In an interview with Allan Diones on the set of GMA’s Sahaya held at Angelicum College in Quezon City a while ago,19-year-old Kapuso actress Bianca Umali said she was surprised by the huge impact of her TV series and of the JORSAH tandem.
JORSAH, a combination of Jordan and Sahaya, was her tandem with Migo Adecer on the series.
Bianca revealed: “We’re both surprised din na iba yung impact naming dalawa sa mga tao, yun nga po ung chemistry na sinasabi nila. Kami dalawa ni Migo, hindi kami actually nagkikita, hindi kami naguusap offcam. Nagkikita lang kami on set pag magba-block na or kapag ganito na kailangan niyo kami. Dito lang kami nagkikita or nagkakausap, kung magkakausap man kami ng personal conversation, dun po kami sa set kapag may inaantay may inaayos, dun po kami nagkakausap, pero yung offcam yung sabay kumain, wala.
“Lately lang kami nagkaron ng bonding, yung lagi kami magka-eksena, tumagal na yung show, napapadalas na usap namin, but we were started, hindi pa kami close nun!”
Migo appreciates Bianca’s professionalism
In the same interview, Migo conveyed his appreciation of Bianca’s professionalism, despite working in ungodly hours just to accomplish several scenes for GMA’s Sahaya. Migo considers Bianca as the terminator for working really hard to the best of her abilities.
Migo told Bianca during the interview: “There’s a reason why you are who you are today, the reasons for how much you accomplished, the reason why where your crews been brought today is because of how professional you are on set. You come on time, and even though we finished at ungodly hours, you’re still smiling and you still come in the next day, and for me that’s crazy because at that I’m really kind of punching walls, it’s too much for me and I was just saying that’s the reason why Bianca Umali is Bianca Umali.”
Bianca on taking risks and leading the entire team of Sahaya
Bianca seemed happy to receive such high praise from her co-star and explained why she went the extra mile for the show.
“Ang sarap makarinig ng ganon, kasi alam mong nag payoff yung paghihirap and yung lahat ng patience ng ilan. I think it’s all about patience and understanding. Napapagod rin po ako, sumisimangot rin ako but then, I make it a point na kasi pagdating ng umaga isa po ito sa mga realizations ko na kapag nagte-taping pa rin kami ng hangang madaling araw, or susunod na araw na, lagi kong iniisip na lang na mas kailangan nila [production team] nung pag-iintindi namin/ko ng ganun oras. Kasi siyempre lahat naman ng tao napapagod so it’s understandable na pagdating ng ganun oras bumabagal na, hindi na makausap lahat ng tao. Iniisip ko, kung sasabayan ko yun baka wala ng nangyari sa amin.”
