Vic Sotto is billed ahead of Bong Revilla

VIC SOTTO says doing a film with Bong Revilla has long been planned. “Laging magkalaban sa filmfest ang movies namin, but friendly competition and everytime we see each other, lika, gawa tayo. Finally, heto’t natuloy na sa ‘Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote’. I congratulated him when ‘Panday’ became number one last year at ‘Darling Kong Aswang’ naman ang entry ko. Dun na namin binuo itong project at nagtulong kami sa ideas how to do it.”

He’s billed ahead. Was there ever a problem about billing? “None, hindi naging issue yan. Una ko kasi mas senior naman talaga ako. Bong and I discovered we had so many similarities like attitude sa trabaho na pareho kaming seryoso. Pareho rin kaming maasikaso sa tao but I noticed mas maasikaso pa siya. Madali kaming nagkapalagayan ng loob. Walang sapawan sa trabaho kundi teamwork kasi ang gusto naming, mapaganda ang movie. Konti na nga lang, magiging magsyota na kami, nadevelop kami at muntik na kami mag-kissing scene, pinigil lang ni Direk Tony Reyes,” he jokes.

Since they’re joining forces, is there a pressure to be topgrosser? “Wala, we just did our best dahil ang gusto naming, masiyahan ang viewers. But of course, mas maganda if we could help to make the whole filmfest break its past records sa takilya.” He has a new leading lady as Faye, Gwen Zamora, replacing Kristine Hermosa who’d soon be his daughter in law. How is Gwen? “She’s good and has a promising future in the industry. She acts well and is willing to learn lalo in speaking Tagalog. She’s very hardworking din. Naglalagari sa shooting namin sa Tanay to the taping of ‘Grazilda’ in Baguio.” He also has a new Ina Magenta, Amy Perez? “We’re trying to get G Toengi again but she’s not available so we got Amy instead. Hot siya ngayon because of her ‘Face to Face’ on TV and her radio show. Hindi kami nagkamali getting her as she delivered well.”