Meeting Filipino actress Marife Necesito

It is almost too good to be t rue: a Filipina actress, Marife Necesito (see photo), has been plucked from rel ative obscurity to star in an international film with Michelle Williams and Gae l Garcia Bernal. "Mammoth," written and directed by Swedish wunderkind Lukas Mo odysson, was shot in New York, Sweden, Thailand and the Philippines. With Marif e in the photo at the film's press conference in Sweden are Sophie Nyweide, Mic helle Williams, director Lukas Moodysson and Gael Garcia Bernal. Sounding humble in our interview via e-mail, Marife peppered every sentence wit h "po" -- we felt like we were being addressed by Nora Aunor. For brevityâs sak e, we deleted all the "pos" in Marifeâs answers in our interview which appears in our column. Read her account of how she landed the role -- it's a fascinatin g story.