Lovi & Vhong: They click like this
Vhong Navarro: How would I describe a perfect day in my life? When I wake up happy because I see that my family is also happy.
Lovi Poe: The best thing that I’ve done to somebody? Be there for them at their most trying times. Or love them even if they weren’t so lovable.
This morning, you “woke up like this,” didn’t you? It’s not clear who coined that sentence which has become a byword among millennials but it’s not easy to see why a company like Regal Films would be inspired to produce a movie around it. Directed by Joel Ferrer, Woke Up Like
This (WULT) stars Lovi Poe as a ramp model and Vhong Navarro as a basketball player. How their characters “woke up like this,” she as a man trapped in a woman’s body and he vice-versa, is the “mystery” that the comedy unveils.
Set for showing nationwide starting on Wednesday, Aug. 23, WULT is the first straight-comedy role for Lovi who was first paired with Vhong in an episode of
Shake, Rattle & Roll (SRR) XVI. Other members of the cast: Joey Marquez, Bayani Agbayani, Raikko Mateo, Yana Asistio, Dionne Monsanto and Cora Waddell (a
Pinoy Big Brother [PBB] graduate). What did Joel find attractive about the material?
“It’s a fresh take on the gender-bender genre,” said Joel (also an actor and writer whose previous works include Blue Bustamante and Hello World, both in 2013, and
Baka Siguro Yata, 2015). “We don’t see a lot of films like that here, do we?”
To find out if Lovi and Vhong “click like this,” Conversations made them take the “Who, What, Where, When, How” test.
LOVI
WHOWho do you consider as the biggest influence in your life? “My father (FPJ).”
Who would you have been if you were not an actress?
“I would have been a psychiatrist.”
Who was the first person who broke your heart (without naming names)?
“A significant man in my life whose absence was surely felt.”
Who are the three people that you consider your best friends?
“I have a few close friends and I’m truly blessed because of that. It’s hard to name just three because I have more than three. Hahaha!!! I have kept my friends from when I was in grade school and made good new friends in the industry as well.” Who do you run to when you have a problem (emotional or otherwise)? “I run to my best friends, my sister and my cousins.” WHAT What was the best thing that you have done to somebody?
“Be there for them at their worst and most trying times. Or love them even if they weren’t so lovable.”
What do you see (what comes to your mind) when you stand before a mirror?
“A woman who turned scars into art and eventually learned how to turn art into scars.” What does money mean to you? “Money is a reward we get when
we set goals and hustle.”
What was the biggest mistake that you have committed and regret it up to this day?
“Wasting my time and energy on things and people who didn’t do me any good.”