Maja won't bare much in new show

Author: Mario E. Bautista
Column: Freehand

Maja Salvador turned 21 last Monday and she got a lot of precious gifts. "Una na ang bago kong drama series, 'Nagsimula sa Puso,' na mapapanood sa hapon," she says. "Then there's the new RC Cola commercial I did with Korean actor Kim Bum. So marami talagang biyayang dapat ipagpasalamat. "

When she was informed she'd topbill "Nagsimula sa Puso," she didn't believe it right away. "Kasi I started taping two new shows, 'Moon River' and 'Anna Liza,' but they were both shelved so I'm afraid ganun din ang mangyari rito. I prayed hard na sana matuloy nga ito and when we finally started taping, grabeng saya ko and I'm really thankful to ABS-CBN dahil di nila ako nakalimutan. I'm happy but kabado rin kasi I will play the role Hilda Koronel did in the original movie. I know kung gaano siya kagaling. But hopefully, when she sees our version, sana matuwa siyang ni-remake namin ito at masabi niyang magagaling pala ang mga batang ito, kasi I'm paired with two actors na pareho nang nanalo ng awards. "

She's referring to Coco Martin who won best actor and best supporting actor plums for "Masahista" and "Jay," and to Jason Abalos who won best actor awards for "Endo. " Coco will play the Richard Gomez role as Maja's student who kidnaps her while Jason plays the Jay Ilagan role as her husband. In the Armida Siguion Reyna role as Maja's controlling mom is Jaclyn Jose. Also in the cast are Gloria Diaz and Buboy Garovillo as Jason's parents, Laurice Guillen as Coco's mom, plus Ronnie Lazaro, Nikki Gil, Joseph Bitangcol and Nina Jose as Charie, a girl from Italy who follows Jason to Manila to seduce him.

Maja has love scenes with both Coco and Jason. "This is the first time I'll do such scenes and I felt na 21 na ako, I should now stop playing pa-tweetums roles and tackle more mature ones. To prepare for the love scenes, I watched Hollywood films for mature audiences, like 'Original Sin,' para alam ko ang atake. "

Angelica Jolie bared a lot in that film. Will she be as daring? "Only up to what the MTRCB will allow kasi sa Hapontastic kami ipalalabas, so 'di puwedeng sobrang sexy. "

"Nagsimula sa Puso" will replace "Kambal sa Uma" that ends this Friday.

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Source: People's Journal