On December 20, Director Dolly Dulu admitted that she had difficulty in working with new Kapamilya artists Kobie Brown, Andi Abaya, and Nio Tria.
During the media conference for her iQiyi series, Saying Goodbye, Dulu said she expected the difficulty when she worked with the new Kapamilya stars.
“Hindi ko pwedeng sabihin na naging easy kasi hindi naman talaga siya naging madali. Kasi expected naman ‘yun sa akin na parang noong sinabi pa lang sa akin na mayroon tatlong bagong artistang papasok, parang mindset ko na talaga na it was going to be a challenge.”
She also added that her goal was to make the audience see that Brown, Abaya, and Trio were good actors despite being new artists.
“Ang goal namin ng mga kids, nitong tatlong bago, is for people not to say na ‘ba’t ganon ‘yung arte nila, tapos gawin nilang excuse na bago sila.’ Ang goal namin is to make people say na, ‘uy ang galing nila kahit bago sila.’
“Feeling ko na-achieve namin ‘yung goal na ‘yun kasi very open ‘yung tatlo sa lahat ng mga sinasabi ko, sa lahat ng sinasabi ng matatandang artista sa kanila. At tsaka ‘yung advice na binibigay ng SethDrea sa tatlo.”
She noted that she banked on the natural chemistry between KoDi (Brown and Abaya).
“For KoDrea, very clear ‘yung chemistry ng dalawa. Very natural. Minaximize nmin ‘yung napaka-natural na chemistry nila. Nakakakilig talaga off-screen, pag kausap mo lang silang dalawa, nadadala ka doon sa–kanilang dalawa kung ano man ‘yun. ‘Yun ‘yung minaximize namin. And I think ‘yun ‘yung magdadala sa kanila future pa.
“Pwede siyang bangkohan kasi we’re always open with that kind of chemistry.”
Dulu then praised the range of Tria despite being new in the industry.
“Kay Nio naman din, versatile kasi si Nio. ‘Yung personality ni Nio, very different doon sa character niya talaga sa Saying Goodbye. And maganda kasi nagawa niya, kasi ‘yung range na pwede niyang maabot kapag nahasa pa siya, at nahasa na kaya niyang lumabas sa shell na mayroon siya ngayon.”
She also thanked SethDrea (Seth Fedelin and Andrea Brillantes) for their patience working with their co-actors.
“Nagpapasalamat din ako kina Seth at kay Andrea kasi very patient sila when it comes being sa same scene with these new actors. Kasi marami kaming retakes because we wanted to–ayaw namin mag-settle.”
Their digital series stars Gold Squad members Andrea Brillantes, Seth Fedelin, new Kapamilya artists Andi Abaya, Kobie Brown, and Nio Tria.
Under Dulu’s direction, ‘Saying Goodbye’ streams for free exclusively on the iQiyi PH app or iQ.com, and new episodes drop every Saturday at 8 PM.
