Angry at Charlie in Netflix's Seasons? Lovi Poe Explains That's Meant to Be

(SPOT.ph) A new Pinoy romance movie is topping the charts over on Netflix, meaning that you've got a chance for emotional catharsis—only this time, be prepped for the angry kind. Confused? You'll get it after watching. And if you have and are here to validate how you feel while in tears, Lovi Poe herself explains Charlie's character in a media interview with SPOT.ph. Be wary of spoilers!

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Lovi Poe explains Charlie's character in Netflix Seasons

Starring Lovi Poe and Carlo Aquino, Seasons takes the old favorite trope of two best friends who might be more than just friends and spins it into a more raw and honest (and unfortunately, realistic) story. Poe stars as Charlie, a 32-year-old who is best friends with fellow 30-something Kurt (Aquino). The two are inseparable, and have been for years. They're so close, they've even got special nicknames for each other: "Pangs" short for pangit. Of course it's entirely platonic, yet when Charlie finds Kurt the perfect girl to date, things take a turn for the, suprise surprise, unexpected. 

Thing is, what happens after Kurt starts dating another girl is pretty expected. After all, Pinoys are big fans of the best-friend-to-lovers storyline—"Yes, kaibigan mo ako. Kaibigan mo lang ako," as the great Jolina Magdangal once said—so we can all pretty much predict what happens next. "It's not hard to fall in love with your best friend," as Poe tells us during the interview. While there's no fault in us loving this trope, Seasons thankfully does not dish out the same old cliches.

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Directed by Easy Ferrer and written by Dwein Baltazar, the concept of the movie came from Poe. "I basically came up with this story because we all make mistakes in our lives," she explains. "But it's very rare for people to take full responsibility of their mistakes. We always find someone to blame." 

Charlie and her actions were a reminder of the very human tendency to make mistakes, and yes, avoid accountability. "We have to face the consequences of our mistakes. It's just something that we have to deal with," says Poe. This movie was a way for her to own up to her own mistakes, though she adds in a cheeky disclaimer that she's never fallen in love with a best friend. 

By the end of the movie, it can be quite hard to cheer Charlie on, yet throughout, it will always be easy to relate to her (and, on some level, the choices she makes, even they do make you angry). Tropes are easy and familiar in romance movies; this drama manages to give it fresh treatment. 

"Charlie is flawed," says Poe. "That's the main reason of the story. We usually watch a story or a character that we would cheer for, because she's the lead of the movie [or] he's the lead of the movie, but I wanted someone to remind people that we're human."