Switching on his “manager mode,” James Reid was eager to share the official release date of Liza Soberano’s Hollywood movie Lisa Frankenstein.
The American film production company Focus Features had announced that the horror-romantic-comedy movie would hit theaters on February 9, 2024.
James told PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal), “We’ve been waiting for this.”
In the movie, Liza plays the role of Taffy, the stepsister of Lisa, the lead character portrayed by Kathryn Newton.
Also joining the cast are Cole Sprouse (Riverdale), Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill House), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things), and Henry Eikenberry (Euphoria).
The trailer, which was unveiled on October 26, 2023, features a scene in which Liza’s character is seen alongside Lisa, and she comments, “That’s really weird Lisa.”
PEP.ph caught up with James at the grand opening of Gentle Monster’s first store in the Philippines at Shangri-La at Fort in Bonifacio Global City on October 16, 2023.
LIZA SOBERANO’S HOLLYWOOD DEBUT
Deadline.com officially confirmed Liza’s role in the cast of “Lisa Frankenstein” in August 2022.
In an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN reporter MJ Felipe, which was broadcast on TV Patrol on Thursday, August 25, 2022, Liza disclosed it was the film’s director, Zelda Williams, who motivated her to audition for the Hollywood project.
Liza met Zelda in June 2022 when she went to Los Angeles, California, accompanied by her managers James Reid and Jeff Oh.
She recalled, “Sakto the day that I met her, she just got this project Lisa Frankenstein greenlit, and she was very excited about it.
“She was talking about it during our meeting and she said, ‘Why don’t you audition for one of the characters?”
Liza was already in South Korea when she made the decision to audition.
She recorded her audition herself and just two days later, she received the exciting news.
Liza related to MJ what the moment was like for her, “‘You got the role, you got the role!’ And I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh!’
“The funny thing is I like to downplay things in my head until I’m actually in that moment. Because I don’t want to get too excited tapos biglang mauudlot.”
It’s all systems go for Liza now, she’s back to acting and in Hollywood at that.
She expressed, “I’m really happy that a lot of people know that I’m working on a project now.
“My fans have been waiting for the longest time since 2020 for me to go back into acting.
“I’m happy that finally they have something to look forward to.”
