How does she feel about it? “It’s so nice to work na hindi mo na pinoproblema going to school. Now I can focus 100% on my acting, lalo na ngayon, sobrang hirap ng role ko in ‘Broken Vow’ as a provincial lass about to marry a councilor, Gabby Eigenmann, from a rich family. His mom, Carmi Martin, is against me kasi poor lang ako. Before our wedding, I was abducted and raped. Ni hindi ko nakita kung sino nang-rape sa’kin. I get pregnant and on the day of our wedding, iniwanan ako ni Gabby sa harap ng altar.”
How was the rape scene? “Very emotional. Iyak ako ng iyak. After that, hindi ko matanggap that my fiancé rejected me so I tried committing suicide by jumping off the bridge sa Apalit River. Pagbagsak ko sa ilog, ang dumi-dumi ng tubig, may mga basura. Nakainom pa yata ako ng tubig. But before I drown, a man sees me and rescues me, si Luis Alandy. We fall in love and he marries me, kaso bumalik naman sa akin si Gabby. The story has many twists and turns and I’m sure afternoon viewers will follow it.”
Abduction, rape, suicide in an afternoon soap? Isn’t this adult stuff more fit for evening viewing? “We’ve been having edgy afternoon dramas now in ‘Sinner or Saint’, ‘My Lover My Wife’ and ‘Kung Aagawin Mo ang Langit’ and viewers like them so they rate very well,” says program manager Hazel Abonita. “We go for tasteful treatment naman of the material so even if the story is quite dark, wala kaming nagiging problema.”
