From being “Star-Struck’s” Ultimate Hunk, Aljur has become a fullfledged primetime hunk and for this, he said he is eternally grateful to GMA-7.
“Malaking fulfillment ito sa aking career. Matagal ko itong hinintay at pinaghandaan. I thank GMA for the trust they gave me for this big project.”
No doubt the role of Machete is a most coveted one. It was first played by Cesar Montano and then by Gardo Verzosa in the early ’90s. In this modern version, Machete is brought to life by the artworks of two beautiful women, Rosella, a sketcher, played by once controversial Bela Padilla, and Marla, a sculptress portrayed by Ryza Cenon.
Because she was born with a rare skin disease, Rosella is often ostracized, so she would spend most of her time drawing in the woods. She makes a living by selling her sketches to artists like Marla, a successful sculptress who uses Rosella’s artworks as basis of her statues.
In the forest, Rosella is drawn to one particular tree with “alibata” carved on its trunk. From then on, the image of a handsome and strong man would appear to her in her dreams.
Rosella draws this image and keeps it, as she has no plans of selling it.
But Marla finds the drawing and convinced Rosella to sell it to her as she was planning to put up an exhibit influenced by the age-old mysteries surrounding the “haunted” forest.
Marla carves the image in wood and names it Machete!
Also playing an important role is Gwen Zamora, who was last seen as Vic Sotto’s leading lady in “Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote,” the topgrosser at the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival.
During the press conference for “Machete,” Gwen denied for the nth time that she was the cause of the break up between Vic and Pia Guanio.
Completing the cast of “Machete” are Ryan Eigenmann, Zoren Legaspi, Gina Alajar, Noni Buencamino, Rio Locsin, John Arcilla, Polo Ravales, Chariz Solomon, Rocky Gutierrez, Karen de los Reyes and Stephanie Henares.
“Machete” airs after “Dwarfina” on GMA Telebabad. It will debut in Asia Pacific, US and Canada on Jan. 26 via GMA Pinoy TV, the flagship international channel of GMA-7.
