Valerie Concepcion Is Enjoying Her Evil Incarnate Villain Role In 'Anna Karenina'

VALERIE CONCEPCION is happy for the very positive feedback she’s getting for her performance as the villainous Ruth in “Anna Karenina”. “Natutuwa naman ako kasi naging maganda ang comeback ko sa GMA-7 after six years,” she says. “Dito naman ako talaga nagsimula sa ‘Click’ ten years ago, bago ko nalipat sa ABS doing ‘Wowowee’ in 2007.”

Her last shows with ABS-CBN are “Dugong Buhay” and “May Isang Pangarap”. Doesn’t she mind that she’s only 25 and yet she’s playing mom to teeners Derrick Monasterio and Joanna Marie Tan in “Anna Karenina”? And she’s also playing a super annoying kontrabida role that is evil incarnate at that? “No, uso naman ngayon ang young moms on TV. At maganda ang role ko as Ruth kaya okay lang. Pinsan ko si Yasmien Kurdi as Maggie, ang ina ni Anna Karenina. Both Maggie and Anna are missing at gagawin ko ang lahat para hindi na sila makita ng parents nilang sina Juan Rodrigo and Sandy Andolong. Sa ganon, sa’kin na maipapamana lahat ng kayamanan ng Pamillya Monteclaro. Kaya akong magpapahirap sa tatlong bida rito who claim na sila ang nawawalang si Anna Karenina, sina Barbie Forteza, Krystal Reyes and Joyce Ching. Sayang naman kung tatanggihan ko ang role ko. Also, I’m a single parent to my daughter at breadwinner pa ako, so I can’t afford to stay idle at mawalan ng trabaho. So bida man o kontrabida ang role ko, I don’t mind, basta tuloy-tuloy ang work ko. Tuwang-tuwa nga kami sa show kasi kami na raw ang number one sa time slot namin.”

As Ruth, she schemes to demolish everyone who is a stumbling block to her plans of amassing the Monteclaro riches. She aims to kill the latest impostors, Brent and Angel, and she will have no compunction in shooting and killing them herself. That’s how ruthless she can be and, in fairness to Valerie, she portrays the role of Ruth the killer very convincingly.