WHEN WE visited the set of “
Beauty Queen”, Bembol Roco sat with us and started talking like the gay character he plays in the show, Anya. “Pagdating ko talaga sa taping, in character na ako, kaya kung minsan nadadala ko hanggang pag-uwi ko ng bahay,” he says. “When it was offered to me, natakot ako kasi I might not be effective in the role. First time ko kasi to play a bading na nagmumuher. But I took it as a challenge kasi lately, puro bad contravida roles ang napupunta sa’kin and it’s hard na maging masama all the time. So for a change, I accepted this and I based Anya on all the gay friends na nakilala ko since I joined showbiz, not just one gay friend. Basta sabi ko kay Direk Joel Lamangan, I don’t want to be a screaming faggot. Ayoko ng mahadera’t maingay so I created my own character as Anya at maganda naman ang feedback. Pati mga anak ko, nabaliw sila. May sarili akong stylist at lagi akong in full makeup. Alagang-alaga ako ng GMA-7. Sa story ngayon, we thought namatay si
Iza Calzado sa plane crash but binihag pala siya ni Marvin Agustin na obsessed sa kanya at pinipilit siyang pakasal sila kahit nasunog ang face niya. Tumakas si Iza but Marvin gets her back at ang true love niyang si TJ Trinidad, mag-a-abroad na lang.”
