Enrique Gil on playing a more serious role: ‘Dun ako nahihirapan talaga’

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<div><img src='' alt='103115-enriquegil_PUSH.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>Now that he and his love team partner Liza Soberano are playing more serious characters in the movie <i>Everyday I Love You,</i> Enrique Gil said his role was really a big acting challenge. In the movie, he plays serious, career-oriented Ethan. <i>'Nahirapan naman ako kasi </i>they wanted to change me totally<i>. So nakita nila dati sa akin as in they </i>want straight<i>, seryoso lagi, hindi nagpapatawa, hindi parang sumasayaw</i>. They wanted me to be in a more mature role <i>dito</i>,” he admitted. </div><div><br/></div><div>The 23-year-old Kapamilya hunk said his love for dancing shows in his personality which makes him almost never wants to sit still. <i>'Eh hindi ako ganun eh. Makulit ako eh, parang</i> energetic. <i>So si direk nagsasabi, ‘Oh, parang kiti kiti ka na naman!’</i> Very focused, very quiet <i>si</i> Ethan, very straightforward. So<i> yun ang</i> challenge para<i> sa akin kaya si direk nakabantay lagi. Dun ako nahihirapan talaga kasi hindi ako sanay,</i>” he said.</div><div><br/></div><div>After figuring in a controversy during a recent trip to London for <i>ASAP</i>, Quen said he just wants to move on from the past and does not think it will affect his current and succeeding projects.<i> 'Sa tingin ko naman hindi naman po, ang tagal na. Kailangan natin isipin ngayon yung pelikula natin na mas importante</i>,” he said. </div><div><br/></div><div>When asked if it was true he and Liza finally have a kissing scene on the big screen. 'Secret!<i> Yung nakikita niyo sa trailer kiniss nga ni Liza si Gerald (Anderson) habang naka-coma pa siya. But as far as that abangan niyo. Yan ang </i>exciting,” he added.</div><div><br/></div><div>After working with Gerald Anderson on the set of the teleserye <i>Budoy</i> in 2011, Quen feels like <i>Everyday I Love You</i> has become a reunion project of sorts for them. 'Actually I was really new at that time.<i> Nakikita and napapanuod ko lagi si Ge so whatever you watch dun ka rin natututo lalo na on the set when we have scenes together so I learned a lot kay Ge. Especially sa Budoy dun kami nagkasama talaga, ako yung kontrabida nun</i> (laughs). So I learned a lot from him,” he admitted.</div>

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