LOUISE de los Reyes was last seen playing a supporting role as the ghost in “Deleter” last December. She now gets to play the lead role in the six-part miniseries on Viva One, “Deadly Love.” This will start streaming on July 10, as written by Enrico Santos and directed by Derick Cabrido.
The miniseries is a suspenseful murder-mystery thriller where the viewers will have to figure out what’s really happening on screen and whether the characters are good or bad.
‘My role as a young woman who seems to have gotten caught in a dizzying web of lies and intrigue is really very challenging – Louise de los Reyes’
“Mostly gray ang characters that we play in the story,” says Louise. “I play the role of Tessa. Parents ko rito sina Jaclyn Jose and Raffy Tejada. But may lihim pala silang itinatago sa akin tungkol sa tunay na pagkatao nila.”
She then meets Marco Gumabao as Amir. They fall in love but her parents are against him. Then Amir suddenly goes missing. “No one knows what happened to him. Then dumating si McCoy de Leon as a cop investigating the disappearance of Marco and the story will get even more complicated when he checked on the characters of my parents and finds out na fictitious pala ang kanilang identities.”
Louise is thankful to Viva One for giving her this dark miniseries where things are not just what they seem.
“My role as a young woman who seems to have gotten caught in a dizzying web of lies and intrigue is really very challenging. But it’s all worth it. I enjoyed playing such a taxing but fulfilling role.”
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Mystery dramas usually hit it big in teleseryes so we are not surprised that GMA-7 has now come up with “Royal Blood,” another sprawling murder-mystery concerning a dysfunctional family, directed by Dominic Zapata.
The big powerhouse cast is led by Tirso Cruz III as Gustavo Royales, the patriarch of the very rich Royales Family. When he is murdered, his illegitimate son, Dingdong Dantes as Napoleon or Napoy, becomes the prime suspect in his mysterious demise.
Napoy is a motorcycle delivery boy working hard as a single dad for his daughter’s needs after his wife passed away. He is facing a lot of financial problems but he never asked the help of his estranged father. But when Gustavo, a super wealthy business tycoon, suddenly reconciles with him, he forgives his erring father, not knowing it will bring complications as he will be accused of killing his own dad.
Dingdong says this is one of the most challenging drama series he has ever done. “The story is really engaging every night and I play a very good role as someone accused of killing my own father,” he adds. “And we have a really good cast na puro magagaling playing intriguing characters in the story.”
“Royal Blood” now airs weeknights at 8:50 on GMA.
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Angeli Khang stars in a new Vivamax drama, “Tayuan,” directed by Topel Lee and will start streaming on June 23. So what is her role in “Tayuan” and why is “Tayuan” the movie’s title?
“I play Ella, an events project manager,” she says. “She’s an empowered woman who gets what she wants. One time, wala akong ma-book na ride online. I was in a hurry so I was forced to take a bus. Puno na pala ‘yung bus, tayuan na, kaya ‘yun ang title ng movie.”
The bus conductor happens to be a good-looking hunk, Rico (played by newcomer Chester Grecia). She gets attracted to him and starts stalking him. She finds out that he is married, has a wife, Bing (Stefanie Raz) and daughter. Rico tries his best to resist Ella, but she won’t take no for an answer and he finally yields and gives in to Ella’s seductive charms.
Meantime, how does Angeli feel now that Azi Acosta is said to be the number one Vivamax star when it used to be that she is the numero uno with the success then of her “Silip sa Apoy” and “Mahjong Nights”?
“Honestly, I’m happy for her. It’s her time to shine,” she says. “I’m grateful for the blessings na dumarating sa kanya. Wala namang competition among us Viva stars. We’re just happy na our movies are all doing well and we now have more than 7 million subscribers sa Vivamax.”
