KYLIE Versoza won the Miss International crown in 2016 then went into acting and has done sexy roles. But she does not want to be identified with sexy roles even if people say she is just naturally sexy.
“I would like to take it as a compliment and it’s not my fault kung sexy talaga ang dating ko, but I don’t want being sexy to define me,” she says at the press con of “Penduko” where she plays a wholesome role as the love interest of title roler Matteo Guidicelli. “I don’t want people saying sino ba si Kylie? ‘Di ba ‘yung sexy? I want to be remembered more as a good actress, mabuting kaibigan, a good daughter, mabait na tao, as I want to be treated with more respect.”
She’s just happy to do a fantasy-action movie like “Penduko” which is for general patronage and can be seen even by little kids. She plays Liway who has special powers and gets to do a lot of action scenes.
“I like Liway as she represents woman empowerment. She’s the valedictorian in their class, a strong woman who champions women’s rights. I trained for the fight scenes we have in the movie, specially in arnis. Challenging talaga ang role ni Liway kasi I’m also made to deliver long lines in malalalim na Tagalog and I’m so happy naitawid ko naman siya.”
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Alessandra de Rossi plays Elay, the mother of child actor Euwenn Mikaell as Tonton in GMA Pictures and GMA Public Affairs’ entry in the coming Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), “Firefly.” In the story, Alex would often tell whimsical stories at bedtime to her son and it is about the fantastic pulo ng mga alitaptap.
The boy Tonton will then search for that fabled island of the fireflies somewhere in the Bicol Region. Also in the powerhouse cast of “Firefly” are Dingdong Dantes as the narrator who frames the story while narrating it to Max Collins, a writer who is initially hostile to Dingdong while interviewing him and doesn’t believe that he is really the author of a children’s book about fireflies that won a national book award.
This year has been quite a busy one for Alex. Aside from “Firefly,” she was also seen in the movies “Walang Kaparis” with Empoy Marquez and “What If” with JM de Guzman, and the six-part mini series on Netflix, “Replacing Chef Chico” with Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby.
“And it’s nice to end the year with a good entry in the annual film fest,” she says. “I hope the new year 2024 will also be as good.”
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‘Ni wala pa nga akong award or anything.’ – Beauty Gonzalez
Beauty Gonzalez says her new movie, “Kampon,” is her fifth horror flick after “Feng Shui 2,” “Abandoned,” “Hellcome Home” and “In My Mother’s Skin,” which was shown on Prime Video. But she doesn’t want to be called as “The New Horror Queen” now that Kris Aquino, who used to do a lot of horror flicks, is retired.
“I don’t think I’m deserving,” she says. “Ni wala pa nga akong award or anything. But I’m glad I did ‘Kampon’ as I think it’s the scariest horror movie I’ve ever done. Viewers should be prepared as it’s really scary.”
How does it feel that “Kampon” is said to have been first offered to Kris?
“I don’t mind. I take it as a challenge kasi she’s the one who is considered as the ‘Horror Queen.’ It’s a good role and it gives me the chance to work with Derek Ramsay who has won best actor awards. Also, I really want to work with Atty. Joji Alonso and her Quantum Films kasi they make good quality films and Derek won his best actor awards for films he did with them. The important thing is I got the role, I gave it all my best and I enjoyed portraying it.”
How did she react when she learned she’d do a love scene with Derek?
“At first I thought, asawa nga pala siya ng best friend ko. But my husband, na siyang unang naging friend ni Ellen (Adarna) before me, he just laughed it off. Alam niya work lang, so pareho sila ni Ellen, they just laughed about it. Derek is a gentleman at mabilis naming natapos ang scene.”
