Angelina Cruz depends on her mom, veteran actress Sunshine Cruz, for advice, and all the more now that Angelina is acting in her first movie, “Love Is Color Blind.”

One of the basic tips she got from her mom is to study the script and “follow your lines.”

“But most importantly, to really know your character, to really know the idea of everything because that really helps. That’s what she told me,” Angelina shared during the online press conference for the movie, last Friday, Dec. 3.

A little more help came when she sought for her mom’s advice on how to pronounce some words that are quite strange to her.

“Actually, even during lock-in, if there are lines na hindi ko ma-pronounce well (that I can’t pronounce well), I would ask her for voice memos. ‘Mom, how do you say this well?’ She would help me naman,” Angelina said.

angelina cruz ig — Angelina Cruz. Image: Instagram/@angelinaisabele

She is also grateful to have been cast as Iris for the movie which will launch the Donny Pangilinan-Belle Mariano love team.

“I feel like the viewers will find her very interesting. She is an interesting character. She is confident, she’s smart,” Angelina described Iris.

Angelina is also a singer and her transition from being a singer to an actress has been challenging.

“My last project is actually a sitcom so very light lang po siya and very different from filming a movie because it is very detailed. Kaya po I have to really learn. I have to adapt. They were able to guide me naman po when it comes to emotions and to really become my character,” she said.

Directed by John Leo Garcia under Star Cinema, the film also stars John Lapus, Jeremiah Lisbo and Esnyr Ranollo. It will be showing on Dec. 10 and DonBelle fans can avail of tickets via KTX.ph. JB

Angelina Cruz bares biggest challenge at start of 1st acting project