Why does he think viewers seem to have a fascination with movie about ‘kabits’ or mistresses? “Hindi na siguro maaalis sa consciousness natin ‘yan. The other woman will always be there. Mistresses have always been there in the history of the world, even the Popes of olden times have them. Siguro dahil wala ring divorce dito sa atin, kaya nagkakaroon ng mistresses.”
“Etiquette for Mistresses” revolves on the lives of five friends who are all “kabits”: Kris Aquino as Georgia, Claudine Barretto as Chloe, Iza Calzado as Stella, Cheena Crab as Charley and the youngest one is Kim Chiu as Ina. Kris says after reading the script, she called up Director Chito Roño. “Sabi ko, ang dami kong endorsements at hindi good family values ang pino-promote ng movie, so dapat, my character will have redemption.”
Her wish was granted. Her character is the one who acts as the conscience of the group. “Ako ‘yung nagre-remind sa kanila na dapat, alam nila ang lugar nila as mistresses. Ako ‘yung naging mentor ni Kim who tells her na, puwede ba, tigilan mo ang ilusyon mo. Lounge singer kasi siya rito na naging kabit ni Zoren Legaspi, who’s married to Aiko Melendez, a senator na tatakbo as President. So she’s a scandal waiting to happen kaya binibigyan ko siya ng advice na if she wants to keep Zoren in her life, she should be like a ghost na hindi nakikita ninuman.”
Why did Kim accept the role? “I’m in my mid-20s na, I felt na siguro it’s about time I accept more mature roles. It excited me but ninerbiyos din ako kasi very challenging ang role as it’s out of my comfort zone. I have to thank Direk Chito Roño for helping me out.
Nakasama ko na siya before in ‘The Healing’, pero horror movie ‘yun.
This one is a mature drama and I learned so much from him about acting in a drama movie, also from all my co-stars.