Chasing after a feeling: Petersen Vargas on making ‘Un/Happy for You,’ that JoshLia magic

“It feels unreal,” Petersen Vargas says of his latest blockbuster film, Un/Happy for You, which has raked in P320 million after three weeks in theaters and now approaches its fourth week.

“I think no one expected it to be this big of a hit, not even my producers over at Star Cinema. All we had was this dedicated faith to all this timing and potential, especially for the return of JoshLia on the big screen.

Something felt right. Whenever I was at the mall, the first order of...