Sarah Lahbati Keeps Fingers Crossed She'd Be Cast In Richard Gutierrez' Next Soap

SARAH LAHBATI has a bruise on her elbow when we were invited to the final press visit of “Kokak” last Thursday. She just shot a scene with Vaness del Moral who plays the villain Elizabeth. “Nasa may hagdan kami tapos tinulak ako ni Vaness kaya nahulog ako and rolled down the stairs,” she says. “Ang sakit, pero okay lang. Maganda naman ang eksena at one take lang.”

They’re rushing all her scenes as she’s leaving on February 9 for her concert with Derrick Monasterio and Enzo Pineda in Geneva, Switzerland on February 11. “By February 8, magla-last taping day ako, but ‘Kokak’ will still be shown up to the first week of March, to be replaced by ‘Hiram na Puso’ with Kris Bernal and Rocco Nacino.”

She’s rehearsing her songs for her concert with Director Freddie Santos. “I’ll have duets with both Derrick and Enzo then the three of us will have a musical production number. We’re all excited kasi we’ll go snowboarding after the concert. Winter doon at tiyak na sobrang lamig as we’re surrounded by snow-covered mountains.”

So what’s next for her? “May sinabi na sa’kin, project sa primetime, but I’m not at liberty to reveal it yet.”

We told her we already heard that since “Kokak” is a hit in the afternoon slot, GMA is now planning to include her in the new soap that Richard Gutierrez will be doing on primetime. How does she feel about it? “I’m just praying na sana nga, totoo, sana matuloy. It’ll be great to be given the chance to work with Richard.”