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Mario Bautista, has been with the entertainment industry for more than 4 decades. He writes regular columns for People's Journal and Malaya.

Mar 9, 2016

Andrea Torres Back In Soap Playing A Single Mom Who Marries An Old Millionaire In 'The Millionaire's Wife'

ANDREA TORRES has done several soaps with Mikael Daez as her ka-love team. But this time, GMA-7 deemed it best to separate them from one another. Mikael is in “Poor Senyorita” with Regine Velasquez while Andrea plays the title role in the new afternoon soap, “The Millionaire’s Wife”, which will replace “Destiny Rose” starting March 14. What can Andrea say about this? “Okay lang naman, for a change,” she says. “Magkasama pa rin naman kami sa mini-series na ‘Fight for Love’, which was shown as ‘Blood in Dispute’ in Cambodia. Palalabas daw yun as a special dito sa atin.”

How’s her new leading man, Mike Tan? “Sobrang galing niya. Natulala ako noong may crying scene siya, sobrang dami ng luha niya. Ang gaan-gaan niyang katrabaho.”

Her last soap, “Lihim ni Annasandra”, was last year yet. How come it took a long while before she got a followup project? “Okay lang naman kasi I’m in ‘Bubble Gang’ and I did the Cambodia project nga. And ‘Millionaire’s Wife’ is worth the long wait. Ang ganda ng material. ‘Annasandra’ was fantasy, ito naman, realistic drama. I play a nurse na umibig kay Mike Tan at naanakan niya, but he was imprisoned when he was implicated in a drug-related crime. I have to raise our son as a single mother, pero nagkaroon naman ito ng diabetes at a young age. Naging pasyente ko ang very rich man na si Tito Robert Arevalo. Noong una, ayaw niya sa’kin, but he eventually falls in love with me and offers me marriage. So and dilemma ko is: is it love or money? Nang pakasal ako sa kanya, sobrang against sa’kin ang only child niya, si Jaclyn Jose, at ang mga apo niya, Ina Raymundo and Sid Lucero. Kasama rin dito si Rich Asuncion as my best friend.”

In real life, what would she choose: love or money? “Siempre, love. Kasi yung money, puede mo pa namang pagtrabahuhan yon. Dapat, doon ka sa kung sinong mahal mo’t makapagpapasaya sa iyo.”

So how’s her rumored BF, Sef Cadayona? “I don’t know, hindi kami nagkikita. Mula nang nag-start ako ng taping for ‘Millionaire’s Wife’ nang four times a week, semi-regular na lang ako sa ‘Bubble Gang’ so we haven’t seen each other lately.”

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