Mag-isang namumuhay si Bela Padilla sa London kaya madali para sa kanya ang maging sentimental.
Ito ang naramdaman ng aktres nang mag-post siya sa Instagram kahapon, August 8, 2023, tungkol sa anim na taong pagkakaibigan nila ni JC Santos.
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Ang Wish You Were The One na ipalalabas sa mga sinehan sa August 23, 2023 ang ika-anim na pelikula na ginawa nina Bela at JC.
Saad ni Bela sa kanyang Instagram post: “Fun fact that JC Santos will probably kill me for we were always around each other when we were hurting in real life.
“We always had a movie, an episode, a music video to shoot. When he went through a break up, we were taping a break up scene for MMK, he didn’t want to cry. I got mad.
“When I realized I had to move on, we were again taping for MMK in Hong Kong and we were eating Pad Thai forced down by a bottle of white wine each just before he flew back to Manila.
“When I went through the biggest pain I’ve felt in my life, we were filming On Vodka, Beers and Regrets and he watched me cry in our scenes knowing fully that I wasn’t crying for my character anymore but for myself.
“And he just looked at me with understanding. No words. I’m tearing up as I type this because I realise now why we work. We know pain. We know our pain and we know yours. Kaya kami mapanakit, kasi nakikita niyo ‘yung sarili niyo samin.
“And at the end of the day, whether this is our last film or the 6th of a hundred films…we both know that we will always be around for each other and for you guys.”
Sabi pa ni Bela tungkol sa pagkakaibigan nila ni JC na nagsimula noong 2017, “I feel like we’re both maturing,”
“We’ve been working for six years now so we were not the same people we were in 2017.
“Iba na yung mga dala naming pain, iba na yung mga hugot namin sa eksena. Kung dati, mababaw lang yung iniiyakan namin noong 2017, ngayon parang ang dami na naming life experiences that we pull from and since we know each other nga, more or less, alam namin yung pinagdadaanan.
“But also not just like the pains, also victories like we have little achievements.
“Like for JC and his daughter, I see how proud he is when he talks about River kapag nasa set kami. It’s very endearing to see how we’re both evolving as people so definitely, we’re still learning about each other.”
Nang makita ni Bela ang publicity photos nila ni JC para sa kanilang bagong proyekto, bumalik sa kanyang isip na kapwa sila may pinagdaraanan nang araw na nagkaroon sila ng pictorial para sa Wish You Were The One.
Pagbabalik-tanaw ng aktres, “Naalala ko yung day ng shoot mismo na may pinagdadaanan din ako that day, pero ang gandang lumabas ng photos.
"Hindi mahahalata na si JC, may pinanggalingan. Ako, may pinanggalingan.
“So, naisip ko nga na ganoon talaga ang friendship namin. Parang we know when it's work. We know when we can talk about our personal lives so napa-look back ako in the last six years.
“Sobrang emo ko dito sa London kasi wala akong kasama sa bahay. Wala akong kausap so ang dali kong mag-emote so nag-emote na lang ako kahapon.
"Napainom tuloy ako ng wine. Nagpatulo po ako ng luha,” lahad ni Bela sa digital media conference ng Wish You Were The One na ginanap nitong Miyerkules ng hapon, August 9, 2023.