Random conversation with T.J. Trinidad
We were having merienda in Rockwell, enjoying the afternoon gloom and discussing an idea for a movie. Ricky noted that the lead would have to be an actor of a specific age group and socio-economic class. Having seen Sana Dati, we know whom we would cast in all the “disente at seryosong tao” roles, so we said, “T.J. Trinidad”.
We really should pay more attention to our conjuring powers because foom! who should appear in an FC Barcelona cap and jacket, walking towards Healthy Options, but the abovementioned.
“Is that T.J. Trinidad?” we asked.
“It is!” Ricky confirmed.
“Let’s talk to him!”
“Oh no,” Ricky said. “You accost him, and I’ll watch from a distance.”
Between potential embarrassment (He tells us to go away) and potential regret (We do nothing and he goes away), we pick embarrassment. No matter how cringe-making it is, it’s still a story you can laugh about with your friends. Tales of regret tend to be corny or depressing. “Live dangerously!” we said. “We’re going inside a health food store!!”
So we went up to T.J. Trinidad as he was buying organically-grown groceries, and from a personal space-respecting distance of 1.5 meters, said we loved his character in the movie. Luckily he was familiar with our work, which always alleviates awkwardness. When Ricky saw that T.J. was not yelling for security, he joined us.
We congratulated T.J. on his Best Supporting Actor award, which he wasn’t around to collect. He said he was absent because they couldn’t find a yaya for their one-year-old kid. We talked about how he worked with the director to create a back story for his character in the movie—a guy who has to strike a balance between his personal principles and his family’s expectations. Three minutes, the limit for accosting famous people.
Sana Dati opens in theatres on 25 September.
About the conjuring: We were taken to an exorcist when we were a year old so we stopped doing it. Then we had a formal scientific education that dismisses it. We get the occasional weird episode, though.
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August 13th, 2013 at 10:19
paki conjure si michael fassbender.
August 13th, 2013 at 21:40
Nasa bahay, kasama ni James MacAvoy. Nag-aalaga ng pusa.
August 14th, 2013 at 04:02
LOL at “Live dangerously!” we said. “We’re going inside a health food store!!”
August 14th, 2013 at 16:39
nakasabay ko siya mga 2 years ago na nag apply sa Qatar Airways FA
medyo sikat na siya noon , ibig bang sabihin non eh hindi siya happy sa career niya or trulagen na walang pera sa showbiz at mas gugustuhin pa niyang magsilbi sa mga ********pasahero (ay naku baka MaMaluFernandez ako)
August 15th, 2013 at 10:55
Para magkamal ka ng salapi sa showbiz, kailangan ay pang-masa ka. Hindi ang tipo ni T.J. Trinidad ang kakagatin ng masa, i.e. dudumugin sa mall shows, pagkakaguluhan sa mga pampublikong lugar. “Aristocratic” ang dating ni T.J. Trinidad at nakakaasiwa/nakakahiya lapitan.
Pansinin ang listahang ito mula sa BIR. Karamihan ng mga artistang kasama rito ay pang-masa.
http://www.inquirer.net/videos/business/Top-500-Taxpayers-in-2011-(from-BIR).pdf