Kapuso love teams take the lead in 2018
KAPUSO love teams seem to be taking center stage at the GMA camp as 2018 enters. The hottest team-ups of GMA are not wanting in project. The reunited Derbie of Derrick Monasterio and Barbie Forteza have their big romantic movie shot in Italy and to be year. The movie is just one of the projects that they will do. GMA is also cooking-up another big television project for the two former tween stars.
Not to be outdone is the loveteam of Gabbi Garcia and Ruru Madrid as they headline one of the new primetime offerings of GMA for title role and he just can’t contain his happiness. This is also some sort of reunion for The Gabru loveteam after it was rumored that “Encantadia” was their last project together. Ruru and Gabbi both got busy with separate projects since then which Until the network announced that Gabru will star together in a new series which is Sherlock, Jr.
Crossing over from 2017 to 2018 is the Biguel loveteam of Bianca Umali and Miguel Tanfelix. Their team- up is said to be one of the strongest. Their ongoing series “Kambal Karibal” is doing so well at the ratings game, giving it’s competitor a tough time. Biguel however humbly believes that the story and the execution of the scenes have big roles on the success of their primetime soap. They are, of course, very thankful that Kambal Karibal is rating high and it rates more as the story progresses.
What’s good with the three Kapuso premiere loveteams is that they have very good working relationship. Derrick and Barbie’s friendship has so to speak. The friendship which started when they were doing the youth-oriented show, “Tween Hearts” has remained even after they did separate projects. Both Derrick and Barbie have proven that they can carry shows separately. Derrick’s weekly comedyfantasy series “Tsuperhero” was a hit among kids and teenagers. Barbie, on the other hand, holds the record of leading the cast of the longest running afternoon soap, “The Stepsisters.”
Their team-up also proved to be strong on primetime when they did “Anna Karenina” which ruled the ratings on its time slot. And now that they are together again, the two top young stars are happily excited because they work together well. They are so comfortable with each other that they can even tell their secret to each other.
They have shoot in Italy of “Almost A Love Story” under the direction of Louie Ignacio who swears the chemistry between Derrick and Barbie us still there.
“They have very strong chemistry. They look very good together on screen. Even during the shoot, kitang-kita. I think it has something to do with the way they regard and treat each other. They have this genuine concern for each other, they were taking care of each other while we were shooting and they are very sincere. I think that’s where the chemistry comes from,” said Direk Louie.
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