Rhen Escaño —PHOTO BY PUI YEE/RHEN ESCAñO’s FACEBOOK
Rhen Escaño doesn’t use the phrase “actor” frivolously.
She has been in present biz since 2008, beginning out with youth-oriented applications earlier than taking up 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, Comfortable Infinite Productions) got here alongside.
“I’ve performed comedies, dramatic roles and attractive movies, however starring in an motion movie was considered one of my largest goals. I didn’t suppose I had it in me to tug it off, however I managed by some means. Iba ’yung pakiramdam pagkatapos,” she stated at a press convention for the stated film, which is now exhibiting 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 stated her performing expertise had been typically doubted so she at all times felt that she had one thing to show. When she acquired a name final yr from director Albert Langitan (“Ang Probinsyano,” “Rhodora X”), she jumped proper in. “He instructed me that he needed me to play the lead,” she stated 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 stated, ‘I wish to do that. Please give me permission.’ And he stated sure in 5 minutes.”
She wasn’t ashamed to confess that she accepted the undertaking in hopes of individuals giving her a re-assessment. “To be trustworthy, gusto ko po na magpapansin. I need folks to note me,” she stated, laughing. “As soon as I get nervous or scared a few 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 battle for it. I like proving myself. As a result of who is aware of? Maybe it’s going to all work out in the long run,” she stated. “The function can be one thing folks wouldn’t suppose I might do primarily based 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 unintentionally killing a person making an attempt to rob a household.
Due to her provincial kingpin uncle (Roi Vinzon), Angel escapes jail time, however is compelled to hitch a covert murderer group that targets the so-called “dregs of society.” In considered one of her missions, she kills a drug pusher who seems to be an undercover policeman. This units off a series of occasions that leads Angel to the actual nature of the group she works for and the true story behind her father’s dying.
Whereas she believes in karma, Rhen balks on the concept of revenge. “Karma is one thing out of our management. I don’t suppose it’s as much as us to provoke it. It shouldn’t be used as a gasoline for revenge,” she identified, including that experiencing dangerous karma doesn’t essentially imply somebody is a nasty individual.
“I’ve had my share of errors. There are folks I’ve damage. But when I did find yourself experiencing hardships on account of these previous actions, you’ll be able to nonetheless see it nearly as good karma, since you study from them or they enable you to develop as an individual and as an actor. I in all probability wouldn’t be right here if it weren’t for my failures,” she stated.
“Karma doesn’t at all times imply you’re a nasty individual. Individuals make errors—that’s a part of life,” the 27-year-old Viva expertise stated. Rhen recalled how getting 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 an extended 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 great signal. We skilled within the morning and did performing workshops at evening. I watched a number of motion pictures as a result of there’s at all times one thing to study from them. I made positive to review the character properly,” she stated.
Rhen did her personal stunts. By the tip 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 tip of the shoot, so I used to be already feeling exhausted from all of the work I had performed the earlier days. My arms damage badly, I needed to place the gun down. However then Direk Albert instructed 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 perpetually?’ I didn’t hand over,” Rhen stated.
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By exhibiting 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 of for extra roles. I like that I get drained from doing completely different initiatives. It solely implies that numerous blessings are coming in,” she stated.
