TWO days before she returned to the UK, where she is now based, actor-director-screenwriter Bela Padilla wrapped up her latest film project, “Wish You Were the One,” a romance-drama directed by Derick Cabrido.
Padilla is reunited with her perennial leading man, JC Santos in the film slated to be shown this September.
The film is their fifth partnership together starting with Jason Paul Laxamana’s “100 Daang Tula Para Kay Stella” (2017), followed by “The Day After Valentine’s” (2018), Irene Villamayor’s “On Vodka, Beers and Regrets” (2020), and Padilla’s “366” (2022).
They were both in the cast of Nuel Naval’s “Miracle in Cell No. 7” (2019) although they were not paired there.
“Direk Derick has been directing a lot of suspense thrillers lately, so I think my movie with him will be his first foray into love stories,” Padilla told ABS-CBN News.
Meanwhile, while Padilla was in London last December, she had an unbelievable breakout on her face which turned red with a lot of itchy patches. That was caused by bouts of hormonal acne.
She had to deal with hormonal imbalance. “I had PCOS [polycystic ovary syndrome] since I was 19. But in my last trip here in the Philippines, I just found out I also have hypothyroidism.
“I was wondering because I worked out every day, sobrang linis ko na kumain. I found out I have hypothyroidism. Now, I’m seeing a doctor here in the Philippines who’s slowly treating me.”
She needed to change her routine. “It took a lot. I had to change my diet again, change my skin care. I think that was one of the reasons I’m very conscious with what I apply and take. Because of that, I’m very sensitive.”
Shuttling between London and Manila, Padilla has learned to consciously take care of her skin, especially with the extreme weather conditions that she has to adapt to.
Padilla loves representing things that have a lasting effect, like her films. “I want something that lasts forever, like movies. The movies I released in 2017, people still call me the characters of my films, up to now.” (Leah C. Salterio/ABS-CBN News)
