I just want to share these red carpet photos from the premier of Regal Film's My Rebound Girl starring Alex Gonzaga, Joseph Marco, Martin Escudero, Nathalie Hart, Mitoy Yonting, Carl Guevarra, Alora Sasam, Helga Krapf, Anna Vicente, Pinky Amador, Racquel Villavicencio, Lawrence Yap and Nico Nicolas. During the premier night, Loisa Andalio, Isabelle Diaz and Bimby Aquino also appeared and supported the cast of the movie. Enjoy!
Pretty Loisa Andalio
Mother Lily Monteverde
Isabelle Daza
Nico Nicolas and Anna Vicente
It's Bimby Aquino Yap beside his Ate Alex Gonzaga during the premier. He congratulated Alex when the movie ended, so sweet!
Alex Gonzaga and Joseph Marco looked so good together!
I enjoyed the movie a LOT and for those who haven't watched it yet, you should!
A film done as a tribute to the LGBT, "That Thing Called Tanga Na" is said to be Mother Lily Monteverde's gift to the community. She promises this to be an entertaining film full of all kinds of love as she believes it's going to be relateable for all kinds of genders. The film outfit has produced "Petrang Kabayo", "Kumander Gringa", "Bala at Lipstick", "Manat Po 1 & 2", "Happy Together" and a couple of other themed films, they have steadfastly made these funny ones to showcase how colorful their lives are. These are just a few box office hits and they want to tell the story that no matter what gender, they are still human too, they are still capable of love and they also makes mistakes.
Here's a short video of them telling us about their characters:
Eric Quizon portrays Papa Chui, a gay man from a very conservative Chinese family who's actually in a relationship with a younger guy, and sponsors him for all his needs. Martin Escudero on the other hand plays a transexual woman who wants to adopt a kid and have a family. Billy Crawford meanwhile plays a closeted gay who's got a relationship with a guy who's mother is going to cause problems for them. Kean Cipriano here has a really professional career as a fashion designer and gets who he wants because of it. Little did soon to be married Angeline Quinto in the film that the guy she's marrying also slept with Kian's character. This will be a riot, a test on how Eric, Billy, Kean, Martin and Angeline would still be able to maintain their friendship despite their circumstances.
"During the first few days I was really hesitant because it's hard to play the character in the film, it was a challenge for me. I'm a rocker but I find the extreme difference between my real personality, the tone of his voice and walking with heels. We had to make CC be experienced and the challenge was how to balance his vibe, how to dress up, how to wear a night gown and embrace how his journey as a gay person is. It's so fun to be gay and you'll see how their lives are eventful. It won't be experienced as straight people. My take is we all make stupid decisions falling in love no matter what gender, form or shape we are. It's one great equalizer. I grew up going to all boy schools and I admit I pass some subjects because of gays, homophobie is passe and odd living a life fearing a person with that gender, that's a problem. It's challenging to take out simple things as a man, and the tone of my voice, I enjoy saying words and converse with fellow actors like that, it's fun!" says Kean Cipriano.
Here's an interview we did a couple of months ago during a set visit
Similar to Kean I was hesitant and I don't want to offend anyone doing the role. We had negative impressions in the past with things we did in skits of Showtime. This is my comeback film in Regal so I was excited, a bit skeptical because it was Joel Lamangan. We wouldn't be able to do it withour him and we enjoyed how he shaped each individual character. Mine was easier because I need to also be a little strong, I didn't have any guides and Direk was really strict about that. There are gays that when you see them, you see them really fun, but you really have to know their story and the things that they are going through. You make mistakes but you move on." says Billy.
Lawrence Yap says "I'm the husband of Angeline in this film and I had to really convince myself sometimes that I have to play him funny. In terms of gender, love doesn't really choose who to do it with. No hate, just love."
"I brought Korean food and cooked in the set so we could get really bonded. It was fun and that's what I ultimately wanted to happen. A lot of people tell me I am "Babaeng Bakla" even when I was still living in Sampaloc and I think that title alone is fun. Everyone is capable of being an idiot especially when it comes to love, I learned a lot in this film because of what they go through in life. I know a lot of people who are in this industry, some even marry off and it's not a bad thing." adds Angeline
"I feel this movie would really help understand how to handle situations and gay relationships. I've met homophobic people but I tell them when I do hear things like that." says Paolo Gumabao.
"From the bottom of my heart, I am thankful that gays have built Regal what it is right now. This one is for you, I made this film for my friends and I have a lot of them in my circle. This is to thank you!" says Mother Lily.
The film also stars hunks Albie Casino, Ken Alfonso, Timothy Lawrence Yap, Paolo Gumabao, Luke Conde, Jerald Napoles, funny vixen Shine Kuk, Nikki Valdez, and a lot more. Again this film is directed by Joel Lamangan for Regal Films. Premier night will be on August 9 at SM Megamall's Cinema 7. It will be shown on theaters this coming August 10 nationwide!
You're good looking, you have a successful career, you have tons of ladies and the only thing that's wrong with you is your relationships. You were accused, you supposedly got someone pregnant and now you're in hiding; but since you're a little famous, it's doubly hard to do that. What do you do if you were in his shoes?
Well, Keifer (played by Martin Escudero) had a different idea. With the help of his friend, he dropped his pants, took off his shirt and replaced it with..... a mini skirt, hot red blouse and full on make up! Okay! Now that's crazy! Instead of seeing the the old playboy slash hunk slash good looking guy, everyone will meet Keira.
Keira is a tall, strong, spirited dancer. She's pretty and seem to be in a budding friendship with Aeone (played by Yana Asistio). In this installment of Wattpad Presents, they're not just dealing with the drag queen concept, but will also try and put in a love story in between. In different times in the story, you'll see Keira slowly getting attracted to Aeone, where Aeone was even getting confused already about their sexuality. Now how will they be handling this if some other people come into the picture and divulge what's really happening. Will Aeone be disappointed with Keifer if she finds out that he already got someone else pregnant? The plot thickens.
During the blogcon, Martin Escudero says "These are exactly the kind of roles that are very challenging. I could identify these roles with King of Comedy Dolphy, Eddie Garcia, and a lot of other great actors that have never said no to these kind of characters. It's definitely challenging and if there's something that I've learned from the same kind of role that I did a few years back, it's not an easy thing to be in the shoes of women. This story is also a bit different, because the previous one is about a gay guy and in this one I have to act as if I'm a lady so it's a little tame. I've known Yana for a long time, we're friends, but she was this little when I last saw her, now she's a lady and we're friends but it's nice that we're doing a Wattpad Series because we could talk and get more close because of this project. I was very comfortable doing this because we didn't have those awkward moments since I could talk to her and she helps me a lot when we're doing a sequence on set. She comes prepared and knows the story. I would definitely like to work with her in other projects soon!".
This is the first time I'm interviewing Yana and I haven't really covered her previous projects, but now, she's part of the Star Magic Angels. In this group she says they're going to take more serious and matured roles compared to what they've been doing in the past. Aside from that she says "When this Wattpad episode was in the plans, I asked my handler and management about doing this and I was all for it. This is also where I started, so I did ask permission. My sister and I laugh about this career thing but I know she's more into acting than I am. But when it comes to comedic timing I think that's where I excel, she's aware of that.
We're not pressured at all because we are trying to do this individually, although I can't discredit the fact that I am being known because of my Mom and Dad, I'm doing my best to be known for what I do, but as much as possible I want to be known as Yana alone. I'd want to concentrate in Sexy Comedy since I'm a Star Magic Angel, and these past few weeks we've been doing a lot of promos and workshops for that. They won't tell us their plans yet but they definitely have projects lined for us, we have different shows though. We're clearing up that we're not really a group.
I hope TV5 offers more shows. I really want to do that, I want to work with the people I worked with in the past. I don't know the reason why I blush a lot when I have a scene with Martin even when he's in Keira's character. I almost thought I was going to be butch. We've been friends for a long time, working Martin Escudero is so fun, I'd like to work with him again soon. I don't know if that kissing scene is going to be real or not, you would have to watch the show. I haven't really had my first screen kiss yet, if I had a chance to do it with someone I'd like it to be with Sam Milby in ABSCBN but in TV5 it'll be Martin, in GMA it will be Alden Richards hahah! I've been requesting this since last year and I'm so glad this pushed through!"
Wattpad Presents: Pristine Academy will start this Monday August 10 at 9PM and end on Friday, only on TV5. I really hope they get to do another project, like a show of sorts and become something more than just a screen pair. Martin is single, he's pretty busy with his career but if it comes he says he doesn't want a temporary one and opt for the last and serious ones. I heard from the grapevine Yana likes him, so let's just see if they have chemistry on screen this week on the happiest network in the Philippines, TV5!
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