Child actress Xia Vigor will join Aga Muhlach and Bela Padilla in the Philippine adaptation of Miracle in Cell No. 7.
Aga revealed this on July 31 by posting his photo with the 10-year-old actress.
He wrote in the caption: “Me and my leading lady! Xia Vigor! Sobrang cute! Grabe! She plays my daughter in the movie ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7.'
“Excited to announce the many great actors I’ll be working with in this movie. Soon!!”
This hit Korean film depicts the relationship between a six-year-old girl and her mentally challenged father (played by Aga) who is wrongfully accused of murder.
He gets assigned to Cell No. 7 where hardened criminals are incarcerated in a maximum security prison. Through the help of his fellow inmates, the father is reunited with his daughter when she sneaks into the prison.
Xia got her big break in showbiz when she won It's Showtime’s “Mini Me 2” contest as a mini Selena Gomez in 2015.
In 2017, she gained international fame for her impersonation of Taylor Swift on ABS-CBN's Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids.
Nadine Lustre was supposed to top-bill the Pinoy edition of Miracle in Cell No. 7.
However, she backed out "due to medical concerns and her resulting inability to perform her duties as an actress during the shoot up to the promotion of the film.” This is according to the letter written by Viva Artists Agency in a letter sent to the MMFF executive committee.
Bela Padilla has been chosen to replace Nadine in this MMFF 2019 entry.
Arjo Atayde, JC Santos, and Joel Torre will also star in this entry chosen from script submissions to the 45th Metro Manila Film Festival.
Aga recently posted a photo on his Instagram account indicating that they have already started shooting principal photography for Miracle in Cell No. 7.