Julia Barretto remains unfazed under the inquisitive public eye

February 10 ------ There is more to Julia Barretto than just having a pretty face and a famous last name.

At 24, Julia continues to show maturity and depth in acting. She has embraced it with so much passion. As a next generation Barretto, the actress keeps on honing her craft and remains unfazed under the inquisitive public eye. I enjoyed talking to her during our intimate conversation on Who Are You When No One Is Watching Season 2 on my podcast.

Julia thinks that acting is a gift. It requires a lot of heart and not everyone is willing to give his or her heart into it. She shared her acting style. “I don’t think I have a process. When it’s a heavy scene, I’m not like others who listen to sad songs or watch a really sad video. I don’t have that process because I love to get lost in the scene. I like to surprise myself. I don’t want to know what I’m gonna do.”

She has her own way of tapping into pain and joy when she acts. “The first thing I always do is to see what is parallel to me and my character,” said Julia. “Let’s say my character will experience the pain of loss and everybody knows that I know exactly how it feels to lose in different forms whether it may be death or losing somebody you love. I feel like the first step to being able to tap into your joy or pain is to not be afraid to feel. As an actor, you have to be really vulnerable and sensitive and to not be afraid to feel.”

The actress is comfortable in drama acting. “Every time people ask me if I would rather do a rom-drama or rom-com, I always say rom-drama because I like sensitizing,” said she. “I just love being vulnerable in an environment, where I don’t have to show vulnerable Julia. Like I could be somebody else and then express pain. And they don’t have to think about it.”

She also believes in the importance of physicalizing a role through hair, makeup, outfits and mannerisms. It helps in the process. “I was wearing everything baggy like stuff that you wouldn’t ever catch me wearing in the last soap I did. It helped me get into the role,” added she. “You have to love your character. Accept and not judge. Of course, you look at the back story talaga. Bakit iyong character mo ganyang klaseng tao? Bakit siya nadala sa ganyang desisyon? ‘Pag inaral mo iyon, ah kaya pala. Then, parang you sympathize.”

During the interview, Julia also talked about Joshua Garcia and Gerald Anderson. She had only good words for Joshua. “I think one of the things that I really appreciate about him is that he respects Ge a lot,” said she. “And that’s a lot about Josh as well and how much he’s grown and matured. He respects Ge and that means a lot to me.” They are on good terms and Julia is looking forward to working again with Josh in the future. The two were featured in the music video of Moira dela Torre’s Paubaya and their chemistry was still visible. She said, “I think when we shot that, we were at the best stage of our friendship. That’s why it was so easy to do it.”

As for Gerald, Julia shared, “I always tell him how lucky I feel that I’m with somebody who can guide me just in life in general — who can ground me, who can put sense into my head. He keeps me together. I can talk to him about anything and he puts everything into perspective for me. And that’s what I really need in my life. I need somebody who will put things into perspective for me.” Julia loves Gerald so much that she would say yes to him if, hypothetically, he proposes marriage to her.

To recall, Julia previously shared on social media that she wants to start building a family and have babies at a young age. She explained, “I think I mentioned like 26 or 27. Everybody close to me would know this. They always ask me, ‘Julia, what do you think is your purpose? Or do you think you’re already doing what your calling is?’ I said, ‘You know what? No. I feel like my calling is really to be a mom.’ It’s something you can’t explain. Every time people would ask me, do you feel complete? I said, ‘You know I’m so content, but the only way I think I will feel complete is to have a child of my own.’”

Source: philstar.com