Roxanne Barcelo is enjoying being single

Director Brillante Mendoza’s latest film titled “Alpha, The Right to Kill” is in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Aside from this, it has been picked up for distribution by Memento Films International.

This is awesome news. While the movie has yet to be shown in the Philippines, “Alpha, The Right to Kill” will be viewed by an international audience.

Among the competing films in the said A-List festival are Felix Van Groeningen’s “Beautiful Boy” which features the award-winning performance of Timothee Chalamet, and “In Fabric” by Peter Strickland.

“Alpha” talks about the war on drugs and follows the story of Elijah, a police informant and the corrupt police officer Espino, played by Allen Dizon.

Allen said he had a hard time playing the role of the corrupt cop because he is not that kind of person.

“I should be believable in my portrayal. What Espino feels should not only be seen but be felt by the audience. My acting should be natural. Direk Dante gives us the freedom with what we want with the character but our acting should be natural,” Allen explained.

“I should also show that I am adept with what I do. If I should kill somebody in the scene, I should be able to do it without remorse. Killing somebody should be like second skin to me. Killing is my business, nothing personal.”

What did he learn from the character of Espino? “The money you earn should not come from illegal activities. If it’s easy money, it will also disappear easily. It’s better to spend your hard-earned money, something that you worked hard for. And if you do something bad, there is payback time. Doing something illegal or bad to earn money is not a good thing to do,” added Allen.

The actor further said that he won’t be surprised if the audience will get mad with the character he is portraying. “If you do something bad and you know, don’t justify why you are doing it just because you and your family benefit from it.”

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Roxanne Barcelo still chooses to keep quiet on the reason why she and boyfriend Will Devaughn parted ways. What people believed is a match made in heaven and will end up in marriage did not happen.

Rox said it seemed she and Will fell out of love. There were some things in their relationship that did not fall into place so they decided to part ways while they are still friends.

For now, Rox is enjoying being single. She is taking her own sweet time before falling in love again, that’s why she can relate to her character in the movie “Abay Babes” under Viva Films.

“The character I am playing in the film is just having fun and enjoying life to the fullest. Kahit sa life ko ngayon being a single woman, I am just enjoying it. I am not ready to fall in love again. I am taking my time,” said Rox.

Also featured in “Abay Babes” are Kylie Versoza, Nathalie Hart, Meg Imperial and Cristine Reyes. The movie is directed by Don Cuaresma.

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Her virginity is the best gift she can give her future husband. That was what Ritz Azul said at the press conference of her latest movie “The Hopeless Romantic” which co-stars her with Pepe Herrera in the rom-com directed by Topel Lee.

Ritz said she considers her virginity as sacred as this was the belief that was inculcated to her by her parents.

At 24 years old, she is proud to say she has kept her virginity and she will only lose her “cherry” to her husband.

When told that her being a virgin is rather unusual for someone who does sexy roles in films, Ritz said there lies the challenge in convincing the viewer that she is a still a virgin but is still capable of tackling sexy roles.

The former TV5 actress is happy but quite nervous that “The Hopeless Romantic” is hitting theaters today nationwide. It is her first mainstream movie and a lead role at that.

“I am not used to this kind of role. I have done movies where I wore sexy outfits but in the movie, I am playing a socialite who likes dating men, that is the exact opposite of the real me. I am not a liberated woman,” said Ritz.

But she enjoyed because she was able to do the things that a socialite does. She was able to ask tips on how a socialite moves from her friends whom she interviewed.

“The character of Veronica (the role I play) is a liberated woman who has reasons why she is doing the things she does,” said Ritz.