CANDY PANGILINAN is very happy that Viva Entertainment is keeping her busy with one film project right after another.
Last year, she did “Jowable”, “Hindi Tayo Pwede” and “Tililing”. This year, she’s been seen in “Babaeng Walang Pakiramdam” and now, in “Sa Haba ng Gabi”, the Halloween presentation in Vivamax.
She also did the soaps “Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit” and “Heartful Cafe” with GMA.
“Salamat sa Diyos dahil hindi ako nababakante,” she says. “Alam nyo naman, single mom ako so kailangan talagang magtrabaho nang husto.”
She’s happy to play one of the lead roles in “Sa Haba ng Gabi”, along with Jerald Napoles and Kim Molina with whom she clicked in their past films “Jowable” and “Babaeng Walang Pakiramdam”.
“Naiiba yung movie namin ngayon kasi hindi sina Jerald and Kim ang magkapareha,” she says. “Kami ni Jerald ang mag-longtime boyfriend dito at sobra ang pagnanasa ko sa kanya.
"Nagpaalam naman ako kay Kim. Sabi ko, paghihiwalayin ko muna kayo, ha. Pero sa movie lang naman. Pumayag naman si Kim kasi alam niyang mapagtitiwalaan niya ako.”
In the story, Candy and Kim are cousins who are working as housemaids in the mansion of a senator while Jerald is the senator’s driver.
“Sabi ni Direk, kami naman ni Jerald ang pagtatambalin para kakaiba, unique. Hindi naman daw kailangan ang usual love team kasi horror-comedy itong movie namin. Ang anchor ng movie, yung pagiging magpinsan namin ni Kim.”
Their team up really clicked with “Babaeng Walang Pakiramdam”.
“Riot ang mga eksena namin doon, kaya trailer pa lang nitong ‘Sa Haba ng Gabi, may following. Ang maganda kay Direk Miko, he lets us do improvisation in our scenes. Yung eksena namin sa trailer na nag-viral, improvisation lang namin yun.
'Kasi friends na kami talaga at kabisado na namin ang isa’t isa kaya madali lang mag-improvise. Nakatulong din na baliw rin si Direk Miko. Gusto nga naming ipa-check up siya, kasi we shoot only at night at during the day tulog kami sa lock in set.
"Sabi ni Direk, kasi yun daw ang title ng movie, ‘Sa Haba ng Gabi’, at nangyari ang lahat sa isang buong gabi lang. Siya pa nagsasabi na mag-improvise kayo. Kayo na bahala diyan, so maraming scenes, we do improvise.”
How are Jerald and Kim now that they have become Vivamax big stars?
“Matagal na kaming magkakaibigan at sa tingin ko, hindi naman nagbago yung dalawa. No yabang at all. Ganun pa rin sila, the same Kim and Je na nakilala ko before.
"They just know the ropes more now, kung paano sila gagalaw. Dati nakikiramdam pa sila, now nasanay na sila. Alam na nila.”
Does she have a love scene with Jerald in “Sa Haba ng Gabi”?
“Hindi naman love scene. Meron lang landian scene kami ni Je, but I don’t know kung up to what extent ang ipapakita ni direk sa final cut ng movie.”
