“Ikaw Lang ang Mahal,” a love story directed by Richard Somes, who was previously renowned for his horror films and action capers, represents Marudo and Verzosa’s debut collaboration. The tense statement was never spoken in real life, but was part of Lira’s conversation in a confrontation scene with Andrei, played by Zanjoe Marudo, in the romantic drama “Ikaw Lang ang Mahal.”

Since this took the main actors a few days to meet, they had obvious chemistry that shines through even in the film’s trailer.

However, the chemistry did not develop overnight. Verzosa, on the other hand, felt at ease with her first-time leading guy after a few days.

“At ease na ako with Z and comfortable na ako,” she stated. “Z was very professional and very tahimik. For every film na ginagawa mo, may matututunan ka sa sarili mo.

“When I first read the script, I already fell in love with the story right away. Mahal ko na ang character ko. May natutunan na ako agad.”
Often before he saw the script for “Ikaw Lang ang Mahal,” Marudo gave his approval to the proposal.

“Kahit hindi ko pa nababasa ang script, aaminin ko, na-excite ako agad ng malaman kong si Kylie,” Marudo said. “”Bihira akong may maka-trabaho na halos pantay lang sa height ko.

“Masaya na kinakabahan kami,” Verzosa stated. “Pero maganda naman ang experience. We had to hike at 1 a.m. and we reached the Sea of Clouds at 2 a.m.

“Then natulog pa kami. Kailangan naming hintayin ang araw at 5 a.m. Then we started shooting. We had to shoot a lot of scenes. Tuloy-tuloy lang. We didn’t have any problem.”

Joel Torre, Ronnie Lazaro, Lara Morena, Guji Lorenzana, and Cara Gonzales round up the cast of “Ikaw Lang ang Mahal.” Mark Carpio recorded the original theme, “Ikaw Lang ang Mahal.” Vivamax will begin streaming the movie on May 20.