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Toni Gonzaga and Vhong Navarro challenged by P180 million gross of "A Very Special Love"

by Jocelyn Dimaculangan
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 02:27 PM
Photography: Courtesy of Star Cinema
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Toni Gonzaga and Vhong Navarro challenged by P180 million gross of "A Very Special Love"


Vhong Navarro and Toni Gonzaga are paired again in Star Cinema's My Only U, which will open in cinemas nationwide starting October 29. They were first seen together in the comedy D'Anothers (2005).


Toni Gonzaga is very impressed by the change she saw in her leading man Vhong Navarro for their upcoming movie My Only U, which will open in cinemas starting October 29. "Pag napanood n'yo ang movie, matatawa kayo sa kanya, may mga antics pa rin siya na Vhong pa rin pero iba ang magiging atake niya sa pelikula. Matinee idol siya dito, ginawa siyang matinee idol ni Direk Cathy [Garcia-Molina]."

 

This is Toni and Vhong's follow-up project to their 2005 film D'Anothers. The Star Cinema film My Only U also comes at the heels of another huge hit, A Very Special Love, which was helmed by Cathy Garcia-Molina.

 

Direk Cathy is feeling the pressure of surpassing the box-office record of the John Lloyd Cruz-Sarah Geronimo starrer. "Ang alam ko nung sixth week, nasa P173 million."

 

"Yun yung pinakamahirap sa akin, the expectations na mapantayan man lang or mahihigtan. There is so much pressure on me pero ang lagi ko na lang iniisip, ang intention ko as a director is to entertain."

 

According to Star Cinema, the final box-office receipts of A Very Special Love reached P180 million in its seven weeks of screening locally.

 

Are the stars pressured to surpass the success of the previous Star Cinema movie A Very Special Love?

 

"Sobra po akong na-challenge kay Direk Cathy. Nung first day po talaga, wala po akong natamang take one. Na-perfect ko sila ng take five kasi gusto po ni Direk Cathy na kakaibang Vhong ang makita n'yo. Normal at totoong tao ako dito. Hindi ako caricature.

 

"Dito po, naging seryoso ako, nagpapatawa, kumakanta, sumasayaw kaya nasabi ko kay Direk Cathy, binuo niya ang pagiging artista ko. You complete me."

 

Toni pointed out, "This is my third film with Direk Cathy pero I was very challenged by this one kasi may mga nasabi si Direk about my acting, at marami akong natutunan sa kanya," says the Entertainment Live host. Toni worked with Direk Cathy previously in the films You Are the One (2006) and You Got Me (2007).

 

At this point, the press reminded them that the question was about the pressure that they are feeling about being compared to the John Lloyd Cruz-Sarah Geronimo starrer.

 

"Hindi pala namin nasagot ni Vhong ang tanong. May pressure po pero more than the pressure, we'll work on ourselves more. Ma-pressure na lang kami sa pagtatrabaho namin sa pelikula," explains Toni.

 

Vhong says, "Sa sobrang blockbuster po na nagawa nina Direk Cathy sa movie nina John Lloyd at Sarah, kami po hindi namin mapapangako na malampasan yun pero pinaghirapan po namin yung pelikula at binigay po namin ang best namin."

 

When asked to theorize the reason for the onscreen chemistry of Toni and Vhong, Direk Cathy says, "Siguro po ang built-in rapport nilang dalawa. First time ko silang na-meet during the story conference, nagulat ako kasi ang kulit pala nilang dalawa. Parang gusto kong ma-capture sa film how they are in real life, how you deal with each other."

 

SYNOPSIS. In My Only U, Bong (Vhong) play a tenement landlord who constantly saves his best friend Winona (played by Toni) from her brushes with death. Winona's family is burdened with the curse of having family members who do not live beyond the age of 25.

 

The landlord has always been secretly in love with Winona but he is too shy to open his heart to her. For her part, Winona is too occupied caring for her blind father but she never entertains the idea of falling in love because she knows that she will not live beyond the age of 25.

 

"Ako si Bong. Sobrang in love ako kay Winona [played by Toni]," describes Vhong. "Sa sobrang iksi na lang ng buhay niya, lahat gagawin niya kahit na magalit na lahat ng tao sa kanya. As long as mapakita niya na mahal niya ang babaeng minamahal niya."

 

When asked to describe her role in the movie, Toni told PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal), "My character is very negative about life dahil alam niyang may sumpa na ang pamilya niya. She knows na sandali na lang siya mabubuhay at yung possibility ng pagbukas sa puso nyia, sinasara na niya. Nandiyan si Vhong [as Bong], best friend niya ako, kilala niya ako. Alam niya kung paano ako pasasayahin, paano bubuksan ang puso ko.

"Very contradicting ang characters namin-yung isa very masayahin, very positive, yung isa nag-give up na sa buhayat tinaggap na ang fate niya. Yung character ni Vhong ang magbibigay ng buhay sa akin."

 

Toni summarizes the plot of My Only U as a movie asking, "How can you love someone when you know that person can't stay?"

Will her character be able to surpass the "curse" of her family? "Yun ang dapat nilang abangan sa movie," says Toni with a smile.

 

My Only U will open in cinemas nationwide starting October 29, 2008.

 



 


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