Sunshine Dizon to make her directorial debut as ‘B&B’ series premieres this February

Sunshine Dizon’s dream of becoming a director is finally coming true as her first directorial project premieres this February.

The Kapuso actress was assigned as the second unit director for WeTV Originals and Sanggre Productions’ upcoming series “B&B: The Story of Brody & Brandy” that will begin streaming on February 14.

In an interview with GMA News Online, Sunshine revealed that the opportunity wasn’t at all planned. In fact, it only started during the project's pre-production stage.

“To make things efficient, and makabawas din ng mga sequences, it started with ‘oh, ikaw na yung mag second unit’ and pangarap ko ‘yon eh. So sabi ko ‘okay sige',” she said.

“Nag-open lang yung door, ta’s pumasok lang din ako sa pinto,” she added.

Sunshine is thankful to be working with experienced and supportive people for her first time.

As a director, she prefers letting the scenes flow naturally and trusting the actors on how they can portray their characters.

“Yung akin lang is, ayoko lang talaga [na] nakakakita ng artista na umaarte pa. The more organic and the more natural it is, do’n tayo,” she said.

“Kung saan niyo kayang dalhin yung eksena, go tayo diyan. ‘Pag meron lang ako nakita na parang kailangan pa ng konting dagdag o baguhin, then I will let you know,” she continued.

Spearheading the project, director Mark Reyes said Sunshine didn't need lessons to do great.

“Sunshine is a director by experience. I mean she has been acting for (years.) She has worked with the likes of Joel Lamangan,” he said.

“Even during the time of 'Mystified,' you could already see that she had it in her. She would take control of the scenes that she’s involved in and she would actually make suggestions,” said Georgette Tengco, Country Manager of WeTV Philippines.

Iza Calzado who is playing Brandy in the series added that she is “honored, happy and proud to be her [Sunshine's] first actress.”

“She came prepared. Even if she never went to a directing school or whatever, she’s been researching and bantay sarado talaga ang emotional art ng bawat character,” she said.

“I see a really bright sunshine for Sunshine as a director,” she added.

Ian Veneracion playing “Brody,” meanwhile, stated that Sunshine did a “wonderful” job, especially with the scenes that became more “layered and complex” because of her suggestions.

“Hindi mahahalata na first time. Kung ‘di nila sinabi sa’kin, ‘di ko malalaman na first time niya mag-direct,” he said.

“I hope in the future makatrabaho [ko ulit siya] as my director,” he added.

“B&B: The Story of Brody & Brandy” is a romantic comedy series following two lovers turned competitors after Ian’s character puts up a bed and breakfast business right in front of Iza’s.

Aside from Iza and Ian, it will also star Emmanuel Vera, Ian Ignacio, Ketchup Eusebio and Lovely Abella. — LA, GMA News