MANILA – Kim Chiu and Xian Lim are now ready to show to their supporters what they have been working on in the past months.
Teaming up in their first full-length movie together, both stars revealed they had fun working with each other on “Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush Mo” despite their hectic schedules.
Chiu and Lim began shooting the movie while they were still taping the last episodes of their primetime series “Ina Kapatid Anak.”
Asked if he had a hard time transitioning from TV to movie, Lim said: “It’s different, nakakatuwa. Una ko itong full-length talaga. Kakaiba siya sa TV kasi sa TV mabilisan. Dito there’s time to study and analyze the scenes.”
Chiu, on the other hand, noted that doing a movie is actually more rigorous than taping a series.
“Iba 'yung kapag gumagawa ka ng movie kasi sa isang sequence, aabot siya ng two hours. Tapos gagawin mo paulit-ulit, iba’t ibang shot,” she said.
Nonetheless, Chiu and Lim said they enjoyed being directed by Joyce Bernal, whom they described as a very caring director.
“Idol ko na talaga si Direk Joyce Bernal noon pa. Nung nalaman ko na siya yung gagawa ng movie namin, sobrang nasiyahan ako. Sabi ko excited na ako kasi kakaiba ito, iba ang gagawin niya, not the usual. Ganun siya eh. Kung ano yung nakikita sa TV, babaguhin niya,” Chiu said.
Her trust to the director, Chiu said, was also the reason she agreed to look "ugly" in the movie.
“Idea ito lahat ni direk Joyce. Alam mo naman si direk Joyce lahat ng kabaliwan. ‘Sige go Kim gawin mo ito, nakakatawa ka, mukha kang tanga.’ Ako naman, malakas ang tiwala ko kay direk so sige gawin natin ito,” she explained.
The Star Cinema-produced movie tells a love story about "the ugly duckling in all of us and how we turn into someone worth loving,"
Also starring Ramon Bautista, Kean Cipriano and Tonton Gutierrez, the movie is set to hit theaters nationwide on July 31.
“This is something everyone can look forward to. This is something new, something fresh and something worthwhile,” Lim said.
