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Xyriel Manabat, Andrea Brillantes open to work in girls' love series together

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Xyriel Manabat and Andrea Brillantes. Photo from Manabat" s="" Instagram="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2024/entertainment/01/11/xyriel-manabat-andrea-brillantes-01112024.jpg"/><figcaption>Xyriel Manabat and Andrea Brillantes. <em>Photo from Manabat&#x27;s Instagram account.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — &quot;Senior High&quot; stars Xyriel Manabat and Andrea Brillantes said Tuesday that they are open to work in a girls&#x27; love (GL) series together.</p><p>In a press conference, Manabat was asked if she&#x27;s comfortable to be paired with a girl for a show, and she explained that she&#x27;s more comfortable to work with another female artist.</p><p>&quot;Feeling ko kung mag-o-on cam ako or on-screen na first kissing scene, gusto ko talaga sa babae, kasi feeling ko mas komportable ako &#x27;pag ganoon and feeling ko, walang ilanganan, less issue, less hassle. Experience siya eh, so parang fulfilling siya for an experience of an actress,&quot; she said.</p><p>Asked for an actress in mind to work with, Manabat revealed that she has teased Brillantes about being in a girls&#x27; love series. </p><p>&quot;Open naman po for any, pero dati kasi bago ako bumalik sa &#x27;Dirty Linen&#x27; may mga kaasaran po ako, sabi ko &#x27;pag ikaw, pinormahan ko,&#x27; tas kinakantahan ko siya, tinititigan ko siya sa mata,&quot; the actress said.</p><p>&quot;Tas kinikilig naman siya sa &#x27;kin ... Basta matalik ko po siyang kaibigan, tumatawa siya ngayon, kinikilig siya ngayon, dati kasi inaasar ko siya, ... kasi gusto niya rin &#x27;yung ganoong role,&quot; she added.</p><p>Brillantes confirmed that she wants to be in a girls&#x27; love series, noting that it&#x27;s time to have more shows about lesbian love.</p><p>&quot;I mean, pansin po lang kasi, there&#x27;s a lot of BL series now. Hindi pa po masyadong marami sa GL. So like, if ever lang naman po,&quot; Brillantes said.</p><p>&quot;I would be comfortable doing it with my best friend, kasi magaling siyang actress eh, and marami kaming makukuha sa isa&#x27;t isa,&quot; she added.</p><p>Manabat and Brillantes are not the only pair of Kapamilya actresses to express their willingness to act in a &quot;GL&quot; series.</p><p>In January 2023, Janella Salvador and Jane de Leon also welcomed a possible &quot;GL&quot; project, after the conclusion of &quot;Darna.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/11/23/janella-salvadors-honest-answer-about-movie-with-jane-de-leon">Janella Salvador&#x27;s &#x27;honest&#x27; answer about movie with Jane de Leon</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/30/23/why-not-jane-janella-welcome-possible-gl-project">&#x27;Why not?&#x27; Jane de Leon, Janella Salvador welcome possible &#x27;GL&#x27; project</a></li></ul><p>Meanwhile, the six-episode series &quot;Sleep With Me,&quot; which stars Janine Gutierrez and Lovi Poe, is available both on iWantTFC and Netflix.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/17/23/iwanttfc-series-sleep-with-me-to-stream-on-netflix">iWantTFC series &#x27;Sleep With Me&#x27; to stream on Netflix</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Senior High&quot; airs new episodes from Monday to Friday, 9:30 p.m. on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, A2Z, TV5, iWantTFC, and TFC.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2926468" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'Senior High' stars Xyriel Manabat and Andrea Brillantes said Tuesday that they are open to work on a girls' love (GL) series together.

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Xyriel Manabat, Andrea Brillantes open to work in girls' love series together

Josiah Antonio,

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Published Jan 11, 2024 08:02 AM PHT

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Updated Jan 11, 2024 08:03 AM PHT

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