AYANNA MISOLA plays a very challenging role in “Salamat Daks”, the story of Maricar, a mature woman, played by Alma Moreno, who has not experienced love and falls in love with a vlogger played by Nikko Natividad.
She then uses all her savings to get surgical enhancement.
After the procedure, the character of Maricar really changed and she is now played by Ayanna.
“Masayang gawin pero mahirap, kasi kailangan kong gayahin ang mannerisms ni Ms. Alma,” says Ayanna.
“To prepare for this, I watched many of her old movies. Kaya lang puro drama ang napanood ko, e comedy itong ginagawa namin.
"So sa shooting, I nakipag-bonding ako with her and sabi niya, gayahin ko kung paano siya gumalaw.
"Magkaiba talaga kami kasi introvert ako and she’s very outgoing. But with the help of our director, Bobby Bonifacio, I think I pulled it off naman.
"Sa movie, ang lines ko, si Ms. Alma mismo ang nag dub para boses pa rin niya ang ginagamit.”
The title is supposed to be “Salamat Dok”, since her character became young again thanks to her doctor.
But Direk Bobby played on it to make it suggestive. “Salamat Daks” refers to Nikko’s character who is supposed to be “daks” or well endowed.
Is size really that important for her?
“Sa totoo lang, for me, size doesnt matter." saqys Ayanna.
"As long as love mo yung tao, that’s what really matters.
"Aalangan namang kapag hindi mo gusto ang size niya, iiwanan mo na siya.
"Aanhin mo ang daks kundi naman siya magaling sa kama o mabait na tao?”
What does she think of women who resort to cosmetic procedures to improve their looks?
“I’m very open minded about enhancement, kahit na nga ako mismo wala pa kong napapagawa kasi 20 pa lang ako.
"But among celebs abroad, like the Kardashians, lahat sila nagpa enhance na ng hitsura nila.
"Wala namang masama kung makakatulong sa’yo, basta wag silang maging addicted to enhancements na ayaw na nilang tumigil.”
It’s her first time to work with Nikko Natividad as her leading man. How was it?
“Noong una, nahihiya ako kasi napapanood ko siya before on TV, mas nauna siya sa akin. But okay pala siyang katrabaho.
"He even guides me on how to do comedy. Lahat silang co-stars ko rito, si Ms. Alma, Debbie Garcia and Andrew Muhlach, cool lang silang katrabaho.”
Direk Bobby Bonifacio says he enjoyed working with Ayanna in “Salamat Daks”, their second film together.
“Si Ayanna kasi, very organic ang acting niya. Natural lang,” he says.
“And she’s always asking for feedback kung okay ang performance niya. She really wants to improve her craft.
"But makikita nyo, iba ang acting niya rito kaysa sa previous movies niya. She has really improved so much.”