“I’m glad realistic drama naman ang ginagawa ko ngayon at hindi another fantaserye,” she says. “Na-miss ko ito, e, dahil galing ako sa sitcom (Toda Max). Na-miss ko lalo yung palitan ng malulutong na dialogue during dramatic confrontation scenes. Nahirapan lang ako sa eksena namin ni Maja dahil kailangan ko siyang sampalin. Hirap na hirap akong gawin yun kasi I treat her as my little sister at alam kong mabigat ang kamay ko. Kaya nga as much as possible, iniiwasan ko ang mga sampalang eksena. Pero walang choice, kailangan talaga, utos ni direk, so I did it.”
“Naramdaman ko talaga ang bigat ng sampal ni Angel sa mukha ko,” says Maja. “Masakit, but I didn’t take it against her. Dahil nga doon, mas na-motivate ako nang husto to give my best in our scenes together. Nakapag-react ako nang tama.”
They describe the story of “Legal Wife” as a very brave one. “Matapang talaga ang kuwento,” says Angel. “Bawat tauhan dito, may kanya-kanyang laban sa buhay. So makaka-relate ang viewers kasi parang real life na may mali, may tama. Lahat ng natutong magmahal, nasaktan at natutong lumaban, tiyak na magugustuhan ang bagong show namin.”
Directed by Rory Quintos and Dado Lumibao, also in the cast are Christopher de Leon, Mark Gil, Rio Locsin, Joem Bascon and Ahron Villena. About her personal life, she wants to make it clear that Luis Manzano had nothing to do with her breakup with Phil Younghusband and she herself had nothing to do with Luis’ breakup with Jennylyn Mercado.
“Mutual decision yung breakup namin ni Phil at walang kinalaman si Luis doon. For three years, nag-iwasan kami pero hindi naman kami nag-break ni Luis noon nang magkagalit. Noong New Year, he came to our house, but I was asleep so di kami nagkausap. Tinext ko na lang siya na pasensiya na, natutulog ako. Then dumalaw siya uli. I can see nagbago na siya, he matured for the better. Pero hindi pa officially kami uli. We still have to talk kasi marami kaming hindi napag-uusapan noong mag-break kami. At ang daddy ko, kakausapin din niya. We’ll see.”
