A standing ovation for the Philippine entryWas the casting coup incidental or intentional?Mendoza is quiet about the process and Durian has a vague answer. “Ma’ Rosa is a found story and characters in this type of narrative should at least have such experience,” Rene chuckled.Would this casting type truly squeeze out the best acting out of experience, it being the best teacher?In shooting the film, according a daughter of the late cameo performer Rose Arella, everything was extemporaneous with no script at hand but of course, there was a ready completely written script but the actors were just given a situation to act and react to situations.Andi, who is trained in the big studio acting type, had to adjust to the Mendoza brand of acting, which is raw and unconscious. In the end, Jaclyn had to leave her daughter at the hands of the director to draw more the brilliance in her.
