Small steps, even when small,
will eventually reach the goal. That has been the attitude with which ABS-CBN
Films and Star Cinema have been going through to prepare for the full-bore
production on the long-awaited new film adaptation of Filipino super-heroine “Darna.”
Said film, under the direction of Jerrold Tarog (“Heneral Luna”) would star
Jane De Leon in the title role, following a succession of casting turnovers on
account of injury to her predecessors. De Leon has embarked on her physical
training as Darna while the rest of the cast is filled out. And this week, she
has announced that the casting is nearly done.
ABS-CBN News reports that both the film cast and script for ABS-CBN’s
upcoming “Darna” movie are close to completion. This was shared by the star of
the project, Jane De Leon, while being interviewed by MJ Felipe on Tuesday, Novemer
26. With that, the actress opines that all systems are go for starting the
actual filming period sometime in early 2020, at ABS-CBN’s recently-opened Horizon
sound stage facilities located at San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
But in the meantime, De Leon is
continuing her physical conditioning to achieve the desired athletic build and
muscle weight she would need to portray the attractively Amazonian Darna. While
game to follow her routine through, she was frank about describing the level of
difficulty in her exercises. “It’s very hard!” she tells Felipe. “I expected it
to be hard, but it was harder still.” And hand in hand with her physical
preparation, Jane remarks that she is also mentally psyching herself up due to
the expected pressure she would eventually experience when fitting into Darna’s
familiar red bikini-cut costume.
“Mentally, there’s a lot of pressure,
because of course, everyone [has] expectations of me,” remarks Jane De Leon,
who also expressed gratitude to her family for being supportive. Other pillars
of inspiration for her in the role of “Darna” include director Jerrold Tarog
who according to Jane has given her both assurance and motivation. Even Liza
Soberano, who would have been Darna if not for her finger injury and surgery,
have De Leon some advice in dealing with public pressure regarding her role,
mainly to stay positive and not dwell on negative comments which are prevalent
in the film industry.
No official release date for “Darna”
has been provided by ABS-CBN Films and Star Cinema.
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