Megan Young On Working With Real Life BF Mikael Daez For The First Time In 'The Stepdaughters'

 

MEGAN YOUNG gets to work with real life boyfriend Mikael Daez in “The Stepdaughters” for the first time. She confesses that she felt uncomfortable when they shot their first scene together. Was she intimidated? “Hindi naman intimidation ang naramdaman ko,” she says. “Parang more like may hiya factor kahit matagal na kaming may relationship. Seven years na. But first time kasi namin to work together in a teleserye kaya parang nahihiya ako kung paano ako gagalaw sa taping. Ang eksena kasi, I’m so annoyed with him kaya babatuhin ko siya ng sapatos. I got worried na baka masaktan siya. I asked him kung okay lang ba kasi baka matamaan ko ng sapatos ang mukha niya. But he is very supportive. He told me to just focus on my character at huwag isiping magkarelasyon kami. Alam niyang kailangang gawin, at nagawa naman namin nang tama. Hindi ko naman siya tinamaan sa mukha. Ha ha ha!”

Katrina Halili plays the kontrabida in their show. They have plenty of ‘sampalan’ and catfight scenes in the story. How is it working with Kat?

“Sa kanya ako actually na-intimidate sa harap ng camera. Pareho kaming Starstruck graduates. Batch 1 siya and Batch 2 ako. Napapanood ko na siya ever since bilang kontrabida and she’s just remarkable. Iisipin mo talagang salbahe siya. But off screen, sobrang ibang-iba siya, sobrang bait, tahimik lang. Malambing at iyakin pa nga. Kapag sinabi kong ‘you look good, sobrang ganda mo today’. Naiiyak na siya sa tuwa. Ganun siya.”

So they get along well? “Oh yes. I love it na magaan siyang katrabaho kasi intense ang mga eksena namin dahil ang characters namin dito, laging nag-aaway. But after each take, napakabait niya and she asks me kung nasaktan ba niya ako. Nagso-sorry pa siya.”

Her character as Mayumi is not the usual “api-apihan” type of heroine. “Palaban din siya. Ready to defend herself and fight. Kapag tinalakan ako ni Kat, tatalakan ko rin siya. E, hindi ako yun kasi in real life, hindi ako palaban, hindi ako confrontational na tao. Kaya big challenge sa’kin ang role ni Mayumi.”