Piolo Pascual and Jasmine Curtis-Smith talked about their film
A-list actor Piolo Pascual and Kapuso actress Jasmine Curtis-Smith shared their thoughts on their roles in the film Fiction from real life.
Award-winning filmmaker Paul Soriano wrote and directed this film and the story focuses on the character Paco, played by Piolo. Jasmine’s character in the film is also an actress. Paco is an actor in the film who has been trying to write and direct a film in which he will portray the main character.
The character of Piolo relies heavily on method acting to create the story he has in mind, to such an extent that it is difficult for him to return to reality.
Based on the article in PEP, Piolo Pascual said that this is a very interesting concept. “As an actor, it is probably your responsibility to take on roles that you have not yet played and accepted.” said the actor.
Piolo also said that this film was a precursor to Paul’s 40th birthday and the director just wanted to write something about life in general. The actor said that he could somehow relate to it. He also appreciated the fact that Paul wanted to do something different and not just the typical romantic comedy.
Piolo also mentioned that he and Paul just wanted to work together. The actor also shared that he used method acting almost the entire time. It’s good that the film was shot during the pandemic, so it was easy for them to stay in touch with their characters.
“It’s so easy for me to become Paula because it’s so close to reality.“, said Jasmine.
When asked if it was easy for them to break out of their roles, Piolo said it was good that as artists they played different roles, which helped them to get away from a particular role.
He told an example. After he had shot the film Mallari In the film, he played a dark character. The director told Piolo to take a vacation to get rid of his role. The next day, he was rehearsing for a concert, which was very different from what he did in the film.
“It is easy to shake it off because we are so busy with the many things we have to do as artists,“, said Piolo Pascual.
