Mara Lopez talks about being compared to her mom Maria Isabel Lopez

Krissa Donida

<div><img src='' alt='111812-mara_main.jpg' align='left' border='0' height='290' width='305'>Dalawa sa labintatlong pelikula sa Cinema One Originals ay kinabibilangan ni Mara Lopez, ang anak ng beteranang artista na si Maria Isabel Lopez. Ito ay ang <i>Melodrama Negra</i> at ang <i>Palitan</i>.</div><div><br/></div><div>Marami ang hindi nakakaalam na nagsimula sa ABS-CBN si Mara sa pag-aartista nang mapabilang siya sa <i>AngTV 2</i> at Star Circle Batch 13. Napabilang din siya sa variety show na <i>ASAP</i> at gumawa ng ilang mga teleserye. Sumali siya sa isang reality show kasama ang kanyang ina.</div><div><br/></div><div>Tanggap naman ng dalaga na hindi kasiguruhan ang pagiging anak ng isang magaling at kilalang artista para sumikat sa industriya. Lahad ni Mara, “I am always competing with other people <i>kasi alam mo naman</i> everyday may <i>nadi</i>discover na someone <i>bago</i> and a lot of people especially <i>sa</i> films, are very, very talented. I just have to sell myself on what makes me different as a person. <i>Kahit naman na maraming artista</i> we are still unique in our own different ways.”</div><div><br/></div><div>Nagsalita din si Mara sa pagkumpara sa kanya at sa kanyang ina. Aniya, “I see it as an advantage and a disadvantage. Advantage in a way na ang screen name <i>ko kasi</i> is Mara Lopez....<i> Dati kasi anak ni </i>Maria Isabel Lopez [<i>ang tawag sa akin</i>]. When we did the reality show <i>na parang</i>, <i>’Uy</i> Mommy <i>yan ni</i> Mara.’  So advantage and disadvantage <i>kasi</i> she is my number one critic and I really look up to her. And <i>ang dami ko nang natutunan sa kanya kasi si</i> mommy more than two decades <i>na sa industriya ‘di ba? Ao marami akong natutunan sa kanya </i>not just on acting, but on how to project and to answer. I think I got my brains from her and my athletic side<i> naman</i> from my dad.”</div><div><br/></div><div>Sa tanong na kung ano ang kakayanin niyang gawin para umangat sa mga kasabayan niya sa industriya, aniya, “With what I am doing now, I am willing to be different from the rest. I am willing to take on really challenging roles. For me <i>Palitan</i> is the most challenging role and <i>hindi lang ito pagpapakita ng </i>skin, <i>ang bigat ng</i> role<i> talaga</i> almost every scene <i>kailangan akong umiyak, kailangan akong magalit, kailangan akong mag</i>blow-up. I think taking on these kinds of roles will open up roles for me and I want to be versatile.<i> Ayoko na ma</i>typecast,<i> katulad dati na</i> typecast <i>na ako sa pagiging kontrabida.</i>”</div><div><br/></div><div>Ibinahagi din ni Mara na nakikita niya ang sarili niya na mananatili sa industriya nang mahabang panahon. “Well for my mom and me there is no business like show business. I am actually a La Salle graduate at <i>ang</i> Mom<i> ko talaga ang unang finocus niya ay </i>education <i>kaya lang</i> if it’s in your blood <i>di mo talaga maalis</i>. I really enjoy doing it I guess that I why I started at such a young age. My mom and I… we have a very close relationship and she is my manager but we encourage each other, we are each other’s critic.”</div><div><br/></div><div>At dahil sa mapangahas na proyektong ito mula sa Cinema One marami ang nagtatanong kung sinusundan niya ang kanyang ina sa paggawa ng mga sexy roles. “For this movie <i>ang daming nagsasabi </i>if I am following her footsteps <i>kasi di ba Palitan</i>. When you see the trailer you’ll think it’s a sexy film but honestly it’s more of a thriller than sexy for me. I am not a sexy actress I am an actress period so if people ask if I am following my mom’s footsteps<i> iba yung ginawa niya</i> before.”</div><div><br/></div><div>Kaya naman natanong ng Push kung sino sa mga kapamilya artista ang gusto niyang makatrabaho. “Paulo Avelino. I want to work with him<i> kasi napanood ko yung teleserye niya </i>and <i>marami siyang pelikula at magaganda ang mga pelikula niya kaya</i> I have always wanted to work with him. And Maja Salvador, I wanted to work with her <i>kasi kasabay ko siya sa ASAP. Tapos si</i> Erich Gonzales.<i> Pero </i>I want to work with a lot of people <i>basta </i>given the opportunity.”</div><div><br/></div>

Mara Lopez says that what she is doing is very different from what her mom Maria Isabel Lopez did before.

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