On September 22, actress Alessandra de Rossi revealed that she didn’t want to do the role of Valentina in ‘Darna’ (2005).
During the scene drop event for ‘Firefly’ at Azadore Restaurant in Quezon City, which LionhearTV covered, de Rossi recounted how she felt apprehensive about accepting the role for the series, which caused her to intentionally increase her talent fee before joining the project.
“‘Yung worst–‘yung tanggapin ko ‘yung mga ganon, ‘yung Valentina, alam ko ayaw ko naman siya from the start, nagtaas nga ako ng presyo. I think mas mataas ‘yung sweldo ko kay Darna, charot. Para kasi ‘yung presyong ayaw.”
However, she noted the persistence of GMA Network in having her take on the iconic super-villain role.
“Parang naiisip ko kapag ganon na katagal, tapos gusto ka pa rin nila, baka nga gusto ka talaga nila. Kaya lang ‘yung worry ko, kasi noon, pag nilagay mo ako sa isang role, hindi na sila makaka-alis doon.”
She then cited how taking on the iconic ‘Kontrabida’ role seemed to typecast her in similar characters in future projects.
“And ‘yun nga ‘yung nangyari, sunod-sunod na siya na ganon. So parang, ‘sabi ko na nga ba eh, dapat hindi ko ginawa ‘yun.’ Alangan naman na tanggapin ko, tapos hindi ko galingan, kung lalamya-lamya lang na kontrabida di ba?”
Thankfully, with the success of ‘Kita-Kita,’ de Rossi was able to break away from doing antagonist roles.
“Kasi sunod-sunod ‘yun eh, noong nag-stop ako magkontrabida na ayaw ko na, sumabog ‘yung Kita-Kita, sobrang galing ng timing na parang di na ako tatanggap ng mga show na ganyan, ayaw ko na ng ganyang message. Pak, sumabog ‘yung Kita-Kita, may ibang message. Kasi, hindi ko naman naisip na pwedeng ganon ‘yung mangyari eh di ba?
“And din nangyari siya, ‘Ahh, so may maniniwala na sayo ngayon na pwede kang ibenta, kasi before talagang no lahat.’ Even before Kita-Kita was made, hirap na ako ng producer niyan kasi no lahat. Kahit GMA nag no din. Mahirap talaga, pero when it happened, ‘uy pwede ah, pwede pala talaga ‘to.”
As for the upcoming film ‘Firefly,‘ the movie under the direction of Zig Dulay recently became part of the movie roster for the upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival 2023.
‘Firefly’ stars Alessandra de Rossi, Euwenn Mikaell, Cherry Pie Picache, Epy Quizon, Yayoy Aguila, Miguel Tanfelix, Ysabel Ortega, Max Collins, and Kokoy de Santos, with a special participation of the Kapuso Primetime King, Dingdong Dantes.
