We ask Jillian if she thinks she’d grow up to look like Bea, who’d play her as a teener. “Siguro po,” she says. “Pareho naman kaming beauty, di ba?”
How about Mona? Would she like to be like Barbie? “Gusto ko po siya. Sana nga, maging gaya niya ko paglaki ko.”
They say they’ll miss each other as their last taping day together for “Luna Blanca” is today. “Di na kami magkakalaro sa set kaya mami-miss ko siya,” says Jillian.
“Best friend ko po siya kaya mami-miss ko talaga,” says Mona.
How does it feel taping at the smelly Payatas dumpsite? “May suot po kaming boots at ginawa lang po yung mga basurang kunwari kinakalkal namin,” says Jillian. “Acting lang po. Pati yung naipit ako sa ilalim ng truck ng basura. Napuwing lang po ako.”
Even if they’re busy taping, they don’t neglect their studies. “May modules po, dala-dala ko sa set, nag-aaral ako roon,” adds Jillian. If she wouldn’t be an actress as a grownup, what would she like to be? “Doktor po. At gagamutin ko mga tao ng walang bayad.” Jillian really has a kind heart. “Yung mga streetchildren, binibigyan ko pong pagkain. Naaawa kasi ko sa kanila. Wala silang bahay, wala pang food.”
Mona doesn’t have an assignment after “Luna Blanca” but Jillian is doing two new movies: “Enteng, Agimat and Me” for the Metro filmfest and “Ride to Love”, a star-studded movie for Regal.
