Kim Chiu vs Angel Locsin: And The Winner Is...No One

Remember Kim Chiu and Angel Locsin being pitted against each for the role as Sharon Cuneta’s daughter in Mano Po 6? It appears to be premature since Sharon Cuneta was just asked who her choice is. Not that her choice is cast in stone.

Kim Chiu was unaware Angel Locsin was chose over her. According to Kim “di ko alam may Mano Po 6 na pala. You and me both, Kim.

Angel Locsin refused the role because she’s tired of waiting line in the bank for Mother Lily’s post-dated checks to clear through. Naaah. Angel said she cannot accept the role even if it is offered to her because she is exclusively tied with Star Cinema. That refusal created a backlash from Mother Lily of Regal Films and her daughter Roselle Monteverde.

Mother Lily was quoted as saying “Angel Locsin should learn from Sharon Cuneta how to honor her commitments. She was one of my babies once. As her mother, I got hurt because she had a commitment with me to do three more movies. But still I let go of this issue because I want her to grow."

Angel, who was originally an exclusive GMA-7 contract star, still had a commitment with Regal to do three movies. A sudden decision to move to ABS-CBN in July 2007, however, disregarded her movie contract with Regal Films. Mano Po 6 would have been Angel’s seventh movie with the production company, had she taken the role.

And more fighting words from Mother Lily’s daughter Roselle Monteverde, “She is using us again on her press releases. Bakit niya kami bini-bring up sa issue? Hindi na kami naghahabol sa kanya. Stars come and go. The kind of artists who succeed are intelligent. Hindi lang oo nang oo sa mga katabi, kahit mali sunod lang nang sunod. Parang sponge."

Why is there a cat fight about who gets to play Sharon Cuneta’s movie in Mano Po the millionth sequel? Shouldn’t there be a protest against making another movie about a Chinese family? How many interesting Chinese family dynamics are there left to explore? And how many non-Chinese actors are they going to hire to utter Tagalog lines in a Chinese accent? Talk about awkward and unbelievable.

Mother Lily is constantly being referred to as the savior of the local film industry. I beg to disagree. Ginawa nyang bobo ang manonood ng pelikula by making all these commercial movies that follow the same formula. Silang dalawa ni Robbie Tan ng Seiko Films. Basta lang kumita. Ang dahilan kesa naman mawalan ng trabaho ang maraming tao. What a cop out.