Philippine Showbiz Today
January 8 - 21, 2019
Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015
Angel Locsin returns to
primetime in
The General’s Daughter
Kapamilya actress Angel
Locsin on social media announced
her big comeback to prime time
television with the lead role in
ABS-CBN’s upcoming teleserye,
“The General’s Daughter.”
The last TV program she top-
billed was “The Legal Wife” in
2014 which lasted for about five
months.
Locsin posted on Instagram
a poster of the new TV series
and wrote in the caption the
experiences she had during the
past five years.
“2015 challenged me. 2016
broke
me. 2017
changed
me. 2018 opened my eyes. 2019
I’m coming back,” she said.
At the same time, ABS-CBN
released the one-minute trailer of
“The General’s Daughter” during
a commercial break of “FPJ’s Ang
Probinsyano” series.
Aside from Locsin, other
veteran actors in the cast include
Tirso Cruz III, Eula Valdez and
Janice de Belen. Rising stars and
onscreen love team Ronnie Alonte
and Loisa Andalio are also part of
the show.
Production of “The General’s
Daughter” started in April 2018
with Manny Palo and Mervyn
Brondial at the helm. It soon
became part of ABS-CBN’s lineup
of upcoming shows and movies
for 2019.
Based on the trailer, the story
revolves around two generations
of three families.
The five-year hiatus
While Locsin did not lead in
her own teleserye for five years,
she appeared in several television
shows from 2015 to 2018.
In 2015, Locsin was initially
offered to reprise her memorable
role as “Darna” for its movie
version. She played the titular role
of the Filipino female superhero
in 2005.
However, in an episode of “
Tonight with Boy Abunda,” she
revealed that she developed a
disc bulge in her spine caused by
her rigorous training regimens in
preparation for the film.
The project then went on
a two-year limbo before Locsin
officially withdrew from it. Actress
Liza Soberano has since taken
the part, with award-winning
director Jerrold Tarog leading its
production.
In 2016, aside from treating
her spine injury, Locsin also went
through a difficult breakup with
her then boyfriend Luis Manzano.
Locsin also became one of the
judges of “Pilipinas Got Talent,”
an adaptation of the popular
talent competition “America’s Got
Talent.”
It was also this year when
the actress began mountain
climbing as a pastime.
In 2017, Locson appeared in
a TV series again but only played
a supporting role. She was briefly
known as “the lady in red” in the
horror-fantasy “La Luna Sangre,”
starring long-time couple Kathryn
Bernardo and Daniel Padilla.
She also appeared in a two-
part episode of “Maalaala Mo
Kaya” titled “Kotse-Kotsehan.”
In 2018, Locsin confirmed
her relationship with movie
producer Neil Arce.
She also surprised fans when
she appeared at the ABS-CBN
Ball for the first time in ten years.
Her last attendance was in 2008
with Manzano.●
- C.R.S. Madarang, Interaksyon
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