If a film production team wants actress Coleen Garcia to be a part of its cast, it has to be prepared to comply with her request: The new mom has to take a break from shooting every 12 noon, 3 p.m. and 12 midnight to breastfeed her baby, Amari.
In order for her to continue breastfeeding 1-year-old Amari even while at work, Coleen opted to bring the toddler—and husband Billy Crawford—inside the shooting bubble with her. “There’s this one time when Amari woke up earlier than usual and kept crying. Billy was there, but he just couldn’t handle the situation. I had to say sorry to Direk because I really needed to feed Amari. We had to pause for that, and I felt so bad. It was good that Direk was very patient with me,” Coleen confessed.
“When you’re a parent, there are certain things that should come out naturally, like the tenderness you show your child, or the affection you give to your husband. These are things I’m glad I was already able to personally experience before jumping into this role because I don’t know if I would have played it the same way if I weren’t a mom yet,” she declared.
Asked to share what lesson she hoped the audience would learn from her character, Coleen said: “Invest in your family so you won’t lose them. It’s important to have your own career, to have different priorities in life, but you can’t expect to get something in return if you’re not putting enough in. When I say investing, I’m not talking financially but emotionally. Once you start to lose your family, it’ll be hard to get it back.
“Queenzy’s mom said the child appeared in a Kapamilya show once. I said that’s good because it means she knows her way with the cameras. That’s actually more important to me than knowing how to read the script. We discovered that with proper guidance, Queenzy was perfect. She follows instructions well. Coleen knows this. She witnessed how sharp Queenzy is,” the director said.
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