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Nash and Alexa reveal reason for accepting sensitive roles on ‘Bagito’

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Maureen Marie Belmonte

<div><img src='' alt='111814-nlex_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>Despite the shelving of their supposed fantasy series Inday Bote, young love team Nash Aguas and Alexa Ilacad, collectively known as NLex, are very much grateful about being chosen for their first ever titular soap Bagito.</div><div><br></div><div>During the press conference of their upcoming soap, Alexa shared that they actually felt more comfortable about the idea of doing drama than fantasy. </div><div><br></div><div>“<i>Masaya pa rin po kami, dahil kahit maganda po ‘yung Inday Bote</i> noon pong<i> prinesent po sa amin, ito po talaga, sobrang gusto po naming ito dahil </i>challenging<i> nga po,”</i> said Alexa adding that, “And feeling <i>po namin mas</i> forte <i>po namin ‘yung drama dahil mahirap po magpatawa kesa mag-</i>drama <i>kasi ‘pag wala ka pong tamang</i> timing<i> sa </i>comedy,<i> waley ka diba nakakahiya. Ito po, i-</i>motivate <i>mo lang ang sarili mo, isipin mo lang ‘yung karga mo, lahat,</i> okay<i> kana.”</i></div><div><br></div><div>Nash for his part stressed that they are happy that they are given a new concept since “<i>‘yung Inday Bote po kasi may</i> magic-magic<i> po siya so parang Wansapanataym.</i> So<i> ito po bago po talaga ito samin</i> and<i> talagang </i>major<i> teleserye napo siya.”</i></div><div><br></div><div>The 16-year-old former child star also admitted that while he has always dreamt of bagging a lead role, he never really imagined the amount of responsibility that came with it until he taped for Bagito.</div><div><br></div><div><i>“Akala ko sobrang dali lang pero ngayon na</i>-realize<i> ko na na sobrang dami palang </i>responsibilities<i> ng bida and talagang sobrang</i> pressured<i> po ako noong una</i>,” he confessed.</div><div><br></div><div>For his first ever major teleserye, Nash will be taking on the role of Drew, a 14-year-old teenager who becomes a young father after impregnating a college girl named Vanessa as portrayed by Ella Cruz.</div><div><br></div><div>“<i>Ayun nga po eh. Noong una nga po nagulat rin po ako kasi diba </i>at 14 <i>pero noong in</i>-explain<i> po sakin nila </i>Sir Deo [Endrinal] and<i> ng mga</i> production staff<i> nga po, nung</i> creative team. <i>Meron pa po silang pinakita sakin na </i>13-years-old <i>na nagkaroon ng anak</i>,” he shared when asked if he felt that he got a father role quite a little early.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Nash, he said yes to the project because, <i>“Parang sakin, ako</i> 16 <i>na naman ako,</i> so <i>parang talagang nangyayari na ito sa totoong buhay so alangan naman pong tanggihan ko kasi marami po kaming matutulungan kapag ginawa po naming ang teleserye dahil marami pong magiging </i>aware <i>sa </i>problem.”</div><div><img src='' alt='111814-nlex_main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>Alexa for her part would be taking on the role of Camille, Drew’s overachiever best friend and childhood sweetheart. </div><div><br></div><div>Knowing that they have such a strong clout especially online, Nash and Alexa shared that they were initially apprehensive as to how their fans would take on their new project especially since they were both known for portraying teenybopper roles.</div><div><br></div><div>“<i>Noong una po medyo kinabahan po kami dahil sensitibo nga po ‘yung teleserye pero noong pinalabas po ‘yung</i> trailer <i>nakita naman po namin ‘yung mga</i> tweets <i>po ng mga</i> fans <i>naming and ng mga tao na sumusuporta na hindi napo sila ‘yung parang sinaunang panahon na ‘Masama yan.’ Parang mas open-minded napo sila and alam naman po nilana ginawa po itong teleserye para maging aware ang mga tao at hindi po para i-</i>encourage<i> ang mga tao na gawin ‘yun,”</i> explained Nash.</div><div><br></div><div>Before their soap could be written off as PG-13, Alexa stressed that it was actually done tastefully and carefully by director Onat Diaz. </div><div><br></div><div>“‘<i>Yung</i> thought<i> nandoon pero wala po kayong makikita ni bala</i>t or anything. <i>Walang</i> censored <i>na</i> part,” she shared. </div><div><br></div><div>Since it was done with great sensitivity to the subject matter, Alexa believes that fans from different age groups would be able to learn from and enjoy their upcoming soap. </div><div><br></div><div>“<i>Para sakin okay lang naman na mapanood po ito ng mga ka-age namin, ng mga bata na ito ang mangyayari kapag gumawa ka ng isang pagkakamali. </i>And ‘<i>yun nga po ginawa nga po namin itong </i>show<i> para po maipakita po sa lahat ang pinagdaanan ni</i> Drew to help spread awareness<i> po sakanila</i>,” she said.</div><div><br></div>

Nash and Alexa are happy about headlining ‘Bagito’ despite shelving of ‘Inday Bote’