‘So now, I’m maintaining a good balance and find more time for the people I love. — Maine Mendoza’
MAINE Mendoza turned 27 on March 3 and she celebrated it with her fans in “Eat Bulaga.”
“But I also celebrated it more intimately with my family and friends and, of course, si Arjo (Atayde, her BF),” she says at the Zoom press con of Buko Channel. “The biggest gift I got is having supportive family and friends. And I’m so grateful that we’re now showing the second season of ‘Maine Goals’ sa Buko Channel on Mondays at 8 p.m.”
Maine’s show is one of the three shows presented by Buko Channel big boss Mike Tuviera.
“We are proud to introduce the second season of ‘Maine Goals’ and Pokwang’s ‘Kusina ni Mamang,’ and the start of a new show, ‘Balita One Nan,’ a spoof of serious news na parang ‘Sic O’Clock News’ noong araw which was shown 35 years ago, dealing with current news but with comic touches,” says Mike.
Maine is asked about realizations she had now that she’s 27. “The pandemic helped me realize a lot of things,” she says. “I now know I have to make time for the important people in my life. So now, I’m maintaining a good balance and find more time for the people I love.”
How does Maine feel doing an entire new season for “Maine Goals” with her funny co-hosts, Chammy and Chichi?
“We’re all grateful that we’re given a new season and get to do a new set of adventures,” she says. “Ang ganda ng response sa first season. Viewers realized na marami palang magagawa at mapupuntahan, sa Luzon pa lang yun. Sa new season, we get to explore more. I’m a beach girl and I got to discover a new island, Isla Verde. I’m also grateful that joined showbiz in 2015 and I’m still very much around after 7 years doing innovative shows like ‘Maine Goals’.”
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Alden Richards and Bea Alonzo are all set to finally start taping their first teleserye together, a local adaptation of the Korean series, “Start-Up.” It tells the story of young people in the world of start-up companies that lack adequate capital to market their product.
The original actress, Bae Suzy, is very young but ambitious and wants to be Korea’s version of the legendary Steve Jobs. So Bea will have to do her best to look convincingly young for the role that’s mean for Gen Z audiences.
Alden will play the male lead, Nam Do-san, originally played by Nam Joo-hyuk, a young math genius whose career is now in the doldrums as his business has been going down for the past two years. They will meet and Bea will mistakenly think that Alden is her first love.
Alden says he saw “Start-Up” so he’s thrilled to star in its Pinoy adaptation. “This is my first Koreanovela and I’m sure local audiences will love it,” he says. “I’m looking forward to finally get to act with Bea in a show like this.”
Bea confesses she is somewhat nervous working with Alden as she knows he’s a very good actor. “I’ve seen some of his past works and I know magaling siyang aktor. Even in the workshops we did together, I could see he is brilliant. So now, I have to be on my toes kasi magaling si Alden.”
“Ganun din naman ako,” says Alden. “When Bea and I had our workshops, napansin kong hindi niya pinalalampas ang small details. Importante ‘yun kasi it’s the small details, the nuances, that count in the effective portrayal of your roles. It’s nice we’re both hands on pagdating sa trabaho.”
