This July’s Spotlight event, held at Coffee Project, Wil Tower, Quezon City, featured an exciting lineup that included Jake Cuenca, who gladly kept everyone up to date about his recent activities and projects.
Currently appearing in the widely followed action-drama series FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, Jake shared insights on how he brings his character to life.
“I believe when you’re an actor, it’s a lot easier when you make a transformation. Once you change your body, whether it’s a weight loss or weight gain, certainly everything else follows. You feel different, and then you will feel you’re on your character.”
He also admitted that despite his long career in the industry, he still feels as though he’s just getting started, “I think what I realized about acting, in general, is that it takes twenty or thirty years to figure out acting. I am on my 23 years now, and I feel I just got started. I finally get it now.”
Jake opened up not only about his latest projects, but also offered a peek into his personal life—sharing that Chie Filomeno was actually one of the minds behind his trending Miguelito Dance from FPJ’s Batang Quiapo.
He shared, “I am not really a dancer, pero naalala ko si Chie, when we’re hanging out, she kept doing this tiktok and ginawa ko s’ya (in the show). Literally in just two days, there’s seventy thousand people doing the dance, and I have to thank Chie for that.”
Even with all he’s accomplished in the industry, Jake believes there’s still plenty more ahead for him. He even expressed his interest in exploring new territory by trying his hand at theater.
“Definitely after these two projects I would like to do a film, but I think what I’d like to do immediately after this, is I have to do theatre again. After you do big projects like these, parang you wanna do something, like theatre, to ground you. And it helps me to reset,” Jake said.
For someone who has long cemented his place in Philippine showbiz, Jake remains as enthusiastic as a newcomer. He’s excited about the opportunities that still lie ahead—a sure sign that he’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
