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Piolo Pascual Conquers Philippine Show Business
By Phoebe Dorothy Estelle
No doubt that Piolo Pascual is one of the most bankable and the most awarded actors today. The actor–singer who just received two best actor trophies for his impressive performance in the movie “Don’t Give Up On Us” is now back on primetime TV with a new drama offering, “Walang Kapalit.”
After all Toni Gonzaga’s TV Ad where she screamed “I Love You Piolo!” would not be so popular if the market did not agree with the message. The hunk is an admired film and TV artist, stage performer and popular product endorser.
Gone are the days when Piolo had minor roles. His Kapamilya career began as mainstay of the children show “ATBP.” But before that he was PJ of “That’s Entertainment,” that groundbreaking 80s/90s program of talent discoverer/host German Moreno.
His launching flick “Lagarista” did not hit well at the tills, but for that he was recognized as a good actor. Supposedly, at first he was the other party in the Judy Ann Santos and Wowie de Guzman’s relationship in “Esperanza” but as the story unfloded, they became the sought after love team of the new generation. They did several films- “Kahit Isang Saglit”, “Bakit “Di Totohanin”, “Till There Was You” and the most recent “Don’t Give Up On Us.”
The Judy Ann-Piolo team was also the certified top-rating tandem of ABS-CBN netwrok. Leading their fans to get dismayed when the love team love team did not blossom in real life. The actress now has a relationship with TV host/actor Ryan Agoncillo. Reportedly, an issue came between Piolo and Ryan that started last year. Piolo also denied that his friendship with Judy Ann was affected because of the gap.
“Juday (Judy Ann’ nickname) and I naman, even if we don’t talk, we’re okay. I mean, you know, wala naman kami sigurong atraso sa isa’t isa para mag-away o magkagalit, so wala kaming gap. We know each other too well to even fight over anything,” he said.
Piolo also admitted that he is looking forward to working with the award winning actress again.
“At the end of the day, trabaho lang ‘yan. Kung pepersonalin ng ibang tao, eh, huwag na lang kesa magkasiraan pa. Basta ako, ‘pag ibinigay sa akin, kung alam ko na kikita at professional lang, gagawin ko.”
When a love team is torn apart, most likely casualty is the guy but definitely Piolo’s show biz luck continue to flourish. His first film without Judy Ann was “9 Mornings” where he co-starred with former MTV VJ Donita Rose. Then his first solo series was “Mangarap Ka.” Both did well with the fans.
“Dekada 70” was probably one of the highlights of his acting career. Because of that movie, he was the “Grand Slam” Best Supporting Actor in 2003. While he bagged his first FAMAS Best Actor for the movie ‘Milan’.
In Walang Kapalit, Piolo is paired with Claudine Barretto. The actor says he’s pleased to once again work with the six-month-old pregnant actress. He praised her kindness and generosity. For trivia, when “Milan” was an entry to an international award giving body, Claudine herself ironed Piolo’s unkempt “barong” before attending the award’s night.
“We all thought she’d be moody at masungit, pero mas bumait pa nga siya ngayong buntis. She’s very pleasant to work with, very caring. She’s also very generous. Kapag nagpabili ng pagkain, she buys food for everyone, “ Piolo commended.
Other than acting Piolo is also a well-known balladeer and concert artist. Under Star Records he has four albums that are certified record sales holders. He even had a sold out concert at the Araneta Coliseum in 2004. Recently, his “Heartthrobs” show with Sam Milby at Music Museum was another success.
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About Phoebe Dorothy Estelle: Phoebe Dorothy Estelle believes in the power of dreaming and it's smarter to be lucky than lucky to be smart. She's boyish and jolly outside but feminine inside.Has faith to the Divine Providence and an ambivert gal who loves performing arts, anime, interesting stories or people, music,films and ice creams..
12 Apr 2007 Phoebe Dorothy Estelle