Maja Salvador unleashes her wild side in new TV show

“Wildflower” lead star Maja Salvador with costars Vin Abrenica (left) and Joseph Marco

It’s a dream role for me. It’s really challenging to be ‘wild,’” said Maja Salvador of her latest role in the newest Kapamilya show “Wildflower.”

In “Wildflower,” Maja plays the character Lily Cruz, also known as Ivy Aguas — a beautiful, intelligent and headstrong young woman, who is out to exact revenge.

Like Ivy, Maja admitted to being wild, but only “on the dance floor.”

How else is she different from the character she plays?

“The real Maja is not like Ivy at all,” she said. “While Ivy is wild, I have perfect control over my emotions. Ivy’s not just wild physically, but also mentally. She’s out to get the people who hurt her.”

Asked whether her audience should expect her love scenes with leading men RK Bagatsing, Vin Abrenica and Joseph Marco to be wild, too, the actress quipped: “They have to watch what I will do to the three men.”

Maja further pointed out: “Many people have hurt me, especially those who said negative things about me in order to pull me down. I’m not the type who bears ill feelings. I choose to forgive and forget.

“I just pray to God so that one day, they will realize that what they’re doing is wrong, and that they will just learn to be happy for the blessings that other people are receiving.”

Maja Salvador

For her, the best revenge is “for them to see me hanging out with successful and accomplished people. I learn from these individuals a lot.”

Maja said she was proud to be part of such an “effective” cast as that of “Wildflower.” It also features Tirso Cruz III, Aiko Melendez, Wendell Ramos and Sunshine Cruz. “It’s from them that I get the emotion I need to be Ivy. I would not be able to do it without them,” Maja explained.

For a guy to make her fall in love, Maja enumerated the following qualities—God-fearing, respectful, loving “and of course, neat-looking.”

Vin, a new Kapamilya talent, said he learned so much during the short time he had been working with Maja: “The other night, she surprised me with her performance. When I first read the script for the scene that we were supposed to do, I thought it was just a simple one, but she still gave it her best. We ended up getting cuts and bruises while making it. Viewers would get to see that scene during the show’s second week.”

“Wildflower,” conceptualized by Ruel S. Bayani and directed by Onat Diaz, airs weekdays before “TV Patrol,” on ABS-CBN.