Rhen Escaño —PHOTO BY PUI YEE/RHEN ESCAñO’s FACEBOOK
Rhen Escaño doesn’t use the phrase “actor” evenly.
She has been in present biz since 2008, beginning out with youth-oriented applications earlier than taking over dramatic and attractive roles later in her profession. However regardless of her expertise, she simply didn’t have the nerve to name herself an actor till the motion movie “Karma” (Viva Movies, Joyful Infinite Productions) got here alongside.
“I’ve completed comedies, dramatic roles and attractive movies, however starring in an motion movie was one in all my greatest goals. I didn’t assume I had it in me to drag it off, however I managed in some way. Iba ’yung pakiramdam pagkatapos,” she mentioned at a press convention for the mentioned film, which is now displaying in cinemas.
“I used to be reluctant to name myself an actor, however now I can say, sure, I’m an actor,” she added.
Rhen mentioned her performing expertise have been typically doubted so she at all times felt that she had one thing to show. When she obtained a name final 12 months from director Albert Langitan (“Ang Probinsyano,” “Rhodora X”), she jumped proper in. “He informed me that he wished me to play the lead,” she mentioned of Direk Albert, who additionally ended up as her director within the ongoing TV5 prime-time collection “Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa.” “My coronary heart skipped a beat. I known as Viva’s Boss Vic and mentioned, ‘I wish to do that. Please give me permission.’ And he mentioned sure in 5 minutes.”
She wasn’t ashamed to confess that she accepted the undertaking in hopes of individuals giving her a re-evaluation. “To be trustworthy, gusto ko po na magpapansin. I would like individuals to note me,” she mentioned, laughing. “As soon as I get nervous or scared a couple of function … and the extra I really feel like I can’t do it, the extra I’ll do it.”
Preventing for it
“I like that individuals doubt me and say, ‘‘’Di niya kaya ’yan. Kaya niya ba ’yan?’ I’m cussed. I’ll combat for it. I like proving myself. As a result of who is aware of? Maybe it is going to all work out in the long run,” she mentioned. “The function can be one thing individuals wouldn’t assume I’d do based mostly on my persona.”
In “Karma,” Rhen is Angel, a woman traumatized by the brutal homicide of her father. She grows up wanting to guard the oppressed, however she crosses the road after by accident killing a person attempting to rob a household.
Due to her provincial kingpin uncle (Roi Vinzon), Angel escapes jail time, however is compelled to affix a covert murderer group that targets the so-called “dregs of society.” In one in all her missions, she kills a drug pusher who seems to be an undercover policeman. This units off a sequence of occasions that leads Angel to the actual nature of the group she works for and the true story behind her father’s demise.
Whereas she believes in karma, Rhen balks on the concept of revenge. “Karma is one thing out of our management. I don’t assume it’s as much as us to provoke it. It shouldn’t be used as a gas for revenge,” she identified, including that experiencing dangerous karma doesn’t essentially imply somebody is a nasty particular person.
“I’ve had my share of errors. There are individuals I’ve harm. But when I did find yourself experiencing hardships on account of these previous actions, you’ll be able to nonetheless see it pretty much as good karma, since you study from them or they make it easier to develop as an individual and as an actor. I most likely wouldn’t be right here if it weren’t for my failures,” she mentioned.
“Karma doesn’t at all times imply you’re a nasty particular person. Individuals make errors—that’s a part of life,” the 27-year-old Viva expertise mentioned. Rhen recalled how making ready for the film was as demanding because the shoot itself. “I don’t actually work out, however I’ve to be robust bodily. It was a protracted course of. It was my first time holding a gun, however I managed to hit the bull’s-eye on the goal. I took that as a superb signal. We educated within the morning and did performing workshops at evening. I watched plenty of motion pictures as a result of there’s at all times one thing to study from them. I made certain to check the character properly,” she mentioned.
Rhen did her personal stunts. By the top of capturing, she had bruises throughout her legs “there was hardly any house left,” she joked.
“A very tough scene was the one I did with Roi Vinzon. I needed to carry a heavy rifle all through. That was towards the top of the shoot, so I used to be already feeling exhausted from all of the work I had completed the earlier days. My arms harm badly, I wished to place the gun down. However then Direk Albert informed me, ‘I wouldn’t have chosen you if I knew you couldn’t do that.’”
“I used to be like, ‘Pa-tweetums at pa-sexy na lang ako ceaselessly?’ I didn’t hand over,” Rhen mentioned.
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By displaying grit and willpower, Rhen hopes to earn the belief of individuals in present biz. “I’m at all times grateful that I’m now getting thought-about for extra roles. I like that I get drained from doing completely different initiatives. It solely signifies that plenty of blessings are coming in,” she mentioned.
