MANILA, Philippines – Kapamilya actor Daniel Padilla shared that his inspiration for his hairstyle in Netflix hit series "Incognito" are the Team Lakay fighters from Baguio City.

In an interview with Esquire, the 30-year-old heartthrob credited the Filipino Igorot fighters, specifically those from Team Lakay, for his mullet hairstyle.

"I actually got the idea of this hairstyle from our Team Lakay fighters, our mixed martial arts fighters from Baguio City. They compete in ONE Championship and I watch their shows religiously," Padilla said.

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Padilla plays Andres, an Igorot ex-military operative who was dishonorably discharged and was working as a private contractor in the show.

"When I was watching them, I saw all these Filipinos from Baguio wearing the same hairstyle. Since my character in Incognito is Igorot, and these guys are Igorot, that's where I got the inspiration to copy the same hairstyle," Padilla said.

"Of course when it comes to roles like this, you have to do research. You have to pay respect to their culture."

Further tying the show together with Philippine MMA is its director, Lester Pimentel Ong, who was a member of the Philippine national wushu team when Eduard Folayang and Mark Sangiao were still active with Wushu.

He won a gold medal with Folayang in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games where he was competing in Taolu, and the former two-time ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion in Sanda.

"When our director saw me, he already knew the reason behind it, I didn't have to tell him," Padilla said.