On November 9, Viva artists Stephanie Raz and Rash Flores recounted their experience of getting called out by award-winning director Joel Lamangan.
At the media conference for the Vivamax movie, which LionhearTV covered for–Raz shared her experience of getting called out by the award-winning, noting that she learned from the criticisms she received.
“Hindi ko naman na-experience sa mga Direk–kay Direk Reynold, or kay Direk Brillante.
“Siguro, first time ko pa lang na napagalitan kay Direk Joel Lamangan.
“And okay lang naman sa akin kasi at least may natutunan ako everytime na napapagalitan ako.”
As for Flores, he detailed the feedback he received from Lamangan while filming their movie.
“Ako napagalitan na ako, once lang naman, kay Direk Joel, alam naman natin si Direk Joel Lamangan. Kay Direk Joel, napagalitan ako, pero kay Direk Brillante and Direk Reynold, hindi pa naman.
“Hindi pa naman ako napagalitan sa lahat ng nakatrabaho kong director. Lahat ng nakatrabaho ko kay Direk Joel. Hindi naman ako namura parang na ano lang ako, ‘Ano kaya mo pa ba?’ ‘Yes po direk kaya naman po.'”
He then cited how he eventually grew close with the seasoned director.
“As in na-tense ako noong pinagalitan niya ako, and then mayroon akong balita sa kaniya na naninigaw na director– ay naninigaw ng artista ‘yan. Siyempre ‘yung kaba ko hindi ko matanggal, so medyo kinakabahan ako, kasi first day namin mag-shoot in an island po and then after noon natanggal na rin naman ‘yung– naging close na rin kami ni Direk Joel Lamangan. Napakabait, napakabait.”
Raz and Flores star in the upcoming Vivamax movie Bata Pa si Sabel with Micaela Raz, Chad Solano, Benz Sangalang, Angela Morena, Gardo Versoza, and Julio Diaz.
The Vivamax movie, directed by Reynold Giba, premieres via Vivamax Plus on November 28 and streams via Vivamax on December 2.
