AJ RAVAL demurs when Director Roman Perez Jr. calls her one of Viva’s superstars as their latest project, “Iskandalo”, is meant to be a ten-part series that assembles all of Viva’s top stars.
“I just feel so blessed na mapasama ako sa series na ito,” she says. “But about being a superstar ng Viva, hindi ganun ang tingin ko sa sarili ko kasi napaka-humble ko pong tao.
"Pero thank you po for giving me such a good role in ‘Iskandalo’ as the victim of a leaked sex scandal.”
Some unscrupulous content creator in the internet have taken advantage of her past movies like “Taya” and “Hugas”. Her hot sexy bedscenes were lifted out and posted like they were scandals taken in real life. How does she feel about this?
“Nakakalungkot po dahil pinagpapaguran namin ang movies namin, tapos nananakawin lang nila yung mga seksing eksena at ipapalabas as scandals para pagkakitaan,” she says.
“We really feel bad and sad about it, na pinagpipiyestahan sa social media yung movies namin, pinagkakitaan nung may ari ng account.”
She just prays that viewers of such stolen scenes will be more discerning.
“Ang viewers naman, sana huwag basta mag-judge not knowing the whole context of the scene.
"Sana panoorin nila nang buo yung movie at hindi kami basta i-judge based lang dun sa ninakaw na film clip.”
Can’t Viva do anything to control this rampant piracy of sexy scenes?
“Naku, e hindi naman po natin kontrolado ang social media, so they just choose yung most sensitive scenes and exploit it. Kahit bawalan silang mamirata, gagawin pa rin nila kasi nasa streaming yung movies namin.”
Has she herself ever been involved in a real life scandal?
“No, never pa akong naiskandalo about sex videos but tungkol sa issues about my personal life and love life, ilang beses na.
"But now, ang attitude ko sa ganyan is, fuck them all, wala na akong pakialam. I enjoy na rin yung mga issue, kasi that means may nangyayari sa career ko at interesado sila sa akin.”
That must be a part of her defense mechanism.
“Yes, ine-enjoy ko na lang po siya kasi what’s the point kung poproblemahin mo pa. Kami ng iba pang co-stars ko, alam namin kung ano yung pinasok namin, so ready ang isip namin sa mga ganun.
"After all, we cannot control how people might think about us, but we can control how we think or react to it. And the best is to ignore, huwag magpa-apekto.”
