Megan Young speaks up about her hesitation to slap Vilma Santos Author: Rachelle Siazon Megan Young's biggest break in showbiz to date was her role as Marcella on I Love Betty La Fea. She was so good at it that many viewers started to notice her as one of the most promising actresses today. This is the very reason why she was also hand-picked to attend the special acting workshop led by Vilma Santos for her TV special A Woman For All Seasons on ABS-CBN. But as seen last Saturday, August 1, Megan wasn't able to slap Vilma during their on-the-spot acting showdown. It elicited various reactions amongst the audience and fortunately, ABS-CBN.com caught up with the young star to ask her what really happened back then. Apparently, she was too mesmerized with Vilma's powerful presence that she could hardly think of the right things to say and, much more the momentum to deliver that slap. "I was gonna, I really was... kasi naghahanap ako ng tyempo nung una and then I couldn't find one. When she was talking to me (in a gentle manner), 'Anak sampalin mo ako ha...' I was looking into her eyes, she's just... I got so star struck. I was thinking how am I going to slap her. Am I supposed to do it hard? With me thinking of so many things, hindi ko na siya nasampal," she vividly recalled. A friend of hers who was able to watch the show later told Megan that she was actually good in the sense that she was able to shed tears right there and then. Only to realize that she was genuinely crying because of the difficult situation she was in. "In the middle of it, I was so embarrassed kasi I was saying a lot of stuff that really embarrassed me. Everybody was laughing. Actually they said na it became a comedy skit. I tried to absorb it (the insults that Vilma was hurling at her as part of the acting session) but I wasn't that focused. At that time I just forgot all the stuff that I learned from my workshops because I was just so intimidated by her." When Megan got invited to the said event, she had no idea that it's actually an acting workshop-slash-open forum that would be shown on TV. "They only told me that day so hindi ako emotionally prepared. The reason why I cried talaga is I was scared out of my mind that I won't be able to slap her, and I didn't. Actually lahat kami akala namin manonood kami ng movie ni Vilma. Yun nga, I didn't know na ipapalabas siya sa TV. So after the workshop sabi ko pa okay I'll just work on it next time," she added. Nevertheless, Megan stressed that she really learned from the whole experience, and hopefully, she would get the chance to redeem herself in another acting stint with Vilma. "In the end, I learned from it and she was really nice about it pa. All I can say is that you learn from your mistakes. How can you grow as a person if you don't make this kind of mistake? I am not saying that go ahead make mistakes, you can learn from them. But you just have to get over it na rin. Do what's right next time," she wisely stated. Source: ABS-CBN Interactive | 
