SUPERSTAR NORA AUNOR is back before the camera as they resume the taping of her hit GMA-7 soap, “Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit”. Lock in taping has started today in a resort in San Mateo, Rizal.
Ate Guy plays Mercedes and she’s with co-stars Mylene Dizon who plays her daughter Magnolia and Kyline Alcantara who plays her granddaughter Maggie.
“Nakakatuwang makitang muli ang mga kasama ko sa show, pati na si Direk Laurice Guillen,” says Ate Guy. “Bale pitong buwan ding natigil ang pagte-taping namin dahil sa pandemya and we’re all glad na nagkita-kita na kami uli sa pagpapatuloy ng aming taping.”
“Bilangin” is loosely based on a movie made by Ate Guy in 1989 with the same title, where she played the dual roles of Magnolia and Maggie.
But the story has now been expanded for the TV series to be the story of three women from different generations and their respective struggles in life, with Ate Guy as the grandmother, Mylene as the mom and Kyline as the granddaughter.
Wasn’t Ate Guy afraid of the virus and her health as she goes back to work?
“Siempre, hindi maiiwasang mag-alala lalo’t may asthma ako, but then, magaling naman ang GMA management sa pag-aalaga nila sa kanilang mga artista at staff,” she says.
“Talagang we are all doing all the necessary health protocols para masiguro ang kaligtasan naming lahat sa lock in taping. Naka-mask kami and face shields lagi, may kanya-kanya kaming quarters, may health workers around to monitor us, so confident kaming we’ll all be safe while we are working on the set.”
Also part of the drama series are Zoren Legaspi, Gabby Eigenmann and Yasser Marta as the men in their lives. Hopefully, if all would go well, they would be able to finish their lock in taping in two weeks and ardent followers of “Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit” can expect the show to be back on the air by late next month.
Before this, their pre-program in Afternoon Prime, “Prima Donnas”, has also resumed their taping with Direk Gina Alajar, lock in style, and it lasted for three weeks. Now, also undergoing lock-in taping is the primetime show, “Anak ni Waray vs. Anak ni Biday”.
