Exclusive Clara Bernadeth In Efforts To Release Horror And Drama Stigma

JAKARTA - Clara Bernadeth has dedicated part of her life as an acting career. Starting her acting debut in 2015, this year she has even 10 years as an actress who is recognized as still her growth period.

This year, her name has been emblazoned in two films, one of which is the film Perempuan Pembawa Sisel, directed by Fajar Nugros. This film was shown at the 2024 Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) and won Best Editing. Clara plays Puti who is the younger brother of her main character, Mirah, played by Raihaanun.

Puti's character is mysterious, but actually she is a very good character until there is one incident that makes her different. It happened that made her a bitter root. So it comes from the past because she still couldn't make peace," said Clara Bernadeth talking about her character at the VOI office some time ago.

From the start, the woman named Clara Josephine Bernadeth said that her role portion was minimal in this film, but she explained that her role was very interesting and that made her want to join this production.

"My role is actually minor, my screen time is not much, quite a lot is hidden for certain reasons and is left mysterious, but she plays quite an important role in the film Pembawa Sigal," he said.

The challenge is every time I do a pretty little scene, but with a significant impact. Every time I leave it is a challenge for myself because it is not easy to bring a mysterious woman but giving hooks to the audience but taking empathy to the audience," Clara said again.

The actress who was born on August 30 started her career with a comedy film, but it didn't take long for her to get attention after playing one of the drama series on local television. She felt that her involvement in acting was accidental, but in the end she had to commit to making her best.

The process of being involved was also carried out by looking at how big the challenge for his character was, something Clara Bernadeth was always looking for when choosing a film project.

In addition to varying the genre, I saw how challenging the character was when I played. In my opinion, the players' challenges are always seen, not the number of screentimes, but how can they develop, and deliver as best they can, no matter how small," he said.

Even though it's a little bit but challenging but has an important role. I'm happy with the works of Mr. Nugros, I believe that she who works is fresh and brave," said the 31-year-old actress.

Despite her little role, Clara Bernadeth admitted that there were many difficulties when releasing this character into everyday life. Gestur's behavior, he called it that way. This made him feel Puti's character was still carried away even months after he finished filming.

"Because I know Puti is impactful, so I'm attach with Puti. On a gesture, I was brought up after filming and I had time to tell Mas Nugros and coach acting mas Rosa (Rukman Rosadi) that Puti's gesture was still carrying. Finally, they understand, this must be released slowly but in a way that I spend my life as Clara but it becomes unique because that's how big she is," explained Clara.

Seeing Clara Bernadeth's filmography, she plays many horror and drama genres throughout the world of acting. Starting acting accidentally without ambition, she expressed her desire to always explore the genre. He also doesn't want to be labeled more inclined towards drama or horror.

"In the past, I was nicknamed the drama genre because I took the drama long ago, but if I took the project, I didn't want to limit taking the genre," he replied.

"Why do you see many horror films this year, even though some productions last quite a long time, maybe the timing is right this year. The label frees the audience for the horror genre or drama genre, but actually, I take many genres because I don't want a typecast or labeled a certain genre because it affects us as an actor. If it is labeled, the distigma can only play a certain genre and this is a very related to our film. Perempuan Siselita because it is about stigma/label to someone, "continued Clara.

Clara Bernadeth started her career by accident. He majored in International Relations in the middle of starting his acting. 10 years later, this second child felt he had promised to explore the world he was just involved in. As a result, he did not rule out expanding his wings to various sectors while in the film industry.

"Once I took this job, I made a promise to myself. I will do my best and as much as possible which is that I really love the world of acting and this world of acting may be a world that I have never left but it doesn't limit me from continuing to develop in this industry," said Clara Bernadeth.

"This industry is quite developed, it could be anything from the director of the writer or producer, so I never cover up what I will be, which is important for the progress of our film industry, to continue to entertain the audience," he laughed.

As a person, acting makes him grow as a character in looking at other people's stories and views. Even though he has been acting for 10 years, Clara Bernadeth still hopes that the Indonesian film industry will be more open to new genres that will later bring Indonesian viewers to get to know more films.

"I feel like playing a lot of roles doesn't mean I don't learn from the role I play. There's a lot of things I can get, any lessons I can get from my character including the Woman Carrying Sialla. Of course, it affects my personal character. I as a human being have a lot of feelings, a lot of experience, a lot of knowledge that I can get from my character, "he explained.

"I've been in this industry for 10 years but you could say some genres I haven't tried yet, for example I'm still curious about biopics. Biopics are quite rare but a genre that I want to try too. Musical dramas, in Indonesia may rarely be made, but I hope the film industry will make more musical dramas more and more. Action, even though I feel like Indonesia is very rich in martial arts for exploration and hopefully the action genre can develop in the film industry, "concluded Clara Bernadeth.