Kathryn Bernardo gets emotional over ‘The Hows Of Us’ success

FILE: Kapamilya actress Kathryn Bernardo (Photo: bernardokath/Instagram)

Kathryn Bernardo cannot hold her tears back as her latest movie with her partner, Daniel Padilla, has earned almost half a billion, making it one of the country’s highest-grossing films.

But behind the success of her movie, Kathryn shared that there are some hardships and difficulties she had to face.

“Hindi siya naging madali. Sobrang hirap, grabe ‘yung challenges, grabe ‘yung pressure, pero ang sarap lang sa pakiramdam na, alam mo ‘yon, nandito na tayo sa victory party natin (It was not easy. It was really hard, the challenges and pressure is there but it feels good tht, you know, we are here now in our victory party),” the emotional 22-year-old actress said in the film’s thanksgiving party on Wednesday night.

Kathryn then admitted that it has not been an easy journey for her earlier this year.

“I felt so lost early this year. Ang dami kong doubts sa sarili ko (I have so many doubts to myself)… parang napagod na ako sa lahat and then dumating ‘tong ‘The Hows of Us (I felt like I’m tired of everything and then ‘The Hows of Us’ came),'” she said.

The actress, however, did not further elaborate what she has been through but she recalled that she had a meeting on her second shooting day with her film’s director Cathy Garcia-Molina, where the latter asked her if she wanted the project.

“I said ‘yes.‘ Sabi nila (They said), ‘okay as long as gusto mo nandito kami para tulungan ka (we are just here to help you),‘” Kathryn said.

“Hindi naman ako nabigo hanggang matapos ‘yung pelikula kasi grabe po ‘yung tulong nila sa’kin especially Direk Cathy na hindi napagod at hindi siya nagsawang maniwala sa’kin (They did not fail me until the end of the movie because they were a big help to me especially Director Cathy who never got tired and never gets tired of believing in me),” she added.

Expessing her gratitude to Cathy, the young star told everyone in the event, “Hindi ko alam kung paano magsimula kay Direk Cathy kasi (I do not know where I should start with Director Cathy because) I felt like she saved me and she (really) did talaga. Sa lahat po ng praises na nare-receive dito sa movie it’s because of her (The praises that this movie receives is because of her).”

Daniel, of course, did not lose the opportunity to praise his girlfriend in front of the crowd.

“Dinala niya talaga niya, silang dalawa ni Direk Cathy. Nilupitan nila masyado (She handled it all along with Director Cathy. They really did well). So, congratulations, Val. You made it!” the actor told Kathryn.

Star Cinema earlier announced on its Instagram account that ‘The Hows of Us’ earned P505,672,777.80-million to be exact.

Since it was shown in cinemas, the movie has received a lot of praises from Kathryn and Daniel’s fans, their co-celebrities, and several moviegoers, with some sharing their thoughts and realizations about the film.