Kim Chiu: It's harder to make people cry
Kim Chiu is shifting from heavy to light in the Kapamilya teleserye “Ikaw Lamang,” where her lighter role as Andrea is a far cry from her highly-emotional character Isabelle.
“Si Isabelle kasi lagi na lang umiiyak. May mga tweets na 'Kailan ba namin makikitang masaya si Kim (Isabelle)?’ So ngayon si Andrea yung pangpa-light sa mga pinagdadaanan nila kasi family ko dito sila kuya Smokey Manaloto and tita Arlene Muhlach. So ‘yung family namin ang comic relief, parang magaan lang, wala kaming problema, yung pamilya namin. So complete opposite ito sa pinagdaanan ni Isabelle na puro pasakit, puro pahirap, puro bugbog, ganyan. Ito tawa lang sila ng tawa, wala silang problema, wala man silang pera pero masaya sila,” Kim said at the press conference of ABS-CBN’s “Ikaw Lamang,” on Tuesday, August 12.
While Kim thinks drama and comedy are challenging, she finds it harder to do drama because she’s required to depict heavy emotions.
Working with KC
“Mahirap din magcomedy kasi mahirap rin magpatawa. Pero mas mahirap umiyak. Kung saan-saan mo na hinuhugot yung mga iyak mo. So pareho silang challenging.”
She added, “Parang swimming pool na yung iniyak ko dati, sinasaktan, sinasabunutan. Dito wala, sobrang magaan lang, happy. At least iba naman siya sa mga ginawa ko as Isabelle. Dito mas magaaan."
Kim admits feeling nervous about working with KC Concepcion, who plays Natalia in the teleserye.
“First time ko siya makatrabaho, siyempre kinakabahan kasi ang dami na niyang best actress awards,” Yahoo Celebrity Awards 2014’s Actress of the Year admits.
But Kim believes she and KC will have a good working relationship because her co-star is “approachable and cool.”
“Nakakasama ko naman na siya before sa (ASAP) Hang Out and cool naman siya. Ngayon hindi ko alam yung mae-experience namin na mag-ate (in the teleserye).”
Kim added that she has to exert extra effort, now that she’s working with award-winning actors Coco Martin, Joel Torre, Christopher de Leon and Nonie Buencamino.
“Kasama mo ba naman yung mga mabibigat na artista from Book 1 to Book 2. Kahit wala kang lines, dapat umarte ka, dapat maluha-luha ka kahit wala kang sinasabi.”
