The perfectionist in Chynna Ortaleza
Published On: November 18, 2014, 07:38 PM
Updated On: February 26, 2020, 12:14 PM
By MICHELLE CALIGAN
PHOTO BY BOCHIC ESTRADA, GMANetwork.com
Aminado ang aktres na si Chynna Ortaleza na hindi siya sanay na hindi pinaghahandaan ang bawat role na kanyang ginagampanan, kaya hinding hindi niya makakalimutan ang kanyang first taping para sa upcoming series na Second Chances.
"The day before the taping, nagkaroon na ako ng intuition na mag-ask na 'How many sequences will I be doing, two?' Kasi 'yung ang pinaghandaan ko. '27' (ang sagot nila). Lahat na ng mura nasabi ko na. I was waiting for the hard copy of the script, but since there were revisions and things that happen along the way, I received my script at 10 p.m. I was crying the whole time because I am not used to not preparing for my characters. At least I need to read the script," kuwento ni Chynna sa GMANetwork.com.
Naisip pa nga raw niya na ayaw na niyang mag-taping dahil baka hindi magiging maganda ang kanyang performance. "Okay lang sa akin kung ma-critique ako sa set, or masabihan ako ni Direk Laurice. Ako kasi, 'yung feeling lang na baka I won't be able to recover if I know that I did my scene and I only did 50 percent of what I can do."
Kilala si Direk Laurice sa kanyang pagbabawal ng pagdala ng script sa eksena, kaya lalo daw na-pressure si Chynna.
"Nakakaloka lang kasi tina-try ko ipasok sa utak ko 'yung 27 sequences. Kasi in a Guillen set, you're expected to drop scripts. When she blocks, when you do your scene, she cannot see a script. Ayaw talaga pumasok. Umabot siya sa punto na para akong bata na nagtampo papuntang school. 'Yun 'yung itsura ko that whole morning. Pagpunta ko ng Taytay, umiiyak ako sa car."
"Nakakaloka lang kasi tina-try ko ipasok sa utak ko 'yung 27 sequences. Kasi in a Guillen set, you're expected to drop scripts. When she blocks, when you do your scene, she cannot see a script. Ayaw talaga pumasok. Umabot siya sa punto na para akong bata na nagtampo papuntang school. 'Yun 'yung itsura ko that whole morning. Pagpunta ko ng Taytay, umiiyak ako sa car."
Nai-shoot naman nang maayos ni Chynna ang kanyang 27 sequences, but why is she so hard on herself when her performances are half-baked?
"I swear, that is like one of the worst things for me. If I'm not able to put in a hundred percent of my heart into what I'm doing, or if I know that I did this scene but it was not truthful, I hate that. Feeling ko parang na-shortchange ko ang sarili ko at 'yung mga tao na nanonood. I feel like, as an actor, sometimes I feel short of being organic if I don't read the script," pahayag niya.