On March 22, director Gino M. Santos aired his thoughts that the Jayda Avanzado and Aljon Mendoza pairing is ‘destiny.’
At the set visit for Teen Clash in Quezon City, Santos noted that Mendoza wasn’t even supposed to audition for the character but landed the role nonetheless.
“You know what you call that–you call that ‘destiny’ because he wasn’t even supposed to audition. So, ganon lang ‘yun. So I’m happy for them that [they we’re able to] work it out.”
Avanzado then expressed her gratitude to the Kapamilya team behind the series for the momentous launch of their series.
“It was just a lot of gratitude I think, that was kind of the general feeling. Siyempre may kaunting kaba. Ako personally, siyempre parang yung anticipation of marinig ‘yung mga reactions nila. Pero noong parang papalabas pa lang po ng unang scene, we heard like the audience’s reaction in the cinema, and ‘yun nga positive, wala nakakatuwa lang talaga.”
She also thanked the heads of ABS-CBN for trusting them with the project.
“And siyempre, we feel grateful that the bosses–they trusted us with this opportunity, and they actually came there and graced us with their presence. So ayun, malaking bagay ‘yun para sa amin. And everyone who graced our event, sobrang thankful talaga kami na– all of these people are so busy, but they made time for us–and to appreciate our show.”
As for Mendoza, he considered the Teen Clash’s launch event a dream come true.
“Ako po sa akin, dream come true siya. Sabi ko rin po ‘yun sa speech ko na parang pinakilala kami doon sa screening. Kasi, parang ang tagal ko na siyang iniimagine at pinapangarap na aattend ako sa sarili kong screening, ‘yung project ko, papanoorin ko sa sinehan, with di ba, ang daming taong nanonood tapos kasama pa namin ‘yung boss. and ‘yung mga kasama ko sa show.”
He also highlighted that he feels proud of the cast and crew of the series, especially their hardwork.
“Nakaka-proud siya. Proud ako sa aming lahat, kasi nakita sa output kung gaano namin siya pinaghuhusayan talaga. At siyempre si Direk, may mga scene kami na hindi ko alam na ganon pala ‘yung magiging kinalabasan, kasi ang ganda ng edit din, ng pagkaka-Direk, so hindi lang talaga siya amin, pero team work siya ng buong production.”
The iWantTFC series Teen Clash stars Avanzado, Mendoza, and Markus Paterson.
The cast also features Bianca de Vera, Zach Castañeda, Fana, Luke Alford, Andi Abaya, Kobie Brown, Ralph Malibunas, and Gail Banawis.
Directed by Gino Santos and produced by Blacksheep, catch every episode of Teen Clash on iWantTFC every Friday at 8 pm.
