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Philippine Showbiz Today
December 8 - 21, 2015
New drama series And I Love You So
With
a
star-studded
cast comprising some of the
greatest actors from different
generations, ABS-CBN’s newest
series “And I Love You So”
promises to present touching
drama to the Filipino audience.
The drama series revolves
around the story of two school
girls Trixie (Julia Barretto) and
Joanna (Miles Ocampo), whose
rivalry extends from their school
activities to their personal
relationships.
Their hatred for each
other grows deeper when
Trixie’s father Alfonso (Tontom
Gutierrez) and Joanna’s mother
Michelle (Dimples Romana),
who happened to be former
lovers, decided to get married.
But happiness does not last
long. Sooner than expected,
Trixie’s mother and Alfonso’s
first wife Katrina (Angel Aquino)
comes in the picture to win back
everything from Michelle.
In a press launch on
December 1, the stars, directors,
and one of the writers of “And
I Love You So” shared their
unique experiences in making
the drama series.
According to one of its
directors Onat Diaz, “And I Love
You So” shows how millennials
deal with different life issues. But
more that, it also tells a story
about families.
“It tells a very nice story about
families. And how these two set of of established antagonists in the
industry. According to the 18-year-
old actress, people can expect
several fight scenes between her
and Ocampo.
Ocampo, on the other hand,
expressed her excitement in finally
people deal with lif e-- kung paano
mag-react ang mga katulad nila
Michelle at Joanna sa buhay at
kung paano rin mag-react ang
mga katulad nila Katrina and
Trixie sa mga dagok ng buhay,”
he said.
Barretto said her role as Trixie
is challenging because she had
to learn how to become feisty
by observing the performances getting a big break in showbiz.
“Sobrang masya po ako
kasi finally, siyempre, ang tagal
ko rin naman po itong hinintay.
Grabe po ‘yong tiwala na binigay
ng Dreamscape po sa akin,” she
said.
Meanwhile, Romana and
Aquino revealed that their
characters in the series are
actually far from what they are in
real life.
“Medyo mas may challenge
kasi ang role ko dito single
mother ako e, which is totally the
opposite in real life. So I really
had to talk to some of my single-
parent friends,” Romana said.
Aquino, who is a single
parent in real life, said that she
can better relate to Romana’s
character.
“Si Katrina bilang obsessed
with a man, to get his love, and
build her world around him
is something so alien to me,”
she said. “Theoretically, if you
wanna keep your man you have
to both be individuals, strong as
individuals so that you’ll be able
to love one another as different
people and embrace your
differences together.”
Apart
from
Aquino,
Barretto, Romana, Ocampo,
and Gutierrez, the drama
series also features actors
Iñigo Pascual, Nikki Valdez, Jay
Manalo, Dante Rivero, Kenzo
Guttierrez, Benjie Paras, and
Francis Magundayao.
“And I Love You So” will
air on December 7, Monday
in replacement of “Walang
- ABS-CBN
Iwanan.”•
Shaira-Mark love team put to rest
TV5 star Shaira Mae dela Cruz
admits to have been surprised
over TV5 management’s decision
to break up her onscreen partner-
ship with Mark Neumann.
“Nagulat po ako at nalung-
kot,” she said.
Shaira and Mark have been
working together constantly for
some time now, starting with
their appearance on the Filipino
adaptation of theKorean series,
“Baker King.” They were subse-
quently paired in several episodes
of “Wattpad Presents” including
“Mister Popular Meets Miss No-
body,” “Mister Popular Meets Miss
Nobody: Still In Love,” and “I’m
In Love With A DotA Player,” in-
cidentally, among the highest-rat-
ing episodes of the show.
In any case, Shaira is moving
on. She hopes for Mark to contin-
ue finding success in his career.
“Happy naman ako for him,”
she said.
Dubbed as TV5’s Kilig Prince
and Princess, Shaira and Mark
were discovered on the talent and
reality show “Artista Academy” in
2012.
On the brighter side of things,
Shaira is on cloud nine over her
endorsement deal with Caronia
nail polish.
“This is a first (for me) so
I’m very happy,” she said. “Sana
marami pa sumunod.”
A certified kikay, Shaira is par-
ticular when it comes to her nails.
She normally changes nail colors
at least five times a month.
“Maarte ako. ’Pag nag-chip
na siya, tuluyan ko na siyang ba-
bakbakin, so kailangan palitan ko
na agad,” she said.
Aside from being a form of
self-expression, painting nails
is how she bonds with her girl-
friends.
“Sa tagal pong mag-apply
marami na pong mapagkekwen-
tuhan. ’Yung mga crush, mga
problema, lahat napagkwekwen-
tuhan,” she maintained.
Shaira cleared, however, that
she doesn’t like to see nail polish
on men.
“Gusto ko lang clean (’yung
energy. It is also the color that
kuko nila),” she said.
Speaking of nail polish, the best relates to her current career
20-year-old actress loves yellow, trajectory, she said.•
- Paulyn Abando, MB
which she associates with joy and
Felix Roco mum on reuniting with dad Bembol
Young character actor Felix
Roco refuses to elaborate on
reports that he has buried the
hatchet with dad Bembol Roco.
“Oo (nagkausap kami) pero I
don’t wanna talk about my private
life in public… Oo, okay na ’yun,”
said the actor.
On a visit to the set of the
GMA soap “Little Nanay” where
Bembol is among cast members,
he shared that his spat with his
twin sons Felix and Dominic Roco
had already been ironed out,
noting it stemmed simply from
lack of communication.
Asked about it, Felix said,
“Wala nga, eh. Okay lang naman
kami. Nag-uusap naman kami
hindi lang katulad ng dati.”
What Felix isn’t averse to
discussing is his film, “Angela
Markado,” where he plays one of
the rapists of Andi Eigenmann in
the titular role.
Noting he had not seen
the original film starring Hilda
Koronel, he said “hindi kami nag-
compare” working on the new
one. He relied on “imagination”
preparing for his role but it wasn’t
lost on him that “lahat naman ng
rape scenes ay intense.”
Felix did not balk at the
challenge of doing such a
controversial scene.
“Para sa akin, It’s just work,”
he said. “Kahit na anong role
pa ’yan, artista ka, ’di ba? If you
believe in the project, why not do
it?”
He added what’s paramount
in doing such scenes is co-actors
don’t get hurt.
“Wala, alalayan niyo lang
ang isa’t isa. We made it to the
point na we talk to each other
kasi nga aware kami sa suot niya,
baka may mangyari. We have to
rehearse the scene first…”•
- Alex Brosas, MB