“Narinig ko lang sinabi nga raw,” says Dingdong. “But wala pang confirmation. Pero sana nga, matuloy. Ang napagmitingan na namin nina Dondon Monteverde is doing the sequel to ‘Tiktik: Aswang Chronicles’ for next year. Ang nanghihinayang ako is wala akong movie na entry sa Metro filmfest this year, e sinuwerte ko roon for the past two years.”
On TV, his primetime drama, “Genesis”, is also doing very well, so he’s really at the top of his game right now. The story gets more exciting to watch now that Dingdong as Isaak has found the missing daughter, Shiela (Lauren Young), of Pres. Sandra (Lorna Tolentino). Because the end of the world is nearing, animals are behaving wildly and there are beached sharks in Mindoro. Pres. Sandra will go there to see the place and also to be reunited with her long lost daughter. She will be attacked by rampaging birds but Isaak will save her and take her to a hospital where she meets Snooky Serna as Elena, the adoptive mother of Lauren, who decides to see her real mom and gets shocked to find it’s the country’s president no less. It turns out Snooky is afflicted with stage 4 cancer of the ovary and her days are numbered. To make things worse, a tsunami is threatening the whole island, so don’t miss these exciting happenings in “Genesis”, weeknights after “24 Oras”.
Like they always do each time they get to interview Dingdong, writers present at his exclusive tete-a-tete at Romulo’s once again asked him as to when he will tie the knot with inamorata Marian Rivera. Doesn’t he ever get riled by such repeated questions about marriage?
“No, I’ve gotten used to it. It’s part of the game. Anyway, I have a standard answer naman. We’re not yet ready. Marami pa kaming ibang plans. But definitely, it will happen before I get to my 40th birthday, which is seven years from now. Gusto ko namang makitang lumalaki yung mga anak ko.”
Marian previously said she wants to get married when she’s 30. “O, that’s just two years away from now. We’ll see. Basta when we do get married, we’ll make sure we’re both ready because it’s going to be a lifetime commitment.”
