JC de Vera on a hypothetical scenario
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According to AGB Nielsen Philippines’ ratings for July 6, 2008, GMA7’s newest show, the Philippine television remake of the popular Mexicanovela “Rosalinda”, posted a modest 26.3% from among the Mega Manila households. Despite high expectations on its performance, the show’s premiere telecast fared poorly compared to other GMA7 primetime shows like Darna, Captain Barbell, Marimar and Dyesebel when they debuted. Personally, I think this is attributable to bad casting. Although the show’s leads Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann (who play Rosalinda Perez and Fernando Jose Altamirano, respectively) look good onscreen, they both lack the experience and character which are required in handling a soap of this magnitude. Carla is a first time actress and Geoff has, well, a speech problem and a lot of fine-tuning to do acting-wise. Had I been given the power of choice, I would have paired Carla with a more experienced actor like JC de Vera. The moreno actor has proven that he has the flare and bearing of a leading man as well as depth of an actor when he was cast opposite another relative newcomer Rhian Ramos when the latter was made to topbill the Philippine adaptation of the Argentinian soap “Lalola”. For me, a Carla-JC team up would have been the tandem to beat. Well, just my two cents worth. Those from GMA7 who are reading this, can still do some damage control, though. How about casting JC for the role of Alex Durantes (popularized by actor Victor Noriega in the original soap) who turned Rosalinda/Paloma into a singing sensation? I think that would be the show’s saving grace. Again, just my opinion. Incidentally, you can catch JC de Vera every afternoon in “Ngayon at Kailanman”, one of the soap operas aired in GMA7’s Dramarama sa Hapon block. |
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the ’sawa factor’ of people to the remake is also a factor I think..
Comment by Oscee — July 8, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
dahling, that’s ur point of view na kung jc kaamo ang naging partner ni carla baka maganda ang labas. difrent folks difrent strokes. gusto mo rin ng sure blockbuster abay si dongding n.. besides, bago pa lang ung luvteam, lets give these new set a chance, tulad when dingdong, marian and other sikat n ngayun just started their careers. wag natin silang discourage..
Comment by manunuri — July 9, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
I’m sorry but BANO umarte si Geoff. paikut ikutin man ang mundo salat sa LEADING MAN material ang GMA isama na rin mga leading ladies. Sino ba mga main leading man ng GMA? Si Dingdong, Richard, JC, si Aljur pinipilit isiksik bano din sa pag-iyak. Si Dennis laos na. Si Marvin matanda na para mag pa tweetums role. Si Mark Herra bano din umarte. Pag nanood ka nga ng SOP everyweek eh nandun na lahat ng “STARS” ng GMA.
Comment by Joe — July 9, 2009 @ 11:52 pm
love his apil,.malakas!!di pa tym for him to transfer sa 2,..soon,…magaling syang umarete,sila nI HEART EVANGELISTA!!
Comment by lovehim — July 10, 2009 @ 12:04 am
ANG MACHO U TLAGA!…
Comment by Anonymous — August 12, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
SO HUNKABLE
Comment by Anonymous — August 12, 2009 @ 5:29 pm