Yul Servo On Good Friend Piolo Pascual

AFTER DOING ‘Bangis’ with TV5, Manila Councilor John Marvin Nieto, better known in showbiz as Yul Servo, is back with his mentor-discoverer, Maryo J. de los Reyes, in GMA-7’s hit primetime show, “Biritera”. “I play Jerome, a bad guy,” he says. “Love interest ako ni Rich Asuncion and we’re using Roseanne Magan, the biritera, for our own selfish motives. It’s a good role. Dati kong artista na nalaos and my best known movie is titled ‘Silipan Mo Ako’. Naging kabit ako ng isang matron, si Dexter Doria, who gives me everything I need.”

Yul has won acting awards for “Batang Westside”, “Naglalayag” and “Laman”. His last movies were “Rosario” and “Asiong Salonga Story”. He’s now shooting an indie film, “Hindi Tao Hindi Hayop” which is about incest between cousins. Also a theatre actor, he was in the CCP comedy helmed by Chris Millado, “Isang Araw sa Karnabal”, that just ended its run last week.

He’s turning 33 on February 22. “Ka-birthday ko sina Roseanne Magan, Lea Salonga and George Washington,” he says. “For my birthday, I’m holding a medical mission in my district sa Lope de Vega St. then I will stage a musical ‘YulTime GameTime’ sa Blumentritt where my constituents can win big prizes. As a councilor, I authored the resolution on our paperless operation sa city council. Lahat ng communication ngayon, through email na lang and we’re saving a lot on paper.”

His vice mayor, Isko Moreno, is also an actor and appears on ABS-CBN’s “Mundo Man ay Magunaw”. “O, daig mo pala vice mayor nyo,” quips one writer. “Sa afternoon lang ang show niya, ikaw sa primetime.”

It's common knowledge he and Piolo Pascual are good friends. How did he feel when KC Concepcion cried on TV over him? Yul just smiles, turning his chinky eyes into a pair of slits, and prefers not to say anything.