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Mario Bautista, has been with the entertainment industry for more than 4 decades. He writes regular columns for People's Journal and Malaya.

Jun 6, 2018

Megan Young Proves In 'The Stepdaughters' That She's More Than Just A Beauty Queen, She Has Also Become A Competent Actress

MEGAN YOUNG is proving in “The Stepdaughters” that she is indeed more than just a beauty queen and a pretty face. Some quarters were then saying “Miss World lang siya but pagdating sa acting, wala pang ibubuga”. But in her role as Mayumi in the hit GMA Afternoon Prime, she is now showing that she can more than hold her own in her dramatic confrontation scenes with contravidas Katrina Halili as Isabelle and Samantha Lopez (the former Gracia) as Daphne and with her touching scenes with her mother, Glydel Mercado as Luisa.

“I’d like to thank all those yung nakakapansing nag-improve naman ang acting ko,” says Megan on the set of the show. “Gusto ko ring pasalamatan ang GMA kasi maganda yung role ko as Mayumi. She’s not the usual or typical bidang inaapi kasi she fights back at handang ipaglaban ang mga karapatan niya.”

She says this is definitely a big challenge for her. “Hindi kasi ako ganoon in real life. I’m not confrontational. I don’t really get angry and when I’m annoyed, I just cry and I never raise my voice. Pero iba nga si Mayumi kasi she has a good heart pero kapag nasaktan ang mga taong mahal niya, lalaban at lalaban siya. I guess it goes with the times kasi it’s now the season of women empowerment and strong women. I’m really happy to be portraying one of them.”

How does she feel when Katrina is having sweet romantic scenes with her real life BF Mikael Daez? “Ay, hindi ko sila pinapanood. Pero okay lang sa’king gawin nila ang ganung mga eksena kasi trabaho naman namin ito. Kailangan talaga sa work namin. Pero ayokong manood kasi parang nahihiya ako. Baka ma-conscious pa sila sa akin. Even on screen, I don’t watch them. One time, natiyempo sa monitor na nagki-kissing scene sila, pero tinakpan ko ang mga mata ko. Hindi ko kaya. Okay naman pero para pa rin akong nawe-weirdo-han na iba ang kahalikan niya, so huwag na lang mag-watch.”

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