MANILA, Philippines --They first met when they attended a acting workshop before joining the kiddie gag show "Goin' Bulilit."
Now teenagers, young actresses Kathryn Bernardo and Miles Ocampo have become the best of friends.
"Bago kami mag-'Goin Bulilit nagkasama kami sa summer workshop ng Talent Center pa noon, acting workshop," Ocampo recalled in an interview on the ABS-CBN morning show "KrisTV" on Tuesday.
"Nagkasama din kami sa 'Mangarap Ka,' tapos doon sa 'Goin' Bulilit' nag-start 'yung friendship namin. Tapos nagtuloy-tuloy na siya. Kahit hindi pa kami nagkakasama sa isang project eh close kami talaga," Bernardo added.
How close? The two teeners said they can be very honest to each other and can bluntly say if they like or dislike something.
"Kapag sa 'ASAP,' for example, nag-perform ako doon, sasabihin niya, 'Te ang galing mo doon.' Ako makakampante na ako na, yes, ibig sabihin okay ang ginawa ko," Bernardo explained.
"Sa amin hindi po uso ang utuan, 'yung tipong maganda ka diyan, kahit hindi. Dapat po 'yung totoo talaga para may trust siya sa iyo, hindi ba po?" Ocampo added.
The two girls said they enjoy spending time together and visit each other at work when they both find themselves at ABS-CBN. They also believe that constant communication is key to to their strong friendship.
Although Bernardo has emerged to become one of the hottest young stars today, Ocampo stressed that the "Princess and I" star has not been affected by fame.
"Wala pong pagbabago. 'Yun po ang maganda sa kanya kung sino siya dati, kung ano ang relationship namin dati ay hindi siya nagbago," Ocampo told "KrisTV" host Kris Aquino.
The two girls said they hope they could travel abroad together in the future.
Love topic
In the interview, Ocampo also admitted that she did notices some changes when Bernardo became closer to her leading man, Daniel Padilla.
"Parang 'yung pinag-uusapan naming topic ay iba na, parang matured na talaga. Kasi same age kami, so same kami ng pinagdadaanan," Ocampo said.
For Bernardo, who's a little bit older than Ocampo, said she always reminds her friend to find someone who will love her more than she will love him.
"Sayang kasi si Miles. Kaya kung sino man ang darating na guy para kay Miles ay masasabi kong pwede talaga kay Miles. So gusto ko lang ma-meet at makita kung talagang nag-e-effort ang guy for Miles or kahit kaninong girl, kung talaga bang sincere," Bernardo said.
Ocampo is now being linked to her "LUV U" leading man Marco Gumabao.
