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Mario Bautista, has been with the entertainment industry for more than 4 decades. He writes regular columns for People's Journal and Malaya.

May 10, 2010

Two new soaps in ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN is starting two new soaps in their Hapontastic slot next Monday: "Rosalka" starring Empress Schuck and "Impostor" starring Maja Salvador, the first anniversary presentation of "Precious Hearts Romances". Maja shares topbilling with Sam Milby and PBB discoveries Melai Cantiveros and Jason Francisco. "It's a very challenging job for me as I play dual roles," says Maja. "First, I play Mariz, a beautiful model who's married to a rich businessman, si Sam. I'm a bad wife here kasi I'm cheating on Sam and we're about to separate na. Melai plays Devin, a probinsyana who's my fan and wants to be like me. One night, some people tried to kill us both and we both get involved in a car explosion. Si Melai survives but her face is badly burned.

Akala ng mga tao, she's Mariz as she's wearing my necklace that I gave her. So inoperahan ang mukha niya imitating my face and Melai's character then looks like me na. In playing Melai, I had to study old DVD's of her para makuha yung kanyang mannerisms lalo na yung her unique way of talking. Mahirap yun, ha. Nakakapagod siyang gayahin!"

Sam gets surprised when his wife Mariz suddenly becomes sweet and caring to him, not knowing she's another person. Melai has to go on making people believe she's really Maja. Otherwise, she'll be killed by the people who are hunting her down as Melai. In her role as a model, it's the first time that Maja is seen in a two-piece bikini.

"Matagal naming pinag-usapan yun ni Direk Jerome Pobocan kasi I've never worn a bikini. Sa outing, naka-board shorts pa rin ako. But they explained na kailangan talaga yun sa role ko as a sexy model kaya pumayag ako. But I requested na ang cameraman lang at kami ang tao sa set. And after the take, nagtatakip agad ako ng bathrobe ko. Naiilang talaga ako't hindi sanay."

How come there's new she has gone wild and was seen drunk in a bar with a guy? "Naku, ni hindi nga ako umiinom, no? At sino yung guy? Si Sam, Piolo o John Lloyd? Naku, dedma na lang ako sa ganyang tsismis kasi di naman totoo. Dedma na lang. Baka impostor ko lang yung nakita nila," she laughs.

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