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EXCLUSIVE: Fil-Italian actor-director Ruben Soriquez owes international success to ‘Dolce Amore’

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Leo Bukas

<div> </div>Apat na taon na sa Pilipinas ang Italian actor-director na si Ruben Soriquez. Nakapagdirek na siya noon ng isang indie film titled Of Sinners And Saints na siya rin ang bida at si Polo Ravales pero mas natutukan siya ng spotlight when he played the role of Liza Soberano’s adoptive father sa ABS-CBN series na Dolce Amore.Ayon kay Ruben, ang goal niya talaga noon kung bakit nagpunta ng Pilipinas ay para magdirek. Mas mura raw kasing gumawa ng pelikula dito kesa sa Italy.“My first aim is to direct only,” simula niyang kuwento sa PUSH. “But before, I was an actor in Italy, theater actor. And I studied two years in an acting academy before starting to direct.“But I didn’t really push my acting here. I’m just lucky that I won best actor in Of Sinners And Saints in 2015 World Premieres Film Festival-Philippines (ng FDCP, Film Development Council of the Philippines).“And then, that year, ABS-CBN was looking for an Italian actor who could act in English, little Tagalog, so they were searching on the Internet if ever there was somebody but they didn’t find anybody.“When the project manager typed ‘Italian Actor Philippines’ in Google, they found me. But they don’t have my number. Luckily, June Rufino had my number. So she gave my number to ABS-CBN and they called me,” dire-diretso pa niyang kuwento sa PUSH.Inamin ni Ruben na maraming magagandang bagay ang nagawa sa kanya ng Dolce Amore.Aniya, “I got the role in an international TV series, I got it because of Dolce Amore. Because the casting director knew me from Dolce Amore,” pagmamalaki niya sabay pakiusap na huwag na muna naming isulat ang pangalan ng Hollywood action star na bida rito dahil bawal pa raw.Patuloy pa niya, “Dolce Amore is a blessing, really. Kasi Dolce Amore now is being aired abroad, in Malaysia. So I get a lot of following requests from Malaysian fans. Not only Pinoys living in Malaysia but also Malaysian. They love the teleserye.”Nabibigyan din daw siya ng mga role sa pelikula ng mga naging director niya sa Dolce Amore na sina Mae Cruz at Cathy Garcia-Molina.“I also got a small role in Can’t Help Falling In Love, in Unexpectedly Yours. Pero minsan, wala talagang role na bagay sa akin,” sabi ulit ni Ruben.Samantala, hindi itinanggi ni Ruben na nami-miss niyang katrabaho ang LizQuen.“I’m not part of their new teleserye, yung Bagani. Pero, yeah, nami-miss ko sila makatrabaho ulit, yung LizQuen. Sana, sana next year magkaroon ulit ng project with them. Pero next year mayroon akong mga project sa Italy, so I hope they don’t call me when I’m busy sa Italy,” natatawa niyang pahayag.“Actually I have a… I’m attached to a firm in the US as a director, but still it’s in a developing stage. So I have to go to US also as a director,” susog niya.Ibinalita rin ng Fil-Italian director na meron siyang bagong pelikula.“Meron akong isang bagong movie, The Spider’s Men. Meaning the men of spiders. Kasama ko sa movie sina Richard Quan, Lee O’Brian, Jeffrey Tam the magician, Rob Sy. It’s a black comedy na ako rin ang nagdirek, nag-produce at sumulat.“Ang tema is I will reconnect with my half-Pinoy brother. Pero may sakit siya, autistic siya (Richard). Comedy na may drama rin and there’s thriller, because some guys, they try to take advantage of me and my brother. It will be bloody. Actually, parang Quentin Tarantino style,” paliwanag niya sa concept ng movie.Bukod dito ay bida rin siya sa pelikulang The Lease kasama si Garie Concepcion na tungkol naman sa paranormal thriller.

Fil-Italian actor-director Ruben Soriquez made it to an international TV series because of ‘Dolce Amore’