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00:03 [APPLAUSE]
00:11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:15 And welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abundo.
00:20 [APPLAUSE]
00:23 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:26 At [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Welcome to the program.
00:30 Special afternoon.
00:31 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:33 Please welcome Miss Gina Alajar and Direct Louris Guillen.
00:46 [APPLAUSE]
00:50 I have to say Miss Gina Alajar because you're acting here.
00:55 Yes.
00:56 Louris is directing.
00:58 Louris, I'm so happy you're here.
00:59 Yes.
01:02 You're very persuasive.
01:04 I know.
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01:07 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:08 OK.
01:09 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:11 And congratulations.
01:12 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:16 Thank you so much.
01:17 Thank you so much.
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01:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:25 It's an honor because it's the first time.
01:27 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:28 Thank you so much.
01:29 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:31 Every time I do a show, because we just have 20 minutes to do
01:33 the show, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:37 You know, it's an afternoon show.
01:40 So we just have to be alive.
01:43 But congratulations.
01:44 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:46 I'm a manager.
01:52 Boy, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:07 Well, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] it's an indication
02:10 that available emotions, yeah.
02:13 But that's not the only thing.
02:14 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:16 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:28 I'm learning.
02:29 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:30 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:04 Is that possible?
03:05 I mean, to cry without actually crying
03:08 and make me believe that you're crying?
03:11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:28 At that moment, maybe experiencing again
03:33 an emotion that made him so vulnerable.
03:36 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:40 So you know that she's undergoing something painful.
03:44 OK.
03:44 And she's crying inside.
03:46 So--
03:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:49 You know, as really the book of the great comedian,
03:51 George Burns, you know, one of the chapters
03:54 discussed on how many times in his life
03:57 he had faked a lot of scenes, a lot of lines.
04:02 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:05 He was achieving the results.
04:07 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:10 You know, can you actually fake an emotion
04:13 and make an audience believe?
04:16 Well, I don't know.
04:19 I mean, first of all, if it works for you, use it.
04:23 You know?
04:23 But [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:29 like a live audience or like--
04:30 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:30 --a show like this, that, you know, it's different.
04:33 If you have the camera right there,
04:35 the camera can see into your eyes,
04:40 can see your life, inner life, what's going on inside of you.
04:44 Oh, generating.
04:44 Into your eyes.
04:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:46 All these years.
04:55 All these years.
04:55 It's always the authentic, the real.
04:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:01 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:13 Awards.
05:14 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:15 Metro Manila Film Festival.
05:18 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:20 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:21 Globally, universally, people would say,
05:23 how can they actually judge who is the best among?
05:27 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:29 She is better.
05:30 He is better than the others.
05:31 Because, you know, acting is a personal journey.
05:35 It's so internal.
05:36 It's so private.
05:37 It's so personal.
05:39 And how can one--
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05:41 But one great actor.
05:43 I don't understand how I can be better than the other.
05:46 You take on awards.
05:48 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:53 If a movie or if a performance touches me,
05:58 if I am really touched inside, it
05:59 touches something inside of me that I feel for you.
06:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:06 But sometimes, it hits you, like here,
06:15 without trying, just being authentic on screen,
06:18 that I get touched.
06:20 And to me, you touch me, and it's a real thing.
06:23 And [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] I admire your performance.
06:27 Luris Gina, you've been members of the panel
06:29 of judges of many festivals, of many contests.
06:33 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:35 Or I don't know if this is an oversimplification.
06:38 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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06:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:46 OK.
06:47 That's good.
06:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:49 Remember?
06:58 I mean, I will not forget that.
06:59 But that's for another interview.
07:00 I was there, by the way.
07:01 You were there?
07:02 I saw and I heard.
07:03 Backstage?
07:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:05 It was in the corridor outside the ballroom.
07:08 Oh, oh.
07:09 Lino had an entry, and then I think--
07:12 both are national artists.
07:14 There was a film that won practically--
07:16 that swept the awards.
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07:21 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:22 OK.
07:25 Which [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] by the way.
07:27 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:28 You did a film--
07:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:45 I got so excited because--
07:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:48 Both of you, 1981, 1982, you won the Best Actress.
08:04 In Urian.
08:05 Gawa Durian, Best Director.
08:06 In Urian also.
08:08 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:09 What stuck to your mind?
08:14 How was your dynamics as an actor, as a director?
08:18 Let's bring me back to 1981.
08:20 I think you have to ask Gina first.
08:21 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:22 [LAUGHTER]
08:23 Dynamics, I mean, I was very young.
08:25 I was in my 20s, or early 20s.
08:29 And--
08:30 [CLEARS THROAT]
08:31 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:43 What did you think of Louris?
08:45 At the time?
08:45 Yes.
08:48 I have high respects for her now.
08:50 Because she has made her debut movie, Kasal.
08:54 Right.
08:55 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:56 And--
08:56 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:58 To be directed by her, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:03 And to be--
09:04 actually, second choice [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:07 But to be chosen to play the Salome.
09:09 Who was the first choice?
09:10 Alma.
09:11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:13 Alma Moreno.
09:13 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:15 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:16 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:17, I was on my toes.
09:33 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:47 How was she as a director?
09:48 Huh?
09:49 How was she as a director?
09:50 Very detailed.
09:52 Very detailed.
09:52 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:55 Hindi.
09:56 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:57 [LAUGHTER]
09:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:02 Because, Lourdes, that was your third movie.
10:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:05 Yes.
10:06 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:06 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:09 What is your memory, especially of Gina?
10:13 Well, OK, she mentioned that the first choice was Alma Moreno
10:16 because we were thinking of someone who just looked--
10:19 I don't know-- looked sexy.
10:21 I mean, looked sexy and innocent at the same time.
10:24 But we couldn't have her.
10:26 So the next person that we were considering
10:30 was right away Gina Alajar.
10:31 But you see Gina, you don't look at her and think,
10:34 shoot, she's a sex object.
10:36 So I worked on the innocence.
10:39 Because she had that.
10:41 I worked on the innocence of--
10:43 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:45 Therefore, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:51 But she was able to--
10:53 because of her innocence, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:01 Not that she was having an affair.
11:04 So [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:07 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:10 She had a seriousness of an actress [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:18 And anything I told her, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:20 to the letter.
11:21 Wow.
11:22 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:26 OK, Louris, let's do an easy fast talk.
11:28 [LAUGHTER]
11:30 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:34 Louris, our time begins now.
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11:56 [SIGHS] [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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12:37 Over the top.
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13:02 A movie is made on your story, life story.
13:04 Give it a title.
13:05 Honestly, I don't know.
13:14 I don't know.
13:15 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:16 Never.
13:17 Is that lights on or lights off?
13:20 A little modulated.
13:21 Is that happiness or chocolates?
13:23 Happiness.
13:24 Best time for happiness.
13:26 Best time?
13:27 Yes.
13:31 Daytime.
13:32 Complete this sentence.
13:34 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:38 Unconventional.
13:40 Wow.
13:40 [APPLAUSE]
13:43 It's easy.
13:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:48 [LAUGHTER]
13:49 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:57 And also, you work with young actors.
14:02 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:14 If Salome were to be remade, as director Lurisse
14:22 from among the young stars today who would play Salome.
14:26 And if you have a say to choose the director today
14:30 among the young batch of directors,
14:32 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:37 Good boy.
14:37 [MUSIC PLAYING]
14:46 We're back in the show.
14:47 Gina, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:49 Fast talk.
14:50 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:51 [LAUGHTER]
14:52 Salome, Salamine.
14:54 Salome.
14:55 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:58 Both.
14:58 Best actress, best mom.
15:01 Best mom?
15:02 Your favorite K-drama.
15:04 Crash landing on you.
15:05 Your favorite K-drama star.
15:08 Hyun Bin.
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15:14 Spoiler.
15:15 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:17 Spoiler, very.
15:18 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:19 Director.
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15:46 Simple hug and simple kiss and simple I love you.
15:50 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:53 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:58 Things that might happen.
15:59 Lights on or lights off?
16:02 Off.
16:03 Happiness or chocolate?
16:04 Chocolate.
16:04 Best time for happiness.
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16:10 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:13 I'm a child of God.
16:14 You are.
16:14 [APPLAUSE]
16:18 Lizelle is there, Jasmine, Raver, and many others.
16:22 Jo-Em is also there.
16:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:26 How is it, directly, working with them?
16:30 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:32 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:48 Actually, it's more of like keeping her on track
16:51 because she's playing a role that's
16:54 been through a really extraordinary experience
16:56 of suffering.
16:58 So I have to keep her always at this point of the [NON-ENGLISH]
17:02 and then less of the Jasmine and more of the character.
17:06 Right.
17:07 While Lizelle, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:14 Do you like actors who are intelligent or actors
17:16 who are intuitive?
17:18 Actors who are intuitive are also intelligent.
17:20 Yes, they can be both.
17:21 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:26 But are less instinctive.
17:29 Well, in that sense, I'll go for the intuitive.
17:32 OK.
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17:36 OK.
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17:44 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:46 Right.
18:11 OK.
18:12 Gina, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] and vice versa.
18:20 Clearly, definitely, in social media.
18:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:25 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:27 Studio system.
18:29 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:30 System [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:32 Multimedia [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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18:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:41 Because of social media.
18:43 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:45 Radio, television, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:47 movies.
18:48 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:50 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:19 I'm not saying [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:23 I know what you mean.
19:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:31 Because I would surely learn a lot from them.
19:34 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:35 For the remake of "Salome," which is hypothetical,
19:39 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:41 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:43 Because [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] there was that, you know,
19:48 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] the sensuality.
19:52 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:56 Because I remember there was a love scene between me
19:59 and Johnny at the time.
20:00 She even taught me how to--
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20:15 [LAUGHTER]
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20:18 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:19 You know, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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20:26 To play Salome.
20:27 Salome.
20:28 I don't know--
20:29 You also don't know.
20:30 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:31 Young, innocent-looking, but capable of complex emotions.
20:37 So it's very hard.
20:38 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:42 [LAUGHTER]
20:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:50 You know, I also ask, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:55 And you're back now doing this.
20:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:58 I saw the possibilities.
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21:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:07 But it's really more of the journey of ordinary people
21:14 under extraordinary circumstances.
21:19 Looking forward, that's January 15.
21:22 Yeah.
21:22 GMA Prime time.
21:24 That's 935.
21:26 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:28 Carmen.
21:29 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:31 Carmen.
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21:38 [LAUGHTER]
21:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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21:43 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:45 I mean, do you direct them?
21:47 You know, I was talking to Lizelle, for example.
21:49 How does she do it?
21:50 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:51 And then, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:53 Wow, she was just raving.
21:56 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:57 Do you actually tell your actors how to do it?
22:00 Actually, yeah.
22:02 I mean, usually I have a fight director.
22:07 Just to make sure that it's safe.
22:10 And some of them actually want it to be the real thing.
22:13 So she was the only one actress of mine on the--
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22:23 OK.
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22:38 [LAUGHTER]
22:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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22:42 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
22:56 Thank you, Joe.
22:58 Boy.
22:59 [LAUGHTER]
23:00 That's OK.
23:01 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
23:02 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
23:08 Be kind.
23:09 Make your nana and tadae proud.
23:10 Hashtag say thank you.
23:12 Do one good thing a day and make a change.
23:16 Let's make this world a better place.
23:18 Goodbye for now, and God bless.
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23:23 (upbeat music)
