Paul Christian Ocampo

Kaila Estrada admits the idea of working with her parents still intimidates her

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Kaila Estrada spoke candidly about the pressures of entering the entertainment industry with two well-known actors as parents, Janice de Belen and John Estrada.</p><p>In an interview with PeopleAsia, Kaila admitted that she initially felt the weight of expectations when she began her career. &quot;It&#x27;s harder by a bit only because there is a layer of pressure there, so there&#x27;s like that certain expectation, well, I felt like I had to live up to. But at the end of the day, when I entered the business, I just kept telling myself [that] the journey of my parents are completely different from mine,&quot; she said.</p><p>The actress also revealed that the idea of working alongside her parents is something that still intimidates her.  &quot;I am super scared [to work with them]. They are my parents and I&#x27;ve never sort of merged my two worlds: my working environment and my family. So, the idea of working with them and acting alongside them, parang OA na sa pressure,&quot; she pointed out.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-17" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQOsmoMifjQ/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=607&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A17%2C%22os%22%3A12145510.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="927" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-17" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>She went on: &quot;Thinking about it, parang may lump in my throat kasi of course my parents, they are really good with what they do. And at the same time, memorized ko na sila. So &#x27;yung mga facial reactions nila, what makes them impatient, or what makes them upset, and mga stuff like that.&quot;</p><p>When asked about the types of projects she would want to do with her parents in the future if given the chance, Kaila said she envisions different genres for each of her parents.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/12/15/exclusive-kaila-estrada-reflects-on-role-and-women-support-in-what-lies-beneath-1051" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Kaila Estrada reflects on role and women support in ‘What Lies Beneath’</strong></a></div><p>&quot;For my mom and my dad, it&#x27;s different. For my dad, I would want to do something of the action genre. I feel like &#x27;cause that&#x27;s something we both enjoy na we have in common. And with my mom naman, because my mom I feel like she&#x27;s such an amazing dramatic actress, that I want to be in a project with her na ganun, na drama,&quot; she relayed.</p>

<p>Kaila Estrada admitted that she initially felt the weight of expectations of having two well-known actors as parents when she began her career.</p>

Kaila Estrada admitted that she initially felt the weight of expectations of having two well-known actors as parents when she began her career.