Empress Schuck On Why She Left ABS-CBN & Is Now Happy With GMA-7's 'Kailan Ba Tama Ang Mali?'

EMPRESS SCHUCK says she’s very happy to be back with GMA-7 in “Kailan Ba Tama ang Mali?” that starts airing on February 9. She reveals that she really got depressed after ABS-CBN didn’t give her any new job after the teleserye “Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala” ended in 2013. “Inaamin kong talagang nasaktan ako, kasi loyal naman ako at sa kanila ako lumaki,” she says. “I did lead roles with them naman like ‘Rosalka’ and ‘Mundo Ma’y Magunaw’ but they didn’t renew my contract. Halos two years akong bakante, so nagkaroon tuloy ako ng doubts sa sarili ko, sa kakayahan ko bilang actress. Tao lang naman ako, so I guess it’s just normal. But now, it’s time to move on. Nagpaalam naman kami ng manager ko sa kanila and they said okay lang.”

So how is it working with GMA-7 in “Kailan Tama ang Mali?” “They gave me a really warm welcome at masaya ako sa pagbabalik ko dahil dito ako nag-start as a child star. Mabait silang lahat sa’kin, lalo na mga kasama ko sa ‘Kailan Tama’, so I can say na sobrang happy ako rito. Di ko ine-expect na magiging comfortable ako agad in everyone’s company so I’d really like to thank everyone. I promise na gagawin ko ang lahat to be good in my role. Actually, ito ang most mature role ko to date, kasi aagawin ko si Geoff Eigenmann from Max Collins kahit alam kong married na sila. Ang dami ring kissing scenes at ako pa yung aggressive kay Geoff, na never kong nagawa sa kabila. Doon, puro daya lang. May pagka-kontrabida ang role ko but okay lang, I’m enjoying it. I’m 21 na and it’s about time I venture into playing more mature roles.”