Quitting showbiz is not an option for Kris Bernal
Kapuso actress Kris Bernal makes her much-awaited comeback via “House of Lies” after a three-year hiatus from showbiz. She is currently making waves as the feisty and ambitious seductress Althea Torrecampo in the GMA afternoon teleserye, which also stars Beauty Gonzalez, Mike Tan and Martin del Rosario.
Kris described her character, “She’s ambitious and wants to gain power. She’s jealous of Marj (Beauty). Gusto niya mas angat siya. Gusto niya siya iyong nakakalamang sa lahat ng bagay kaya gagawin niya talaga lahat para makuha iyong mas mayaman, mas successful na kapatid (Mike).”
Portraying her role requires Kris to do intimate scenes with co-stars Martin and Mike. “With Martin, it’s more intense, all out, 100 percent because he plays my husband. With Mike, tease lang.”
The actress admitted on “Fast Talk with Boy Abunda” that she now finds it challenging to perform daring scenes. “Hirap na hirap ako sa mga love scenes. I’m not comfortable kissing someone I’m not close to. Maybe when I was single, it was OK. But now that I’m married and I have a child, I get conscious na, ‘What will my husband think if he watches this?’”
Kris is happily married to Perry Choi, and they are blessed with a lovely daughter, Hailee. Her husband is aware that Kris is going to do kissing scenes on the drama series, although she would not allow him to watch.
“He knows. I asked his permission,” she said.
As an actress, it is her first time performing such intense love scenes. “Dati naman parang okay, dito-dito lang, ganyan. Ito parang abot hanggang buong katawan. Nagki-cringe talaga kapag ginagawa ko iyon. But with my character, I need to be seductive. Ako iyong parang nagti-tease. Ako ang mag-aagaw. Inaakit ko silang lahat.”
The public has witnessed Kris’ evolution in her career. She remains a significant actress despite her short absence from the entertainment scene. From emerging as one of the winners of “StarStruck: The Next Level” in 2007, Kris has played various characters that made us swoon, fall in love, laugh, feel forlorn and provoked.
Who could forget her in “Sine Novela: Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?,” “The Last Prince,” “Koreana,” “Hiram na Alaala,” “Little Nanay,” “Impostora,” “Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko” and “Artikulo 247,” where she portrayed her antagonist role with flying colors?
It can be challenging to juggle family duties and a career, but quitting show business is not yet on her radar. Kris enjoys acting. There’s still hunger in her despite being in the industry for almost two decades.
“I really love acting. I started out as a theater actress in school plays. Elementary pa lang nahasa ako sa mga theater (productions),” she said.
Although Perry wants Kris to stop working and be a full-time mom, he is also supportive and understands how acting brings happiness to his wife.
Kris revealed during our conversation that there was a stage in her life when she felt her career had already reached its peak and her shows no longer clicked with the viewers. She became afraid of losing her popularity.
She admitted, “Ayoko talagang mawala kaya kahit noong nabuntis ako, nanganak ako, tina-try ko pa rin maging active kung kaya.”
Kris is embracing her transition from being a lead star to becoming a character actress. “Iyon lang din ang iniisip ko. Sana papunta na rin ako sa pagiging character actress na pwede ngayon kontrabida ako, baka next pwede ulit akong maging bida pero iba naman character,” she said.
With her charm and brilliant acting skills, Kris will stay relevant in the entertainment industry, where longevity is a fierce game of survival of the fittest.
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