LombokPost-After the initial announcement in May 2023, the film ‘Kuasa Gelap,’ will immediately begin the shooting process on February 10 2024 in the Jabodetabek area and surrounding areas.
Under the direction of director Bobby Prasetyo, ‘Dark Power’ will raise the theme of exorcism with a Catholic religious background, telling the story of a pastor who doubts his faith and finds himself involved in an exorcism that dominates a teenager.
Bobby told reporters in the Kemang area, Jakarta, that the character Cilla, played by Freya JKT48, would not have the role of being possessed by a demon in this film.
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Member of the seventh generation idol group JKT48 Raden Rara Freyanashifa Jayawardana or familiarly called Freya made her acting debut on the cinema screen by playing the character Cilla in the horror film entitled “Kuasa Gelap” (“Dominion of Darkness”) which was shot on February 10.
Freya, at a press conference for the latest horror film produced by Ideosource Entertainment and Paragon Pictures in South Jakarta, Monday, admitted that she was supported by JKT48 members who had acted in films such as Azizi Shafaa Asadel (Zee), and others to be able to explore acting.
And when the offer came to play on the cinema screen, it wasn’t too difficult for him to accept it.
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“Because previous JKT48 members have also acted in films, right? So they like to give suggestions, like this is good for me or maybe sometime later if there is one casting Again, tell me, like that,” said Freya.
The producer of the film “Dark Power” Robert Ronny said Freya was discovered in the “casting” process to look for extraordinary talents with great potential to build feelings of connection between the characters in his film’s story and the audience.
“JKT48’s Freya will play the character Cilla,” said Robert also.
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Robert said that his party deliberately invited new young film stars to regenerate the country’s film resources to support the development of the creative economy in Indonesia.
“In this film, apart from Freya, there is also Lea Ciarachel who plays a role. We have cast Lea in this film two years ago to play the character Kayla,” said Robert.
Robert is optimistic that Lea and Freya can provide a fresh feel and can become an important part of the Indonesian film industry in the future because of their extraordinary acting talent.
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At the time of the announcement in May 2023, the film ‘Kuasa Gelap’ attracted three well-known actors, namely Jerome Kurnia (playing Father Thomas), Lukman Sardi (playing Father Rendra), and Astrid Tiar (playing a mother named Maya).
Producer of the film “Kuasa Gelap” Arvin Sutedja said the story of the film “Kuasa Gelap” was inspired by a true story of exorcism in Indonesia.
Therefore, the film production stage, starting from research, script development, filming preparation, to the shooting process is carried out through a series of stages of authentication with the actual story, maintaining Latin translation, and so on.
Starting from Pontianak, South Kalimantan to attend the first exorcism conference in Indonesia, observing by studying the exorcism ritual in Solo, as well as having an audience with the Archdiocese of Jakarta in pre-production preparations.
Even conducting workshops for actors with the guidance of priests as well as script reading processes and intense discussions regarding the story and character background.***