Dolly de Leon. Picture: Juan Leo and Kurt Jeremy through Instagram/@dollyedeleon
Whereas Dolly de Leon discovered the candy spot between appearing in movie, tv, and theater, she initially struggled with portraying feelings and “feeling the guts” of characters via these appearing kinds.
De Leon is ready to return to theater within the Manila run of the play “Request sa Radyo,” a Filipino adaptation of German playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz’s masterpiece “Wunschkonzert/Request Programme.” She is going to tackle the lead function which will likely be alternated between herself and award-winning theater actress Lea Salonga.
However whereas de Leon took a theater arts diploma on the College of the Philippines, she admitted that she had a tough time separating the portrayal of assorted feelings in theater, movie, and tv in some unspecified time in the future in her profession.
“My private expertise was that it’s an enormous battle for me transitioning to theater from movie and tv. Noong first time kong mag-film and TV, ang laki-laki ng appearing ko so medyo nakakahiya (When it was my first time doing movie and TV, I went large with my appearing which was embarrassing),” she stated on the play’s masterclass in Makati.
“However now I kinda received the groove of it already, which is to carry again and belief your eyes to do the job. Additionally, to belief no matter you’re feeling inside will come out. However with theater, it’s very exterior however on the similar time, you must make it come out,” she continued.
Regardless of this, de Leon stated she would at all times be obsessed with theater, because it banks on an actor’s potential to take care of their “momentum” whereas bringing such feelings to life. “With movie, you must really feel it after which the cameras will choose it up. It’s a very completely different course of.”
“However that’s why I like theater a lot,” she continued. “There’s momentum that you simply construct if you’re doing a play. You’re capable of actually really feel the guts of what your characters are going via.”
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The actress additionally identified that appearing in theater permits her to be absolutely “immersed” in her character, and whereas she would possibly errors alongside the way in which, it’s about “winging it” till the ultimate curtain name.
“In movie, it doesn’t need to run in chronological order. You don’t know the place you got here from and it’s exhausting to maintain the vitality and construct the momentum,” she stated. “With performs, it’s actually completely different. You’re actually immersed and also you’re there 100%. Wala kang selection. Kung magkakamali ka, magkakamali ka (Should you’re fallacious, you’re fallacious). And you must wing it even when you made a mistake.”
In de Leon and Salonga’s case, they may solely depend on themselves all through “Request sa Radyo’s” run since they’re the only real characters of its storyline. Primarily based on the unique materials, it facilities round a middle-aged lady who does her day-to-day routines in silence, in a bid to painting isolation and loneliness.
“You solely have your self and your co-actor. On this case, wala kaming co-actor (we don’t have a co-actor) so we solely have ourselves to depend on. If ever, kasama lang namin ni Lea ang (Lea and I are solely accompanied by) lighting and sound, and nobody else. It’s very thrilling. I’ve by no means accomplished something like that,” she stated.
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“Request Sa Radyo” is amongst de Leon’s upcoming actions lined up. She is ready to star within the movie “Jackpot!” and the collection “Severino: The First Serial Killer” and season two of “9 Good Strangers.”
The Bobby Garcia-helmed play will run from October 10 to twenty on the Samsung Performing Arts Theater.
