PH’s ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ to have same storyline but with ‘Filipino taste’

(From the left) Filmmaker Raymund Ocampo, Joshua Garcia, Anne Curtis, filmmaker Mae Cruz Alviar, des de Guzman and Carlo Aquino throughout the “It is bastard to not be good” PH -Acassion media convention. Picture: Instagram/@Starcreativestv

As a fan of the unique collection, Mae Cruz Alviar Is conscious that some Okay dramas don’t have to have an adjustment. This explains why she felt monumental strain when she was tapped as director of the native model of “It is okay to not be so as”.

“After all I used to be below strain,” Alviar’s recognized throughout a media cone for the collection.

“I’ve virtually not accepted the provide due to the strain. You’ll at all times be in comparison with the unique. I’m a fan of Okay-dramas, so I perceive that some Okay dramas do not must have an adjustment, no matter I really feel.”

The Philippine Adaptation-Shot in Bacolod, Negros Islands, and a few Components of the Metro-Stars Anne Curtis (As Mia Hernandez), Joshua Garcia (Patrick Gonzales), and Carlo Aquino (Matthew Gonzales), Wereas the Authentic, Stars-Soun-Materials, Soo-Hyun (Moon Gang-Tae), and Oh Jung-se (Moon Sang-Tae).

Alviar let go of her first doubts and took on the problem to make sure that the adjustment wouldn’t be a “merely copy” of the unique materials.

One of many plot factors instructed with a Filipino lens contains using seasons. “A big a part of the unique story was winter. We do not have winter, so it is simply the wet and sunny season. We additionally paid consideration to the outfits as a result of we won’t let Anne put on the winter coats of Ko Moon-Younger,” she stated. “It’s the Nitty gritty; it is all within the particulars.”

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When it comes to the storyline, the filmmaker identified that the theme of psychological well being was one thing that she ought to take note of. “We had to make sure that it’s appropriate for a way the Filipino public will understand the topic of psychological well being,” she stated, as a result of it’s the core of his story.

“Not everyone seems to be conscious of how nice psychological well being is, when it comes to the theme,” Alviar continued. “We can not shock and overwhelm the viewers with the small print. We had been cautious telling the story, whereas we’re devoted to the core.”

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Curtis additionally needed to let go of her Okay-drama Fangirling tendencies to painting Mia. “Folks know that” it is good to not be so as “is one among my prime faves as a result of it tells a narrative that I like and I can cope with,” she stated, repeated that the adjustment will comply with the identical story with a “Filipino style”.

“We’ve added new characters to make it our personal, so it is one thing to sit up for. Typically, me [would tell] Direk Mae, “However Ko Moon-Younger …” However that is our story. It’s one other interpretation. For many who simply liked it as I did, that is our view of what Filipin is, “she defined.

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The actress emphasised that the adjustment doesn’t ‘run away from the unique’, though ‘New Souls’ will take the lead over the storyline.

“New souls will inform the story. Even the tales Mia wrote are authentic. Even the Filipino animations and folklore are all associated to Filipino tradition,” she stated.

Alviar additionally identified that, regardless of the localized interpretation of “it is okay to not be so as”, it can nonetheless be devoted to the core and what the principle characters stood for.

“If we simply copy the unique, then now we have simply modified the actors and instructed the identical once more. What’s the level of constructing an adjustment? An adjustment is your personal adjustment and making it domestically, and making it filmed. These are totally different actors; they aren’t the identical actors. However they his life in the identical characters,” the director stated.

The upcoming drama may also play Enchong Dee, Xyriel Manabat, Agot Isidro, Rio Locsin, Bobot Mortiz, Kaori Oinuma, Aljon Mendoza and Bianca de Vera. /EDV