Ardhito Pramono took a bold step in his acting career through the film Gudang Merica. The singer and actor who is attached to the image of cool and neat has transformed into the character of Razi, a simple young man whose appearance is far from the word fashionable.
"The difference between the characters of Razi and the characters of Ardhito is quite different, Razi is a bit katrok, Ardhito is pretty cool. Razi's character development is also different from the style, the hair is also very different. I have hair in the middle that has never been in the middle before," said Ardhito Pramono in South Jakarta, Wednesday, April 15.
Imam Darto as the director deliberately wanted to break the image of Ardhito. He admitted that he was looking for a leading actor with a unique enough criteria before finally choosing Ardhito.
"For the main cast, I am looking for dangerous bachelors in Indonesia. And the choice fell to Ardhito Pramono, amazing Ardhito Pramono. The challenge is that we are talking to Ardhito at that time, he is handsome, right, this suit is really good. How do we make Ardhito katrok like that," joked Imam Darto.
For Ardhito, delving into the role of Razi is not only about physical appearance, but also how he changed his speech style. He admitted that he had difficulty when he had to leave the urban child's speech style that he used.
"At first it was actually funny because I never played a character with the language of you-me and never as simple as that, it's also to be that person, usually it's me-lo. But to enter the world of film is already good, it feels like that," said Ardhito explaining his character's deepening.
The challenge of acting in this film was also felt by other actors who played as koas students. Zulfa Maharani, for example, admitted that it was difficult to hold back laughter when he had to play a role with comedian Benidictus Siregar.
"The biggest challenge is one frame with Mas Benny. I think the next title wants the riders to be without him. It's really bad to ruin people's luck. Because you can't stop laughing, so we often take it many times because we can't stop laughing. So cut the laughter like that," said Zulfa Maharani while laughing.
Arla Ailani also told her experience playing the character Rindu who has a klent character. He said that the comedy portion in this film was developed organically on location according to the director's impulsive direction.
"Rindu is a koas student, but the difference is that he is more inclined to be a mystic and believe in mystical and supernatural things. There is a scene of rituals where before the take, Mr. Darto was like 'Eh, what do we want to do? How do we move it? ' So we really developed it on location," said Arla.
The atmosphere of the shoot, which was full of laughter but "nonsensical", made Benny Siregar doubt the halalness of his work. He admitted to being surprised by the scene prepared by Darto.
"One day, it was midnight, I was done taking it, I just sat down and asked Pak Darto, 'Sir, is this our work halal or not, sir?' So crazy that the shooting didn't make sense, I swear the scene was dangerous. The difficult thing is that the stuntman has to wear his face prosthesis because he can't do anything," said Benny Siregar.
Despite all the antics on set, Ardhito admitted that he really enjoyed his role. He felt that the world of music and acting had now become an inseparable part of his life.
"The world of film and the world of music are not so far away, so until now I'm really happy to be in those two worlds. It's pretty good to be surprised that I can adapt like that, I want to split the middle again, like Sancai," concluded Ardhito Pramono.
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