The year is shaping up to be really good for one of Viva’s fast rising young stars, Rabin Angeles.
From the moment he starred as the red-haired JaPinoy, Yuri Hanamichi, in Viva One’s adaptation of “Ang Mutya ng Section E” in January, more and more viewers are enamored by him. And it’s not just because of his looks, but more importantly, his heartfelt and outstanding performance as he received the Best TV Actor award at the Laurus Nobilis Media Excellence Awards organized by Lyceum of the Philippines-Cavite in April.
Talented, hardworking, and grounded, Rabin proves himself worthy of being entrusted with several new projects, including the endorsement of South Korean skincare brand, The Lab by Blanc Doux, and the launch of his own fragrance line called Bin Perfume, developed together with Viva Beauty last April. And coming real soon is the TV adaptation of another well-loved Wattpad novel, “Mission Impossible: Seducing Drake Palma” by Beeyotch.
The said novel has 79.5 million reads on Wattpad to date. Its author, Ariesa Jane Domingo, has 17 years of writing experience and specializes in romance and legal romance genres. Prior to Seducing Drake Palma, she has written “For Hire: A Damn Good Kisser”. Some of her published books under Pop Fiction are: “Dating Alys Perez” (a follow-up on Seducing Drake Palma), “A Latte Like Love”, “Good Girl Gone Bad”, “How to Break Up with the Bad Boy”, and more. She also authored Indie Pop books: the Just Trilogy (boxed set) composed of “Just The Benefits”, “Just the Strings”, and “Just This Once”. She explains that her username is Beeyotch because it means “beyond bitch”.
With Rabin’s growing number of fans and Beeyotch’s millions of readers, it is just right that the “Seducing Drake Palma” series be directed by an award-winning director in the person of Crisanto Aquino (2024 MMFF and MIFF Best Director for “My Future You”, 2019 MMFF Special Jury Prize Winner and 2020 Osaka Film Festival ABC Award for “Write About Love”). Fans of the book can be sure that their beloved characters are in good hands.
Rabin will play Drake, a smart but aloof guy from a rich family. He’s the type who can sleep through class yet still get perfect scores in exams. Girls are all over him, but he doesn’t take any of them seriously.
But then, here comes Alys, a girl who’s got a great humor and a never-say-die attitude. If she wants something done, there is no stopping her. Unfortunately for Drake, he is now her mission.
It’s going to be a thrill to see how Rabin Angeles will interpret this role from Wattpad to Viva One. Stay tuned for “Mission Impossible: Seducing Drake Palma”.
