The cast, led by Sheila Francisco as Martika’s “action star grandma,” is uniformly engaging. Actors Bong Cabrera, Rocky Salumbides, and Anthony Falcon add to the pleasures of watching this surprise of a movie.
“I was confused when I received the email because I didn’t think it was real. I didn’t even read the letter. I just sent it to my producers for validation that maybe it is real.” The movie is also a heartfelt ode to writing and the creative process. The writer-director recounted her long journey to pen the script.
“And it didn’t end there. We would constantly write and re-write until the last stages of editing this film. It is a perpetually changing script, which I wasn’t prepared for but feels just right based on how the film turned out.”“We started casting very early and we had no clear frontrunners,” she recounted.
SHEILA. From the opening scene to the end, ‘Leonor Will Never Die’ is a showcase of Sheila Francisco’s impressive range as an actress. Courtesy of Arkeofilms/Carlos Mauricio. “There was a lot riding on that final casting. What are the qualities you look for in a character who was once a female director-writer in the ‘80s action genre?”
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