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Singer-actor David Archuleta turns missionary

Aside from preparing for his call to become a full-time missionary, the singer had also recently taken a stab at acting and just wrapped up three weeks of filming for a television mini-series in the Philippines. Prior to this, the singer-songwriter has had two cameos playing himself in US TV shows like Hannah Montana and iCarly.

The Pinoy TV drama Nandito Ako sees the baby-faced star taking on the lead role of "Josh Bradley", a Caucasian-Filipino, who got separated from his mother at a young age in a fire, then grows up to be a successful singer and falls in love with two girls.

Speaking on his first acting gig in a drama series, David who is of Hispanic descent - which he candidly attributes to for landing the Pinoy role - is evidently excited amid the initial apprehension.

"At first I was very hesitant coz I'm not an actor. I don't know if it'll be weird doing a Filipino soap opera but it turned out really great, it was a fun experience," he said.

Acting lessons were set up for the first time actor and David takes comfort that the character "is very similar to the kind of person I am" and that he is not required to speak much Tagalog for the series.

"Most of my lines are in English so it wasn't a problem. And I'm just playing myself so that was easy," he shared. "There are definitely certain scenes where I have to be someone else that I wasn't used to but it was a good challenge for me."

It seems like the singer-songwriter has caught the acting bug as he went on waxing lyrical about the joy he felt while filming.

"I'd really love to do it again! I felt like I was really able to open up and that's what I love about acting. It's very emotional very expressive. It can be really real if you let it be real."