namin itatago kung kami talaga di ba? ‘Yung mga bagets nga umaamin. So, right now parang enjoy lang ang moment namin together. I get to enjoy his company at mukhang enjoy din naman siya sa company ko. (laughs) So sa pelikula muna.

You have a love scene in this movie. During the shooting, wala bang kiliti or magic?

G: ‘Yun mismo, sinabi mo na. Ito ‘yung pinaka- magical love scene na talagang pinaghirapan ni Direk Dan. Medyo na pressure siya dun sa last movie namin, kasi malupit ‘yung ginawa niya dun . And nakikita ko talaga sa kanya kung ano gusto ko . And I’m sure pag napanood niyo, magugustuhan niyo .

May macho dancing ka raw dito?
G: Meron pero di ko alam kung makikita niyo.

Bea sees herself having someone with her at the age of 32. Gerald, are you willing to wait?

G: Wow! Like I said kanina, di ko pa masyado iniisip ang future. But also, of course, dapat by that time, may asawa na ako at anak na ako. Pero like I said, di ko alam kung ano mangyayari. Bahala na si Papa God.

What would you consider as the highlight of this movie?
G: It’s Bea Alonzo.

What particular scene that they can look forward to?

G: Sa akin, ‘yung nasa chandelier shop kami. I don’t want to spoil it, but if you came to that scene, ayun na ‘yun na para sa akin, na sobrang napakagandang eksena nun.

B: Napanood ko pa lang is ‘yung first 15 minutes pa lang, kasi ito ‘yung pelikula na sasakyan mo lang, ‘yun ‘yung highlight.

Your past relationships with other people who are also from showbiz didn’t work out. Are you willing to try being with people outside of showbiz?
B: Lagi ko ‘yang sinasabi every break-up. Pero kahit ano pang sabihin mo, di mo naman masasabi kung kailan or kung sino. Di ka makakapili pagtinamaan ka na.

G: Kung magiging realistic ako, mas maganda kung hindi showbiz para di masyadong mapag-usapan. Kasi bigla ka kasing madadamay kung may mga bagong projects.

TAGS: Bea Alonzo, Gerald Anderson
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