On January 11, Roadtrip stars Janice de Belen, Gelli de Belen, Carmina Villaroel, and Candy Pangilinan discussed their views about friendships that come and go.
At the media conference for Roadtrip, which LionhearTV covered, Gelli acknowledged that there are friendships that don’t have deep enough connections to make them last.
“Minsan kasi parang may mga nakakasama tayo sa trabaho na we feel we’re really close, and then we move on to our next project parang nawawala ‘yung closeness. Siguro baka mamaya, the connection is not as deep as you want it to be or as it should be, so maybe hindi lang talaga. And then you meet other people na, mga panibagong friends ulit.’
Candy recounted how she used to categorize people in her life that she could consider as family and friends.
“Siguro habang tumatanda ka kasi, habang tumatanda ka–naalala ninyo before ‘yung mga phone na Nokia, mayroon doon mga family, friends, mayroon ‘yung pwede mong i-categorize. Parang naalala ko noong before pa, parang mga tatlong buwan ko ata kinategorize ‘yung mga tao, ‘yung friend ko ba siya or colleague.”
She surmised that friendships come and go as people grow old because they tend to simplify their lives.
“Habang tumatanda ka, talagang magbabawas at magbabawas ka eh. Hindi sa hindi ka nagbabawas. Kusa siyang nawawala. Kasi sini-simplify mo yung buhay mo. ‘Yung ay di naman pala kailangan.”
Janice pointed out that some friend groups may have only reached the ‘discovery’ stage of their relationships.
“Baka naman kasi nasa discovery stage pa rin sila. Discovering who your friends are, discovering kung sino ba talaga ‘yung kasundo mo. Iba naman kasi, sa dami ng makakasama mo, may malalagas. May matitira, may malalagas. So kapag natira, edi alam mo na, baka it’s worth keeping, kapag nalagas, alam mo na per project lang ito.”
Carmina posed questions regarding the impact of social media on friend groups of today.
“Actually iniisip ko nga, ano ba ‘yung difference ng then and now, kung mayroon bang difference. Baka may kinalaman din ‘yung social media, hindi ko talaga alam ha, kasi iniisip ko bakit nga ba?
“Kasi, sa totoong buhay, sa kahit anong industriya naman, hindi lang naman sa showbiz, anywhere, sa office, sa ganito, hindi naman madali magkaroon ng kaibigan.”
She also surmised that there might be a change brought by social media or through the go-getter attitude of the younger generation.
Carmina also noted how their friend group differs from others, especially with how easy it was for them to ‘jive.’
“Kaya nga sabi nila, kapag nakahanap ka na ng tunay mong kaibigan, huwag mo nang pakawalan na, kasi napakahirap maghanap ng totoong kaibigan. So ‘yung sa amin, siguro hindi siya hardsell, ‘Yung nangyari sa amin, hindi namin pinilit ‘yung isa’t isa, nag-jive na lang kami.”
As for their film, Roadtrip stars Janice de Belen, Gelli de Belen, Carmina Villaroel, and Candy Pangilinan.
The cast also features Abby Bautista, Yumi Garcia, Ashtine Olviga, Heart Ryan, John Lapus, Jc Tiuseco, Jastine Lim, and Ethan David, with special participation from Christian Vasquez, Ana Abad Santos, Paolo O’Hara, and Maricar dela Fuente.
Roadtrip, under the direction of Andoy Ranay, opened in cinemas this January 17.
