Nadine Lustre admitted that she is not yet ready to become a mother.
In an interview with MJ Felipe for TV Patrol, the 31-year-old actress confessed that the idea of motherhood feels daunting to her.
"Nakakatakot maging nanay, honestly, like every time we (referring to Christophe Bariou) talk about it. I've been working for as long as I can remember, and I can't imagine having another responsibility other than my career," she said.
Nadine added that there are other priorities she wants to focus on at the moment. "I am so focused with my career and, of course this guy, and our businesses as well. So parang hindi ako ready. So saludo talaga ako sa mga moms," she relayed.
The actress is set to star in the Metro Manila Film Festival entry, Call Me Mother, alongside Vice Ganda.
In a recent interview on TFC's Are You G?, the actress shared that she would play a beauty queen in the film.
"I've done a lot of research when it comes to being a beauty queen. Research and I've done a few days of training, because my character in the film is a beauty queen and it's very important for me to know about the industry and about my character as well," she shared.
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Part of her preparation also involved fitness training, since her character competes in pageants. "A lot of preparations too when it comes to fitness because eventually, you know, in the film I would have scenes wherein I am actually competing," she said.
Nadine also admitted that maintaining the poise of a beauty queen has been one of the most challenging aspects of the role.
"I would say the trickiest part of my role is that every time I'm on set or every time we're filming or shooting a scene, my posture needs to be different, and the thing is I'm used to... I'm hunched all the time. But in the movie, I have to be upright and beauty queen posture, so it's kind of tricky. It's very challenging because I always have to remember," she said.
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Call Me Mother serves as the reunion project of Nadine and Vice Ganda, ten years after they worked together on the 2015 MMFF film Beauty and the Bestie.
Written by Daisy G. Cayanan, Daniel S. Saniana, and Jun Robles Lana, the film has the following synopsis, as revealed during the Grand Launch of the 51st MMFF held at the Glorietta Palm Drive Activity Center in Makati on July 8.:
"Fabulous single queer mother, Twinkle, plans on surprising her loving adoptive son, Angel, with a Disneyland trip by finalizing his adoption papers – if and only if nobody claims Angel within three months. But the unexpected arrival of Mara starts to complicate their peaceful life.
Shaken up by Mara’s arrival, Twinkle goes the extra mile to prove that she is a caring and capable mother to Angel – resulting in over-the-top hilarious means to assure Mara that Angel is already in good loving hands.
As the end of the three-month adoption process comes to a close, a surprising and threatening bond between Mara and Angel forms. Can Twinkle prove that motherhood lies not in biology, but in profound, unwavering devotion?"