From left: Patrick Garcia, Kaye Abad and Paolo Contis—PHOTOS COURTESY OF NETFLIX
It took Kaye Abad, Patrick Garcia and Paolo Contis 25 years to discover a appropriate materials to reunite in since they labored collectively in ABS-CBN’s seminal coming-of-age sequence “Tabing Ilog.” What’s instantly clear to see is how the trio’s time-honed chemistry has labored wonders for the drama “A Journey,” at the moment the No.1 movie on Netflix.
“A Journey” sees embattled actor Kristoff Desiderio aka Tupe (Patrick Garcia) taking bosom buddies, Shane (Kaye Abad) and her doting husband Bryan (Paolo Contis), on a cross-country journey throughout the island of Tasmania off the southern coast of mainland Australia.
The journey isn’t simply meant to assist Tupe come to phrases with the career-dimming repercussions of his womanizing methods, but additionally to tick off gadgets on Shane’s bucket listing earlier than she succumbs to most cancers.
So, for our fast one-on-one time with the crew behind “A Journey” on the hip and swanky Netflix workplace in Makati final week, we requested Kaye, Paolo and Patrick what they’d love to do earlier than their time to kick the bucket.
Kaye, who’s even lovelier and “deeper” now that she’s in her early 40s, advised us that it doesn’t take lots to please her.
“Ako kasi, mababaw akong tao (I’m shallow). Simply to spend time with my household is nice sufficient for me, particularly with my youngsters. Each time I’m requested if I would like one other baby, I say, ‘I’d relatively not,’ as a result of I simply need some high quality time with them whereas I nonetheless can,” defined the actress, who has two sons with “Pinoy Huge Brother” alumnus Paul Jake Castillo, her husband since 2016.
She added, “I wish to journey with my kids with out their nannies … ‘yung kami-kami na lang. I wish to cherish my time with them as a result of, as it’s with Shane’s case, I don’t actually know the way a lot time I’ve left on this world to spend with the folks I like. So I wish to take pleasure in each single second with them.”
Abad (left) and Contis in “A Journey”
Three issues
However, Patrick, who proves within the film that he hasn’t misplaced his dramatic aptitude, needs three issues ticked off from his listing.
“I wish to construct my dream dwelling for my spouse and children,” he mentioned. “Then, I wish to journey the world with them. On a private word, I wish to watch LeBron James in motion and play basketball with him. Additionally, I wish to go skydiving and soar off a airplane …”
Reducing in with a depraved grin, Paolo, who was two seats away from Patrick, quipped, “Even and not using a parachute?”
“No, there needs to be a parachute,” Patrick answered again, chuckling.
Within the interview as it’s within the movie, it’s this easygoing banter and the improvisational vibe amongst its three stars that make it straightforward to empathize with them and the challenges they have to hurdle. They’ll poke enjoyable at one another at any time, however additionally they know precisely when to set their cheeky antics apart and take issues severely.
‘Extra time’
For his half, Paolo’s ideas have been for his ailing mom. “I don’t have particular gadgets on my bucket listing,” he admitted. “However as Kaye defined, it’s vital to spend an increasing number of time with the folks we love—in my case, that may be my mother.
“She just lately had a stroke. So I remorse not doing issues I ought to have performed along with her when she nonetheless might … when she was nonetheless OK. Now, ang dami kong gustong gawin kasama siya (I wish to do quite a lot of issues along with her). Hopefully, we might nonetheless do them collectively even when she’s not as wholesome as I’d have needed her to be.”
We requested prolific director RC delos Reyes, (“3 Days, 2 Nights in Poblacion,” “Unravel: A Swiss Facet Love Story,” “I Love Lizzy”) the place his intimations of mortality and propensity for flawed however relatable characters are coming from.
He recounted, “I considered my family members the minute I acquired the script,” he mentioned. “Since all of us simply went by means of the pandemic, the subject of demise remains to be a recent material. Isa ‘yan sa mga pinanggagalingan ko (that’s the place I used to be coming from) after we have been doing the movie. The story of Shane and Bryan jogged my memory of my lolo and lola.
“So, when my lola died throughout the pandemic, it felt like my lolo additionally misplaced a substantial a part of his life, too. They have been like love birds—they have been actually meant for one another. That all the time felt like true like to me. That’s why household and friendship have been important themes within the movie.
“I used to be in my early 30s earlier than the pandemic, and all I might consider was to do as many movies as I might. However due to the pandemic, I noticed {that a} profitable profession doesn’t outline you as an individual—what issues extra are the family and friends round you. So the movie is admittedly concerning the ties that join Shane, Bryan and Tupe no matter what occurs to any of them in the long run.”
The three share a type of friendship that demonstrates how opposites might appeal to one another. After mentioning that Paolo performs the loyal and doting husband within the film, and Patrick has been solid as his and Kaye’s “naughty however good” childhood barkada, we requested Patrick and Paolo which of the 2 characters resonated with them extra.
Patrick mentioned he might relate to each Bryan and Tupe, though as he reiterated, “I’m actually not the ‘naughty’ kind. However I can actually relate to the actor a part of Tupe’s character … to his being a dreamer, to him wanting to realize larger issues in life. However the playboy half … I don’t assume I’ve ever been.”
With a depraved twinkle in his eyes, Paolo advised us, “I believe pinagbaliktad talaga ni Direk RC ang roles namin (it was deliberate on our director’s half)—at sa tingin ko, doon talaga papunta ang tanong mo (that’s the place your query is headed). You’re simply saying it in a pleasant manner.”
“Ay, oo parang, ‘Hindi ba dapat ikaw ‘yung naughty however good, Paolo (aren’t you a greater match for the opposite function)?’ Kaye lower in, ribbing her controversial costar.
Turning severe, Pao, who doubles up as one of many movie’s producers, defined, “Truly, we talked about this. As they are saying, all of us want a very good problem in life, that’s why they needed me to be the good man (laughs). However to be trustworthy, you possibly can relay vital messages from each characters. I may relate to Patrick’s character …”
“However you possibly can relate to Patrick’s character extra, proper?” Kaye requested, laughing.
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Paolo answered, “They actually interchanged the characters … para might situation (laughs)!”
