NASAMPAL KA NA BA NI DEXTER DORIA?

Me? A resounding yes.

Siguro mga two weeks ago ata iyon. Tinatakot niya kasi ako sa isa sa mga eksena namin. Eh ang lola niyo, matatakutin talaga, kaya't natakot naman ako. Although, pinag-usapan naman namin at pinaki-usapan ko siya na i can't rely on my own to have that more authentic takot feel emanated on the screen, i have to get energy from my co-actor. Yes, this is the real deal of acting as from what i have learned in PETA,. You share and be one with whoever is with you on that stage. Sabi ko pa nga: Tita Dex, surprise me na lang. At surprise with a capital S talaga ang nakuha ko--- sampal.  And who could have done that better than THE Dexter Doria of local showbiz.

For those who don't know at nagfe-feeling indie masyado sa buhay, Dexter Doria is a commercial actress who usually essay the roles of the scornful madrasta, greedy mother-in-law, strict teacher and all the other antagonist types who make life a living hell for our prized protagonist. In short, she's an underrated, ubiquitous character actress. Ka-linya na niya sila Odette Khan, Celia Rodriguez at Bella Flores. Mukha pa lang alam mo nang may lalabas na mura at lait.

About the sampal? Well, masakit siya pero ang sarap ng feeling pagkatapos. Siya kaya ang first onscreen slapper ko. 

A slap is really something. You can have yourself kicked, punched, spewed, injected on every part of your body but a slap on the face is just a fucking diva among all the physical thrusts you can get in your lifetime. A slap on the face is desecration of all things beautiful about you. A sacrilege on your pores.A disturbance on your blackheads. An act so cathartic that when you get slapped your mind fills up every bad thing that happened to you. Its like a spit on your ancestors grave. And we're not talking about the initial hurt, the hurt comes from within and your emotions get switched on and voila! you become a lean mean vengeful snake. Because you were slapped in the face.

So after being slapped by Dexter Doria. She congratulated me, asked me if i was ok and told me that my face was really nakaka-awa. My good theatre friend has observed that my face, when crying, is really pitiful. So i can't really do comedy. Haha! Real actors can be very psychotic sometimes and according to somebody i heard, some artists have borderline tendencies to become insane because of tweaking emotions.

So yesterday, again, i was slapped not by Tita Dex but by Lotlot de Leon. Siguro naman kilala niyo na yan. Siya anak ni Nora Aunor at ex ni Monching.