NADINE Lustre’s last movie, “Greed,” was shown via streaming on Vivamax, so she’s excited that her new movie, “Deleter,” is an official Metro Manila Film Festival entry to be shown on the big screen.
‘Nadine is already having a career on her own, no longer just identified as part of a love team.’
NADINE LUSTRE
“I’m looking forward to seeing myself again on the big screen,” she says. “Dapat naman talagang sa big screen manood ng movies, complete with Dolby sensurround for greater viewing experience, lalo na itong ‘Deleter’ na tiyak na mas may impact ang jump scares on the big screen.”
Nadine is already having a career on her own, no longer just identified as part of a love team. “Yes, it’s nice to do projects without relying on a regular partner. In ‘Deleter,’ wala akong love interest. As Lyra, I play a girl who just wants to be left alone. She’s wearing a lot of masks as she had a very traumatic past that she just wants to forget. But as the film shows, you cannot just erase or delete the past.”
In real life, is there anything she’d want to delete from her past? “Maybe it’s pagiging magastos ko when I was younger. Noon kasi, I spend on things na looking back, hindi ko naman talaga kailangan. Gusto ko ring baguhin ‘yung sobrang pagiging party girl ko noon. When I look back, parang it’s a waste of time. Now, mas maingat na ako about spending and going to parties. I’d like to think I’m now more responsible.”
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Mylene Dizon is proud to be part of the Metro-Manila Film Festival drama entry, “Family Matters.” She plays the eldest daughter of lead couple Liza Lorena and Noel Trinidad and she’s married to James Blanco. Her last movies were in 2019, “Belle Doloeur” and “Sunod.”
“Ang tagal na, so I’m glad to be part of a new movie na tungkol sa pamilya at entry pa sa filmfest,” she says. “My siblings are Nonie Buencamino, Nikki Valdez and JC Santos. Palit-palitan kami sa pag-aalaga sa aming aging parents.”
What does she think of parents who think of their children as investments who can act as their caregivers in the future?
“Mali naman ‘yun, that’s super wrong to make your children feel that it’s their obligation to secure your own future. If you want to serve your parents, it must be voluntary. It must be because you want to do it, not because you’re required to do it. Ako, as a parent, I believe it’s my responsibility to raise and nurture my two sons, but I will never obligate them to look after me. Hindi ako maniningil sa love na ibinigay ko sa kanila. I’d rather advise my children to take care of their own family in the future and to just be good persons.”
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Agot Isidro plays the wife of Nonie Buencamino in “Family Matters.” What is her opinion on child-parent relationships?
“Wala akong anak, so I don’t expect anyone to take care of me when I get old. But I help in taking care of my siblings. We no longer have our parents so my family is my siblings and their children, but I’m not obligating them na sila ang mag-aalaga sa akin later. Walang ganu’n.”
Agot says she is loveless right now but she is happy. “I feel complete. I feel happy even if I’m alone. Pero siempre, naiisip kong masaya pa rin kung may kasama ka. Pero hindi ko naman siya actively na hinahanap. It would be nice, it would be pleasant. But I feel it should be a gift na kusang dumarating at hindi hinahanap.”
She is one celebrity who is very open about her personal views and she has plenty of bashers, like those who say she should just leave the country because she’s already a has-been.
“Sorry na lang po sa bashers ko but I am here to stay. Hindi po ako laos kasi tuloy-tuloy ang trabaho ko, sa TV man at sa movies. I am still doing what I love to do. As for being vocal about my views, right ‘yan ng kahit sinong mamamayan. We have to let the people who run our country know how we feel about them.”
