Dalawampu’t tatlong (23) taon na ang nakalilipas mula nang talikuran ni Nanette Medved-Po ang showbiz pero nakakatanggap pa rin siya ng mga alok para magbida sa mga teleserye.
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Nabanggit ni Nanette sa Cabinet Files na inalok siya ng isang TV network ng drama series na hindi niya tinanggap dahil bukod sa pagiging pribadong mamamayan, ang pagkakawanggawa ang kanyang pinagtutuunan ng atensiyon at panahon.
Nang bumisita siya sa GMA Network, para sa kanyang guesting sa Fast Talk with Boy Abunda, natuwa at nagpasalamat si Nanette dahil marami ang nagsabing sa mga aktres na gumanap na Darna sa pelikula, siya ang pinakapaborito nila.
Si Nanette ang Darna sa Viva Films movie na official entry sa 17th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) noong 1991.
Malaki ang naging impluwensiya kay Nanette ng pagganap niya bilang Darna dahil ito ang instrumento para maging mabuting ehemplo siya sa publiko.
Saad niya sa panayam ni Boy, “I just realize at some point that Filipino fans are amazing. They look up to the artists and really try to... as a role model.
“I didn’t realize I was a role model until much later in my career and when I found out that I was a role model, that’s when everything changed.
“'Ay, wait…' I need to be much more careful about the roles I choose. I need to be much more careful about what I say in public, what I wear.
“I became very conscious… the example I was giving to the public,” ang salaysay ni Nanette.
PARADE OF STARS
Hindi nakakalimutan ni Nanette ang insidente habang nakasakay siya sa float ng Darna para sa Parade of Stars ng Metro Manila Film Festival 1991.
Pagbabalik-tanaw ng philanthropist, “It started to happen a little bit before Darna. It solidified in Darna because I remember I was on a float.
“I think it was going down Roxas Boulevard and I was on a float and I was looking down and you had mga lola, you had mga apo.
“Yes, they were all there and they were looking up, and I think they couldn’t separate me from the character.
"And therefore, I had to be very conscious of how I behave not only to protect the Darna image but also to protect what they thought was how you behave in the world.
“And I wanted to be careful that I was modelling the behavior I want to see in the world rather than talk about things that were frivolous.
“Even to this day, I’m very careful about the messaging I put out in the world. I think that’s super important.”
Si Pilar Pilapil ang nagbigay-buhay sa karakter ni Valentina, ang babaeng ahas, at mga totoong ahas ang ginamit sa shooting ng Darna.
Ang Darna ang dahilan kaya nawala ang takot ni Nanette sa ahas na iniuwi pa nito sa kanyang bahay at inalagaan kaya takot na takot ang mga kasambahay niya.
“Takot na takot sila. Hindi sila makatulog, nangayayat sila,” natatawang kuwento ni Nanette sa Cabinet Files tungkol sa naging epekto ng kanyang alagang ahas sa mga kasamahan niya sa bahay.