He felt bad when Rhian Ramos left the show for personal reasons. “We have taped about 150 sequences with her. Lahat yun, tinapon. Sayang talaga, lumaki pati ang budget. I love Rhian as I’m her first director in ‘Captain Barbell’ and in ‘Zorro’, but we have to respect her decision. But when Marian Rivera came, what a blessing! Iba rin ang take niya sa character ni Sharina at mai-in love ka sa kanya.”
He admits the show is inspired by “Meet Joe Black” with Dingdong Dantes playing a character similar to Brad Pitt. “Tagasundo siya ng mga mamamatay. Marami silang sundo. We tape the sundo headquarters in a special set built in Makati, with Jestoni Alarcon as the head of the sundo council. They’re not really angels here. Basta they’re assigned to fetch dying people lang, they never get to heaven and they don’t have wings kundi parang electric currents flowing from their backs. They also have no feelings at all, but si Dingdong, nang susunduin niya si Marian, hinalikan siya nito at nagkaroon siya ng feelings. He’s sent back to earth as a mortal at na-in love sila ni Marian sa isa’t isa. I’m thankful GMA is willing to spend para maiba talaga ang show. In a crucial scene, we bought an entire bus at yun nga yung hinulog sa flyover sa corner ng Buendia and Roxas Blvd. The whole scene, pati yung pag-setup at paglilinis namin after the shoot, cost GMA P2.3 million.”
