FILIPINO thespians Marife Necesito and Martin de los Santos join Gael Garcia Bernal, the star of such acclaimed films as “Babel,” “The Motorcycle Diaries,” “Y tu Mama Tambien” and “Amores Perros,” and Michelle Williams (”Brokeback Mountain”) in a movie being filmed in Subic and Morong.
In the film titled “Mammoth,” Marife plays the nanny of Gael and Michelle’s child. The story involves Gael’s character, a successful New Yorker, who decides to radically alter his life while he is on vacation in Asia with his family. Marife Necesito’s credits include a memorable performance in Lav Diaz’s “Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino.” Martin de los Santos was in the movie, “Mga Mata ni Anghelita.”
Other Pinoys working in the Philippine segment of the shoot are Oli Laperal Jr., line producer; Awel Galang, production manager; Julie Ysla, casting manager; Criz Soriano and Elmer Santos, location managers; and Tess Marin, production coordinator.
“Mammoth” is the first English language film of Swedish director Lukas Moodysson, who has several noteworthy films to his credit. Gael, who started acting in his native Mexico, has become an internationally recognized actor. Michelle, who split with her “Brokeback Mountain” co-star Heath Ledger this year, earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in the film.
6 Feedbacks on "‘Babel,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain’ stars filming in RP"
kate
So when is Gael coming here?
hana
my gawd! i love Gael!
hardy
great!
this is very good for Philippine tourism.
hardz
mai
hi mr nepales!
thanks for the info. i am a follower of gael garcia bernal’s work. how long will they be here for?
jane
You may also want to check Marife Necessito’s performance in Pandanggo –A 2006 cinema one originals digifilm where she played as ESPIE —a desperate probinsyana housewife longing to bear a son for her chauvinist husband.
Swindell
I always felt it was the right thing to do but when I realized the effect it had on my brother I stopped doing it. You see when we were younger I would stop by the bedroom at night while he was asleep. He is younger than me so he would always be in bed before me, we shared a bedroom. The bathroom was at the end of the hall and the bedroom was between the living room and bathroom. So at night when I would watch TV on the way to the bathroom a would scratch the door with my finger nails. In my brothers sleep he would be dreaming of a long nailed creature chasing him. I guess the sound of my nail scratching registered in his head while he was sleeping. We were talking one morning about it and the discussion about his dream came up and I happened to scratch the door involuntarily. He freaked out to stop doing that. I said doing what? So he explained the noise and the noise in his dream. So I conditioned myself to stop scratching the door. To this day he gets that dream every once in a while. Sorry Jake! dcc 1200
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