Toni Gonzaga’s first onscreen kiss!

Toni Gonzaga

Actress-singer-host Toni Gonzaga finally agrees to do a kissing scene. She shot it for her latest movie, The Tanging Pamilya, which also stars former president Joseph Estrada, Ai-Ai de las Alas, and her leading man Sam Milby. She revealed that it took a lot of convincing before she finally agreed to do the kiss. “I’m not really doing kissing scenes, but they told me, Ms. Malou Santos (Star Cinema managing director) (and people from) Star Cinema, ‘Hija you’re already 25 (years old).’ You’re a grown-up,” Toni shyly recalled.

The actress explained that she finally said yes since her veteran co-stars, Erap and Ai-Ai, did not complain about having to do a kissing scene themselves. Toni also said that the kiss was necessary since she and Sam were supposed to portray newlyweds.

However, she appeared uncomfortable when press people asked how she felt when she and Sam had to kiss for the camera. “I want to end it soon,” Toni said with a laugh. “Coz I’m not comfortable. Coz there’s a lot of people. There’s so many cellphones, many were taking pictures.“ She said that they had to re-shoot the wedding scene because during the first take, she and Sam were only made to look as if they had kissed. “Coz usually my kissing scenes is really fake, even with Sam. It was repeated that’s why we had a one-day shoot. It was a big factor for me to consider kissing scene on a movie. It really took me how many people to really convince me. But right now, that’s the farthest I can go, [a] smack.” Toni also made it clear that while future projects might require her to do more kissing scenes, she won’t be doing anything be torrid. “I’m not allowed to go daring,” she said.

The actress clarified that she has no regrets about doing the kissing scene, but admitted that she felt uneasy since it was her first time. “I was really afraid coz it wasn’t a usual thing for me .” Although she informed her boyfriend Paul Soriano about the scene, Toni clarified that she did not need to seek his approval. “He knows about it. He wasn’t also having words about work. That is separate. He really knows it.”