As a rookie actress, Rurusama made sure she has memorised her scripts, interpreted her characters and practised her expressions well before the camera rolled.

In an interview with AsiaOne on May 28 for her new microdrama My Girlfriend is an Alien, the 26-year-old shared she was invited to audition for the role of extraterrestrial being Layla by King Kong Media Production in late March. By the time filming began in mid-April, she had read the script about 10 times and had her own interpretations of the character.