Sharon Cuneta
KUNG matatapos na ang shooting ni KC Concepcion para sa kanyang Hollywood movie na “Asian Persuasion”, very soon ang nanay naman niyang si Sharon Cuneta ang sasabak sa isang international film.
Ito ay ang film adaptation ng Marivi Soliven’s 2013 novel “The Mango Bride” na nanalong Grand Prize sa Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards noong 2011.
Bukod sa pagbibida sa nasabing pelikula, isa rin siya sa mga executive producer nito kung saan 95 percent ng cast members ay mga Filipino.
Ang “The Mango Bride” ay tungkol sa dalawang Pinay — sina Amparo at Beverly — na parehong nag-migrate sa Amerika at dumaan sa iba’t ibang klase ng pagsubok sa buhay.
“Our main executive producers are Singapore-based. They’ve produced some Hollywood movies already. I have yet to meet them in person. And then my other co-executive producer is actually my manager who has been producing movies in Hollywood for 20 years already.
“This is a Palanca award-winning novel that I read a long time ago and I’m re-reading now because it’s different when you know which character you’re playing.
“So we’re trying to make a nice cast. It’s teamwork every time we make a movie. So everyone has to be good in their role,” kuwento ni Mega sa isang panayam.
Aniya pa, “When it all came together, it was really the choice of the director whose work I have never seen. He’s Fil-Canadian.
“For me it’s important kasi my manager is also Fil-Am so parang it was important na gusto na namin ipasok yung values ng Pinoy para makilala ang Pinoy.
“It was so important to us na yung istorya, si Marivi (author) kasi she knows it. She had the experience of being a Filipino living in the States as an immigrant working as a translator. We’re touching on domestic violence also,” kuwento pa ni Sharon sa nasabing interview.
Sey pa ni Shawie, hindi pa tapos ang proseso ng pagpili ng iba pang miyembro ng cast, partikular na ang young characters na may mahalagang papel sa kuwento
“So it will touch on the immigrant experience and domestic violence and just how Filipinos struggle also in America.
“And from the point of view of someone who’s lived it with some dramatic elements na hindi naman niya na-experience pero nakita niya. So it was so important to us to put together a buong Pilipino talaga na team. So mga 95% Pinoy, kung hindi Fil-Am, Pinoy,” chika pa ng misis ni Sen. Kiko Pangilinan.
Pagmamalaki pa niya sa bago niyang project, “For me, it was the best project to present to a global audience about and made by Filipinos.
“Kasi delayed na tayo. Lahat tayo nag-i-English dito di ba? Magaling tayo. We’re like India, we’re the only ones who speak English. Kahit sinong Pilipino kausapin mo kahit broken English nakakaintindi ng Ingles and it’s well-spoken and much used.
“Parang we knew it was really important na yung movie has yung identity ng Pinoy. Hindi yung sasali ka lang sa Hollywood movie. We wanted it to be made by and starring Pinoys. With Pinoy stories. I’m going to start shooting end of the year,” lahad pa ng nag-iisang Megastar.
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