Carla Abellana (left) and Bea Alonzo —CARLA ABELLANA/INSTAGRAM
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Carla Abellana and Bea Alonzo are survivors of heartbreak. That’s why their upcoming drama crime thriller sequence on GMA 7, “Widows’ Battle” (WW), which premieres on July 1 at 8:50 p.m., appears apt for the 2 Kapuso stars.
Whereas neither is a widow, the insufferable ache they needed to bear of their private lives by some means made them mourn as widows do. However even after Bea’s wedding ceremony plans with Dominic Roque received thwarted and Carla’s marriage to Tom Rodriguez was short-lived, each ladies not solely survived, they prevailed.
The fiery pink lipstick of Carla and Bea of their gorgeous black-and-white publicity photograph for WW says all of it. Amid the gloom of a breakup, they nonetheless discovered methods to bloom. When the one who lights up our life is gone, we should study to glow at nighttime.
Right here’s my chat with Carla:
What shocked you most about Bea?
How calm, correct, affected person, skilled and devoted she is at work. It’s regular for a lead star to get overwhelmed at occasions as a consequence of stress, lack of sleep, the quantity of scenes, size of traces, expectations and pressures from administration and viewers, however I’ve by no means noticed any of these in her. In actual fact, she’s even so ready that we’d usually discover that she nonetheless remembers explicit particulars, even her coactors’ traces, from scenes we’d already finished some time again.
How do you handle to not upstage one another?
I imagine there’s no must upstage one another. We’re two distinctive and separate people and, in my private opinion, she’s on a complete completely different degree. She’s Bea Alonzo!
The tagline of your sequence goes, “Love Kills.” How will you relate to that?
Being a fan of real-life crime and homicide investigations, I’ve all the time been fascinated by some individuals who turn into able to killing even the particular person(s) they love essentially the most. Love makes you do loopy issues. It’s dumbfounding, nevertheless it’s a recognized reality. It actually occurs and it leaves us questioning why and the way it occurs.
What are you studying from the character you painting?
When a person is solely centered on what or who he/she loves, it narrows that particular person’s understanding and empathy. It might get to the purpose the place that particular person is now not capable of put himself/herself within the sneakers of others. This is applicable to loyalty, too. It’s not all the time good. Loyalty might be dangerous, even harmful.
Are you again on the courting scene?
Relationship will not be one thing I feel a lot of for the time being. I don’t need to set a timeline on after I ought to be able to date once more. I’ll simply go away it as much as God and let issues take its personal pure course.
What love lesson will you apply when you ever get married once more?
Marriage is the least of my considerations proper now. I haven’t thought of it a lot, however we’ll see.
Cliff Hodge (proper) with spouse Bea —CONTRIBUTED photograph
Meralco Bolts’ Cliff Hodge is star materials
There’s a skinny line between present biz and the PBA (Philippine Basketball Affiliation).
PBA legends like Benjie Paras, Atoy Co and Joey Marquez are all cagers-turned-actors. Like them, Cliff Hodge of the Meralco Bolts (MB) is certainly star materials. He may move for a Korean oppa.
Cliff’s workforce made historical past on the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup when MB clinched its very first championship by beating the defending champs, San Miguel Beermen (SMB). Sport commentators discuss with Cliff as a buwis-buhay kind of participant. He provides his one hundred pc till the sport is over. Similar to what his identify connotes, it’s as if Hodge is all the time on the sting of a cliff, able to soar.
Right here’s my chat with Cliff:
Do you suppose that MB’s victory would put an finish to the same old PBA sequence dominated by solely three groups?
Our victory is nice for the PBA. It’s a breath of contemporary air for the followers. Nobody actually gave us an opportunity going in opposition to the mighty SMB, however my teammates and I believed in each other. To see our workforce undergo a lot hardship and proceed to push ourselves and at last obtain our aim is one thing particular to witness. I hope we are able to proceed our journey collectively by means of much more ups and downs as a result of the journey collectively is what actually issues, not a trophy.
What was the hardest a part of beating SMB?
They’re constructed so properly, surrounded by the “goat” in Junemar Fajardo. They’ve championship expertise, a terrific teaching employees, and virtually swept the complete elimination spherical, with 15 guys who might be stars on particular person groups.
The hardest half was staying locked in the entire sequence. It takes a ton of focus to comply with gameplans and keep within the second whereas chaos is going on in every single place. And we received the job finished.
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Would you be open to affix present biz after PBA?
I wouldn’t flip it down if a suggestion got here alongside. I’m all the time on the lookout for new alternatives. It will be fairly enjoyable to point out my wacky, outgoing facet and never simply the loopy, scary man on the court docket.
