Why Tirso finds enjoying Damaso ‘enjoyable and difficult’

Cruz as Padre Damaso

To at the present time, Padre Damasos proceed to stroll amongst us.

That was certainly one of Tirso Cruz III’s realizations portraying the grasping and nefarious Spanish friar in“Maria Clara at Ibarra”—the hit GMA 7 sequence primarily based on Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo.”

Over time, the stated character has change into synonymous with authority figures who abuse their energy and oppress others for private achieve.

“Marami pa ring mga Padre Damaso sa panahon ngayon. I’m certain all of you’ll agree. However a few of them are wolves in sheep’s clothes. They’re good at hiding their darkish intentions,” he instructed the Inquirer in a digital convention.

Whereas the award-winning veteran actor is educated concerning the story of “Noli” and “El Fili,” it wasn’t till he performed Damaso that he absolutely understood the sort of affect the character wielded, and the way he exploited folks’s beliefs and deference to authority.

“Filipinos by nature are God-fearing. So after we see folks in spiritual habits, we give them respect, take heed to them and imagine what they are saying,” Tirso stated.

“After I give it some thought throughout taping, I’m like, ‘Ganito pala ang energy ng isang kagaya ni Damaso. I didn’t understand that this was the sort of affect he had on folks round him as a result of they noticed him as a person of God—that was his coverup. And it took some time earlier than folks noticed the actual him,” he stated.

As such, enjoying Damaso was fairly the problem.

“It was onerous and fascinating on the identical time. You’re portraying somebody who’s removed from who you might be, however you need to give life to it and carry out correctly. ‘Di puwedeng acting-acting lang. After I’m on the set, I’m Padre Damaso. You may’t be complacent, since you’re working with gifted actors and writers,” Tirso associated.

“I’m grateful I received to play this function,” stated the award-winning actor, who at the moment heads the Movie Growth Council of the Philippines. “And in a approach, I’m completely happy that persons are irritated by my efficiency. Which means I’m doing the job proper.”

‘Extra genuine’

The truth that he needed to ship a few of his strains in Spanish made the job even trickier.

“I needed to research Spanish. Normally, we might simply do the primary two strains of our monologues in Spanish, however at instances, we’re requested to do entire paragraphs to make the scenes really feel extra genuine. So we strive as a lot as attainable to say our strains with the best accent and expressions,” he stated. “It’s enjoyable and difficult.”

Lovely concepts

Luckily, he stated, Tirso obtained some a lot wanted steerage from director Zig Dulay. “His method is progressive and daring in so some ways. While you first meet him, you gained’t discover something out of the strange. However when you observe how he works, you may be stunned by how stunning his concepts and photographs are as soon as executed,” he stated.

“He’s in tune with how we ship our feelings and perform our actions; he tells us if we have to add one thing or tone issues down,” he added. “He’s very calm and picked up. You gained’t hear him shout. However his work actually is spectacular.”

However greater than something, Tirso’s success comes from realizing that “Maria Clara at Ibarra” has been making a constructive impression on younger folks. “It’s an honor to be a part of this present, as a result of initially, it’s written by our Nationwide Hero, Jose Rizal. That alone is sufficient purpose to do that. Respiration life into a personality he wrote is an enormous deal,” he stated.

“I’ve additionally been getting suggestions from dad and mom, saying that their kids at the moment are growing a deeper curiosity within the books and the story. For me, our job as actors will not be solely to entertain folks, but in addition to do tasks which can be academic, tasks that may uplift folks’s appreciation for higher content material,” Tirso stated.

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