TJ Trinidad likes being the bad guy in 'Zorro'

MANILA, Philippines – Isa sa mga kapansin-pansing quality sa bagong Kapuso na si TJ Trinidad ay ang kanyang maamo at guwapong mukha. Pero may na-discover ang iGMA sa aktor – nasa loob pala ang kulo niya. Maraming nakakapansin sa pagganap ni Trinidad sa Zorro as Ramon Pelaez, ang main antagonist sa story opposite Richard Gutierrez, who is playing the title role. Hindi ito ang unang pagganap ni Trinidad as a kontrabida kaya medyo sanay na rin siya sa mga shady characters. Despite this, inamin ng aktor na his role here is one of the biggest and most challenging to date that he's done. "I think with regards to the scale of it, yes. It must be the biggest one that I’ve ever done," paliwanag ng aktor. "I mean, normally I would say, every role could be a challenge, but with the scope lang and with the scale of the project this is probably it. I mean 'The Promise' was pretty good – let’s just categorize it na lang, with regards to film, that’s that. In TV, it’s this." Idinagdag pa niya na he doesn’t mind playing the antagonist in the story at all, kahit na may risk na ma-stereotype siya as a kontrabida: "I’ve done roles like this before. I don’t really think about whether or not I get pegged or stereotyped or typecasted as like this. So, okay lang. it’s a challenge for me. But, of course, you would like to do different things. You’d like to flex your acting muscles and not just eat meatloaves all the time. You want to have some salad on the side or some desserts." But in the meantime, Trinidad is enjoying the role that has been given to him. Experimenting and trying to give Ramon Pelaez an interesting persona, binanggit din niya na he is trying to emulate the antagonists in "The Mask of Zorro" and "The Legend of Zorro." "They’re sort of similar how they are. They have an air to them, but they’re not really brusko. It’s not really – it’s not physical, it’s inside eh. Nasa loob 'yung kulo nila. So that’s basically how I am, but a little more extreme, because nga they said, it has to be like you know, I’m being nice and then I’ll snap and I’ll raise my voice. So a little more physical, not too subdued as the films. So makikita niyo talagang bad ako dito," ang pag-amin ng aktor. - Loretta G. Ramirez, iGMA.TV