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Angel Aquino says she will definitely miss her character Vera Cruz in Magkaribal

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Rachelle Siazon

<img class="contentArticleImage" src=""/>Angel Aquino has come a long way ever since she portrayed the heartless Vera Cruz in Magkaribal. A lot of Kapamilya viewers claim that they watch out for her more than the other lead stars in the show. When asked how she feels to own such a well-received kontrabida character, Angel humbly replied, &#x27;I think it&#x27;rsquo;s the other way around, Vera owned me. She just took over. I brought her to life but she&#x27;rsquo;s such a big person, she&#x27;s so complex, she goes through many things and you cannot take her for granted e. Lagi nga sinasabi ng mga friends ko, &#x27;lsquo;O kailan ba tayo lalabas?&#x27;rsquo; I&#x27;rsquo;ll say, &#x27;lsquo;Strict ang boss ko e.&#x27;rsquo; Parang she&#x27;s become my alter ego already. I cannot shake her off. I&#x27;rsquo;m known as Vera, I&#x27;rsquo;m no longer Angel. It&#x27;rsquo;s amazing and now I have to see how life is after Vera.&#x27; There was a part in Magkaribal where Angel&#x27;rsquo;s character was mellowing out, but it soon became evident that she&#x27;rsquo;s better at being plain mean. &#x27;I actually enjoyed that part na she&#x27;rsquo;s starting to get endeared to Gelai (Bea Alonzo). But then people were looking for the nastier Vera. Some of them were like, &#x27;lsquo;Uy nagiging tao na si Vera&#x27;rsquo;. But somehow, people enjoy the catfights, the banters... They miss that so we have to bring her back. And personally I miss it as well. She&#x27;rsquo;s definitely an interesting character.&#x27; Magkaribal is now on its final week and Angel admitted that it&#x27;rsquo;s quite saddening that there&#x27;rsquo;s no way they could extend the show anymore. &#x27;All of us knew that we&#x27;rsquo;re going to end in September hanggang sa na-extend ng na-extend. But everybody made plans and other artists are going out of town on a tour so wala na talaga kaming makukuhanan kung i-extend pa ulit. We&#x27;rsquo;re so sad. For a lot of reasons. We&#x27;rsquo;ve gotten so close to each other and the show&#x27;rsquo;s doing well. Kaming lahat gamay na gamay na namin yung characters. We&#x27;rsquo;re having fun playing Vera, Victoria, and Gelai... We can&#x27;rsquo;t imagine not being our characters. Sayang but it&#x27;rsquo;s also good because we&#x27;rsquo;re going to make people want for more,&#x27; she explained. When asked about her plans after Magkaribal, Angel shared that she hopes to land roles that would further enhance her dramatic prowess. &#x27;Kasi parang Vera brought me out there as an actress so I want to push it a little farther and then let&#x27;rsquo;s see how far it will go. On the side I would also like to make plans on creating my own business. But right now, sabi nga nila strike while the iron is hot. Right now, while I&#x27;rsquo;m getting that attention, I&#x27;rsquo;d like to do more acting siguro. As long as it&#x27;rsquo;s a good one and worth my time, any part would do.&#x27;

Angel Aquino talks about how 'Magkaribal' changed her life and how she hopes that she could get more challenging roles in the future.