INA RAYMUNDO and WILL ASHLEY Does May December Affair Film "X and Y"

When I heard about this film and the lead stars, I was so eager to cover it. It's called "X and Y" starring my generations "SABADO NIGHTS" icon, Ina Raymundo and the Prima Donnas teen heartthrob Will Ashley.

The film is about a May-December affair, which looking at them physically might have been a long shot but Director Adolf Alix Jr. told us that the characters of Xander and Ysha have their "maturity as individuals" to define that. This is produced by G Channel PH who's quite known for creating content for entertainment especially during the pandemic. This foray to romance and movies was something they wanted to do since the material was masterfully crafted and executed by Direk, their creatives and prolific movie and TV writer Gina Marissa Tagasa (who was also there during the presser).    

Will admits he didn't know who Ina Raymundo was and had fears about approaching her on set. This is officially his first film as a leading man, and was quite nervous about it. Ms. Ina on the other hand was also a bit clueless who Will was because she's been on hiatus for about 8 years prior to this project. She says "I'll be honest because I admit, I'm not quite updated with young stars since I haven't been doing projects for a while now. But I was given enough information by our director where I could stalk Will a bit especially in his Instagram account. I found out how popular he is on TikTok. I also wanted to work with Direk Adolf Alix whom I've worked on TV in the past... which is why I immediately said YES to this film. Will is SO YOUNG! I remember when I met him on the first shooting day, he was 20 at that time. In a sense, he's younger than my first born. My worry really was if I'd do scenes with him, it would look like it's forced because I'd look like his Mom in the movie. He's officially the youngest guy paired with me. I had apprehensions, but I've seen our photos together and I think it did work." 

Will said "That's exactly how I felt when I met you. I asked my Mom about who she was, and her thoughts if our pairing would work. I slowly got the hang of it when I saw the photos we shot, I realized how it would look like on screen and felt good afterwards."

Here's the press conference on video, please enjoy!

The film also stars Elizabeth Oropesa, Bembol Roco, Divine Tetay, Bugoy Carino, Kirst Viray, Ron Angeles, Thor Gomez, Jake Rosales, Glenda Garcia, Rico Barrera and Marnie Lapus.

Make sure you watch it on April 17 as the movie not only talks about romance, ageism, but finding one's dreams, realities. The cast also warned us to bring tissues because it'll be a cry fest in some scenes. This is definitely interesting, and people would relate to their characters as it also discusses the limits of morality and love. 

Who are we to judge?

The Millionaires Wife: Ina Raymundo

She's been in the minds of men for years. Ina Raymundo was someone we started to fantasize about when she played the "Sabado Nights" vixen everybody loved. She's gone leaps and bounds from that young 90's commercial model era and has gone through life just like the rest of us. But just look at her, how can anyone be at this age and look like this? I already felt life was unfair and age was really just a number when we talked to Allison Montecillo, the lady she played in The Millionaires Wife. As the daughter of a rich man, she believes this woman (Luisa played by Andrea Torres) who suddenly came into their lives was just after their family's money. She couldn't do anything about it as she was also brainwashed by the character of Stella played by Ms. Jacklyn Jose, who later on she found out, was plotting a scheme to get it for herself; and may incidentally had Alice's father killed by Jared (Sid Lucero's character). The story's pretty much going to be discussed by her on this video, listen in!

Her Grandfather's death in the story was a coincidence but it further flamed her to believe the lies that Jacklyn Jose's character told her. It's pretty hard to even prove there was love between Luisa and her Grandfather and that, will ultimately be a spark to the conflict between them. Ina Raymundo was lauded by her peers (particularly Sid Lucero and Ms. Jacklyn Jose) even though at first she thought she had an evil bone on this character. Sid Lucero mentioned that if there was one thing that he'd wanted to do after this show, is to work with Ms. Ina more, even in other projects. He felt this stint in the show working with her was too short, and perhaps he'd get to do more when the time comes.

I like the part where Ms. Ina  also mentioned things about her Dad. I actually know Mr. Jun Raymundo because he's one of the original members of Bits and Pieces, a popular band in the 60's because my Uncle Reggie Bueno is part of that band too. I just kinda messed up explaining that to her during our small chat though LOL. Anyway, I'd like to be able to talk to her again sometime soon. 

 

The show is about to end and The Millionaires Wife will surely be missed. Don't forget to watch the last episode today too on GMA's Afternoon Prime!

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