lance raymundo to play young elwood perez in the film "mnemonics"...

lance feels proud to play a young elwood perez character

lance: young, passionate, artistic

direk elwood: he chose lance to play a younger him.

Every director has a dream, a vision... Every artistic person can get inspired once he sees a true beauty, that somehow inspires him more to do greater things.

In the case of film director Elwood Perez, the first time he saw actor-singer Lance Raymundo (when Lance was still a teenager), he at once felt magnified by the glitter and glow of Lance's handsomeness and personality. That very moment, he told Lance: "I will make you an actor in one of my films someday! I got so inspired with your handsomeness!"

At that time, Lance was still so young and studying at school. He still had no interest to become an actor then. And besides, he wanted to become more of a singer, rather than an actor at that young age. Although direk Elwood was his mom's friend, he never took seriously what direk Elwood said.

Years passed. Every time direk Elwood saw Lance, he kept on reminding him of  HIS PROMISE. And Lance felt so flattered about it because he knew it was direk Elwood saying that to him, a Master film director and one of the best film makers in Philippine Cinema.

Now, the moment had come. Direk Elwood's promise to Lance is now fulfilled via the film MNEMONICS, a semi-autobiographical film of director Elwood Perez.

"I am playing a young Elwood Perez in that film", Lance told his blogger-friend. "A romanticized Elwood, a more passionate and younger Elwood."

In the said film, every time direk Elwood sees a handsome young man, he becomes Lance Raymundo- younger and more rugged. The character transforms into a youthful person- which is also Elwood, basically.

"It's a challenge on my part to play a young Elwood", Lance further said. "As an actor, you have to divert yourself away from your own personality to become that person you are portraying. I thank direk Elwood because he gave me a chance to portray a younger him. It's an honor on my part."

Lance is now currently finishing shooting MNEMONICS. And we bet, this is going to be another direk Elwood masterpice.


(written by robert manuguid silverio)