GMA’s newest primetime drama, “I Left My Heart in Sorsogon,” might be the last project of model, actress, endorser, and artist Heart Evangelista for a while.
At the recent press con of the series, Heart gave an indication that it will take a while before she does another soap again. “I Left My Heart in Sorsogon,” shot in the home province of her husband, Gov. Francis Escudero, is a very personal project for Heart because it was she herself who thought of making a soap that will feature the beautiful locale and its many wonders.
“It was just an idea that I had at that particular moment” was how Heart described it.
“I felt that this is the time, you know, I’m 36 and I do not know how I’ll look when I’m 38.
So, parang inisip ko, I just really wanted to do something for Sorsogon, for GMA na matagal ko na rin hindi nagawa,” she further said.
“And come up with a project that I really made sure, I’ll give my 101%, because … this may be my last…,” she added.
Heart is really proud of how “I Left My Heart in Sorsogon,” which will premiere this November 15, turned out. The romance drama not only features the best of Sorsogon, such as the Paguriran Island and Lagoon, Bulusan Lake, Sorsogon City Rompeolas, and Sorsogon State University Library, but also talented actors, including Paolo Contis, Richard Yap, Kyline Alcantara, Mavy Legaspi, Elizabeth Oropesa, Rey Abellana, Michelle Dee, Shamaine Buencamino, Aubrey Miles, and Marina Benipayo.
In the story, Heart is Celeste, a fashion designer engaged to Richard Yap’s character, Tonito.
Harping on the show’s advocacy and Celeste’s journey of going back to her roots amidst her flamboyant and outlandish lifestyle, the show is set to showcase fashionable outfits that are made by local designers using products and materials that are native to the Philippines.
“I can relate to Celeste in some ways because she’s so fashionable, she’s always dressed up yet somehow she uses her clothes as armor because you don’t really know the turmoil that is happening inside her,” shared Heart.
When Celeste reluctantly returns to her hometown, Sorsogon, she is forced to face the emotional baggage that she left behind when she moved to Manila. She still resents her father, who is now critically ill, and her father’s second family for looking down on her glitzy fashion life. She wants nothing more than to leave, but she finds herself face-to-face with her old flame, Mikoy, portrayed by Paolo, who stirs up feelings she thought she had long forgotten.
The longer that Celeste stays in her hometown, the more that she unexpectedly rediscovers her roots, rekindles her love for family, its people, and Mikoy, who just simply won’t leave her heart.
The original series is directed by Mark Sicat Dela Cruz.
