Die Beautiful's Barbs moved to tears after Best Supporting Actor win

Christian Bables was a pleasant surprise for MMFF audiences. Danny Pata

With his scene-stealing turn in "Die Beautiful," actor Christian Bables won a lot of audience's hearts as the loyal Barbs, the best friend of Paolo Ballesteros' Trisha.

On Thursday, Christian was a winner once more, as he was named Best Supporting Actor at the Metro Manila Film Festival Awards Night at Kia Theater.

Paolo had previously spoken about how Christian deserved an award for his performance.

 

Still overwhelmed with everything! Thank you to all those who watched. Literally crying hanggang ngayon from everyones kind words! This is @christiaaan06 Christian Bables, my bestfriend Barbs, who will touch your hearts with his award-deserving performance ????? its a merry Christmas indeed! Sa mga hindi pa nakakanood, please please watch our film and experience direk @junrobleslana 's masterpiece ????????????????????????????????????????????? #dieBeautifulDec25 #dieBeautiful and please watch all the 8 films of #mmff2016

A photo posted by Paolo Ballesteros (@pochoy_29) on

Dec 25, 2016 at 8:56am PST

"This is @christiaaan06 Christian Bables, my bestfriend Barbs, who will touch your hearts with his award-deserving performance," Paolo wrote in a post earlier this week.

The film's producer Perci Intalan called "the surprise discovery of the MMFF."

 

Meet Christian Bables aka BARBS, ang trending na BFF ni Trisha sa #DIEBEAUTIFUL. People are saying he is the surprise discovery of the MMFF. This is how we came to be Barbs: We were looking for a best friend for Kiray in Regal Films' I LOVE YOU TO DEATH. Ruby Ruby recommended this guy who just finished a soap in ABS-CBN. He auditioned but we werent so convinced, so he left. But for some reason Direk Miko Livelo, Direk Manny Valera, Direk Jun Lana, Roselle Monteverde and I had a change of heart and we quickly called him back. Pasakay na siya ng taxi. Second time's a charm and he got the role. And when we saw the finished film, we were so impressed that Jun and I decided he should be cast in another film somehow. In DIE BEAUTIFUL, he was not supposed to be Barbs at first. But one thing led to another and we wound up without a definite Barbs until we were doing our line readings. That is when Direk Jun saw how good Christian was in the role. He was the perfect foil to Paolo Ballesteros because he was so natural and instinctive. He knew when to throw his lines and how to ride along with Paolo's ad lib. Even his body language complimented Paolo. You felt the friendship was real. And now, people see the magic onscreen and love him so much that he is even trending on Twitter. We are so happy for Christian. It has been quite a journey and he has worked so hard for this. This is his big break! Excited to see what the future holds for him!

A photo posted by Perci Intalan (@percinotpercy) on

Dec 28, 2016 at 12:42am PST

"He was the perfect foil to Paolo Ballesteros because he was so natural and instinctive. He knew when to throw his lines and how to ride along with Paolo's ad lib. Even his body language complimented Paolo. You felt the friendship was real. And now, people see the magic onscreen and love him so much that he is even trending on Twitter," Perci wrote. 

For the list of winners of the MMFF Awards Night, click here. —JST, GMA News