Teen stars, thrilled for their roles in ‘Love and Lies’

At the Love and Lies pictorial, GMANetwork.com caught up with teen stars, Miguel Tanfelix, Thea Tolentino and Jeric Gonzales. All three shared their excitement over their newest project.

 

Love and Lies is the first suspenserye on Philippine television. Action-packed with fast-paced storytelling, it is top-billed by Richard Gutierrez, Michelle Madrigal and Bela Padilla.

 

Coming from fantasy series Paroa, Miguel Tanfelix is thankful to be given a role in an action-suspense series. He shares, “Yung role ko dito, ako yung kapatid ng leading lady ni Sir Richard Gutierrez.  Para maghanda, kinalimutan ko muna ‘yung role ko na si Joko [sa Paroa], tapos i-aaply ko sa sarili ko ‘yung role ko ngayon.”

 

When asked about how it feels to work alongside big names like Richard Gutierrez, Sid Lucero and Paolo Contis, Miguel states, “Halo-halo [ang pakiramdam], eh. Mayroong excited kasi iba na ‘yung layo nila sa akin, eh. Iba na ‘yung narating nila. Meron din na kinakabahan ako kasi hindi ko alam kung papaano ko sila patutunguhan ng tama, pero alam ko namang madali silang patunguhan kasi mabait silang lahat.”

 

Protégé winners Thea Tolentino and Jeric Gonzales will be paired again in this series, but their characters here will be much more mature than their Teen Gen counterparts.

 

Thea explains, “Ako po dito si Maya Rivero at anak ako ng isang member ng kidnap group, at kikidnapin ng tatay ko si Ryan Alcantara, na gaganapan naman ni Jeric Gonzales. Habang nasa poder namin si Ryan, ako ‘yung lagi niyang nakakasalamuha at nakakakuwentuhan. Dahil doon, mapapalapit kami sa isa’t isa.”

 

Jeric adds, “My role here is medyo mayabang, maangas and presko. Galing akong US, and kapatid ko si Catherine (played by Michelle Madrigal). Sobrang kakaiba talaga kami ni Thea dito kaysa sa Teen Gen kasi doon light lang, dito sasabak na rin kami sa drama.”

 

The Kapuso love team admits that they are pressured, but challenged to improve their acting skills. 

 

Thea believes, “Mas kailangan kong i-push ngayon…iba na ‘yung mga kasama namin kaya kailangan naming doblehin ‘yung effort namin.”

 

“Siyempre, hindi nawawala ‘yung pressure…pero bukod doon, siyempre, masaya ako kasi ito na ‘yung hinihintay ko na break at pagkakataon na ipakita ‘yung sarili ko, na kaya ko ding umakting ng ganito,” states Jeric.

 

Catch more of Miguel, Thea and Jeric on Love and Lies starting this April 8, only on GMA Telebabad. -Samantha Portillo, GMANetwork.com