MANILA, Philippines – Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano admitted they were both challenged by their roles in the movie Everyday I Love You. (WATCH: Liza, Enrique, Gerald in 'Everyday I love You' official trailer)
During the grand press conference for the movie Sunday, October 18, Enrique said that his role as Ethan required him to be straigthforward and serious, the opposite of his real personality.
"Ako, nahirapan ako dahil (It was difficult for me because) they wanted to change me [the character].
"Yung totally different, sa kung anong nakita nila dati. As in they want me [to play it] straight, seryoso lagi, di nagpapatawa, na parang sumasayaw.
(It was totally different from what they saw before. As in they want me straight, always serious, not making jokes, while dancing.)
"They want me to be in a more mature role po dito... e, di ako ganun, makulit ako't laging (it's not like that, I've always been hyper) energetic," Enrique said.
Enrique added that the movie's director May Cruz-Alviar would even scold him since he was always moving around.
Meanwhile, Liza said the movie brought everyone out of their comfort zones, herself included because she has not experienced what her character Audrey went through.
"Halos lahat po [were really difficult scenes for me]. It brought us out of our comfort zones. Ako difficult po siya kasi hindi ko pa po masyadong na-eexperience yung mga na experience ni Audrey as a character. I had a hard time balancing the two men, and iyon basta si direk [May] alam niya niya iyon. Sobra niya akong tinulungan. I really couldn’t think of how I would handle it kung nangyari sa akin," Liza said.
(Almost all the scenes [were difficult for me]. It brought us out of our comfort zones. It was hard for me because I haven't really experienced what Audrey experienced as a character. I had a hard time balancing the two men, and direk May knows that. She really helped me. I really couldn't think of how I would handle it if that happened to me.)
As for what they had to work on, Enrique said the challenge was shifting to the a different tone from what they've done in the past.
"They want us to be more mature. So it's more of a serious take or serious role, which ako kasi maloko ako, light-light lang. (for me I always kid around, i just want thigns to be light.) So, they really have to be serious ,something, na they never saw before.
"Yun ang mahirap sa akin, yung (That's what's diificult for me)… serious tone to the story. And sa situation po ng characters naminbecause here sa start ng movie may boyfriend si Liza ...very critical ang each scene.
"Kung may kilig scene man, di puwede ang sobra kasi teka may boyfriend (If there should be some romantic scene, it should not be too much because she has a boyfriend in the film).
"Pero andun si Direk to guide us... And we have great actors here, so ayun," Enrique said.
Liza meanwhile said: "Para sa akin ang kinailangan namin gawin is kung paano gawin differentyung characters namin from the past characters we portrayed. Kasi, we want to give the audience something different, something new, para hindi naman magsawa sila sa amin.
(For me, we needed to make our roles different from the past characters we portrayed. because we want to give the audience something different, something new, so they won't get tired with us.)
"Baka makita nila kasi na (They might see that) we haven’t upgraded from our last projects. We have to make it different from Agnes, from Xander (their characters in Forevermore.)," Liza said.
In Everyday I Love You, Liza plays Audrey who patiently waits for her boyfriend Tristan (Gerald Anderson) to wake up from his coma. While trying to help pay for Tristan's hospital bills, she meets Ethan (Enrique) who helps her out with her problem. Both later develop feelings for each other, and Audrey finds herself in a difficult situation when Tristan wakes up.
Directed by May Cruz-Alviar, Everyday I Love You opens on October 28. – Rappler.com