Binuksan ni Rica Peralejo kung ano ang naging dahilan ng kanyang desisyon na bumalik sa pag-arte. Nakatakdang magbida ang aktres sa nalalapit na Metro Manila Film Festival 2025 entry na Manila’s Finest kasama si Piolo Pascual.
Sa isang panayam kay MJ Marfori, naalala ni Rica na ang panonood ng pelikulang GomBurZa noong 2023 ay nagdulot ng pagnanais na muling kumilos.
“‘Yung GomBurza, when I was watching that, dun ko lang ulit na-feel na gusto ko pang umarte. Prior to that wala na. Parang ayoko na talagang bumalik or what, not because I don’t like it or what, pero I’m just really focus on being a mom. And I just really love my privacy and my private life, di ba? Akala ko ba minsan okay na kayo, ikaw at artista na ako dun pero akala ko okay na kayo at maging artista na ako. feel that bugso ba, may spark may mga ganung projects na feeling mo may spark talaga siya,” she said.
Ikinuwento ni Rica na nag-message siya sa direktor ni Gomburza na si Pepe Diokno pagkatapos manood ng pelikula. “When I was watching [GomBurZa], I really thought na okay manonood lang ako ng pelikula, paglabas na paglabas ko [ng sinehan], I was texting direk Pepe (Diokno), sabi ko, ‘If you’re gonna make a film again that’s like this, kahit extra I will be willing,'” she relayed.
Sinabi ni Rica na hindi niya inasahan ang pag-aalok ng role sa Manila’s Finest. “I really didn’t expect this. This came na wala ako talagang notion. I didn’t even plan on coming back on the big screen or on TV, wala akong plano,” she pointed out.
Ipinahayag ng aktres na isa sa mga pangunahing dahilan na nagkumbinsi sa kanya na tanggapin ang proyekto ay ang pagkakataong makatrabaho muli si Piolo. “That’s also one of the things na nagpa-yes sa akin kasi one, I know when [Piolo] makes movies, it’s always kumbaga qualilty film siya, magandang materyal ‘to. So that was one of the things that made me say yes,” she relayed.
The actress went on: “And secondly because I am coming back from like a long, long time of not acting, I needed to have something familiar and Piolo is very [familiar]. Marami kaming projects together, tsaka magkaibigan kami,” she said.
Tatanggap pa ba siya ng mga acting projects sa hinaharap pagkatapos ng pelikulang ito?
“That is something that I cannot answer for now. I want to just focus on what I have now and let’s see if in the proces I will fall in love with it again and want to do some more, or maybe not. Open ako sa pareho basta lagi ko lang sinasabi, basta hindi masisira ‘yung buhay-pamilya ko na maike-keep ko pa rin ‘yung meron ako sa private life ko,” she responded.
