“Magkaiba naman sila kasi horror-drama ang ‘Ghost Bride’ at horror-comedy naman ang ‘DOTGA’,” she says. “Pero ang characters ko in both movies, parehong very devoted sa kanilang families at gagawin ang lahat to help them. Dito sa ‘DOTGA’, I play Carmel. Lola ko si Marissa Delgado na isang espiritista. Siya ang nagpalaki sa akin at naka-relate ako sa character ko kasi, in real life, lola ko talaga ang nagpalaki sa akin. Kaso, may alzheimer’s disease na ang lola ko rito sa movie at nakakalimutan na niya ang spells and chants niya, so minana ko yung gift niyang nakakakita ng dead people. I put up my own group of ghostbusters called Pektus. We are hired by Enzo Pineda as Jack Colmenares to exorcise his house na may malevolent ghosts, without us knowing na mata-trap kami inside the haunted house ng mga kasama ko at haharassin kami ng mga multo roon.”
The members of Kim’s team include Ryan Bang as Gege Xian, a Korean border in their house; Pepe Herrera as Bagang, their Fact Boy researcher ala-Kuya Kim; Moi Bien as the hugot girl and emoterang frog called Basha; comedian Lassy Marquez as Kim’s kabarkada; Maymay Entrata as Kim’s cousin and Edward Barber as their nerdy neighbor. Also in the cast are Odette Khan as Kanturcia, the friend of Marissa Delgado who holds a deep dark secret; Melai Cantiveros in a special role and Chokoleit, Matet de Leon and Cai Cortez as the evil ghosts who terrorize Kim and her barkada. This is under the direction of Tony Y. Reyes who says he didn’t have a hard time directing the big cast.
“Big challenge talaga having such a big cast, pero maganda agad ang naging rapport nila sa isa’t isa kaya hindi ako nahirapan,” he says. “I was so amazed kasi lahat sila, very open, magaan katrabaho, laging ang saya-saya sa set at madalas na sumasabog kaming lahat sa katatawa. Tiyak na ang viewers din, matatawa rito habang natatakot sila.”We ask Kim how is it working with Ryan Bang as her leading man for the first time. “Given na talaga yung nakakatawa siya, but dito, I saw his passion sa acting. Sineryoso niya yung role niya. Madalas, nasa sulok lang siya, memorizing his lines to make sure magiging maayos ang performance niya at maganda ang pelikula.”
Off cam, it’s common knowledge she’s playing beautiful music with Xian Liam. They just had a recent vacation in Europe and if pictures could speak a thousand words, then there’s no doubt about their being lovey-dovey at the moment. “We don’t want to put a label on our relationship," she says. "Nakikita naman ninyo ang photos namin that we post on instagram, so you can just read between the lines. Basta happy kami.”
