The film is in competition in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Maui thinks an award for the movie is enough to make her feel a winner herself.
Maui was the first to be surprised when she learned the Korean producers wanted her to star in the film after they downloaded her 2003 drama, “Ang Huling Birhen sa Lupa.” The producers were especially moved when they saw her crying in front of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
“They went to the hospital where I was rushed a few days before due to fatigue,” Maui recalls. “I remember the date: Oct. 30, 2011. They told me I needed to fly to Seoul on Nov. 2 for fitting of clothes, script reading and makeup testing.”
Negotiations continued over Skype since the producers had to leave the country at once.
Maui was in and out of the Philippines to shoot the movie in Korea for four months – from Nov. 2011 to Feb. 2012. The experience, she adds, was totally different from shooting a local movie.
“First, it was winter. Super lamig. At magaan ang trabaho. Ten hours a day lang ang work ko.”
Catching up on acting
Since she made her last local film three years ago, Maui admitted she had some catching up to do.
“Matindi. I had to internalize per scene. I had to prepare my scenes the night before kasi matagal na akong hindi gumagawa ng movies,” she ges on.
Korean dialogues were inevitable. Maui got some help from a Korean tutor who taught her how to say her lines and what they meant. She also sought help from makeup artists on the set.
“Nagtatanong ako how to say this and what it means. Natuto naman ako,” she reveals.
Some of the dialogues were easy for her because they were in English.
Maui is leaving again for Korea to attend the film’s VIP night on May 15. It will open in theaters in Korea a day after.
Filipinos have a big chance of seeing the film because Viva Entertainment big boss Vic del Rosario plans to buy its distribution rights.
Viva Hot Babes comeback
Meanwhile, Maui is all set to make a grand TV comeback when her group, the Viva Hot Babes returns via TV5. Maui reveals Katya Santos and Andrea del Rosario will join her in the group’s grand comeback.
Maui also wants to do another suspense thriller because she believes it’s her forte.
“Bata pa ko mahilig na ko manakot ng maid at mga pamangkin ko. Feeling ko mahilig ako manakot,” she explains.
She is also willing to do a teleserye.
By Maridol Rañoa-Bismark | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
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