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Joshua Garcia, Zaijan Jaranilla join cast of ‘Darna’ series

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<p>MANILA — Joshua Garcia and Zaijan Jaranilla were introduced Tuesday as part of the main cast of “Mars Ravelo’s Darna: The TV Series,” joining Jane de Leon as the titular superheroine.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DarnaCastRevealLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DarnaCastRevealLive</a>:<br/>Joshua Garcia is introduced as the &quot;male lead&quot; of the series. He will portray Brian Samonte Robles, a police officer. <a href="https://t.co/oViIoxGhoo">pic.twitter.com/oViIoxGhoo</a></p>— Miguel Dumaual (@migueldumaual) <a href="https://twitter.com/migueldumaual/status/1445289412502294530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Jaranilla will portray Ricardo Custodio, or Ding, Narda’s brother and Darna’s sidekick.</p><p>“Mahilig siya sa technology at computer games,” Jaranilla said of his character, hinting at Ding’s skills as Darna’s trusty partner.</p><p>Garcia, meanwhile, was announced as the “male lead” of the series. The acclaimed actor said his character is named Brian Samonte Robles, a police officer.</p><p>Garcia and Jaranilla were announced as cast members through a virtual launch held from one of the ABS-CBN sound stages in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, where “Darna” will start production in November.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ZhQnKcsnwY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/12/21/iza-calzado-is-the-first-darna-in-tv-series-with-jane-de-leon">‘The first Darna’: Iza Calzado to pass on stone to Jane de Leon in TV series</a></li></ul><p>Iza Calzado, who was previously announced as “the first Darna,” gave more details about her character. She will play Leonor Custodio, a “prime warrior” from Planet Marte and the mother of Ding and Darna’s human alter ego Narda.</p><p>De Leon was also present during the cast announcement.</p><p>The rest of the cast members who were introduced are:</p><p>Gerard Acao<br/>Tart Carlos<br/>Marvin Yap<br/>Zeppie Borromeo<br/>Yogo Singh<br/>LA Santos<br/>Young JV<br/>Mark Manicad<br/>Joj Agpangan<br/>Levi Ignacio<br/>Simon Ibarra<br/>Richard Quan<br/>Rio Locsin<br/>Kiko Estrada</p><p>Aside from the cast, Avel Sungpongco was announced as a second director of the series, joining acclaimed filmmaker Chito S. Roño.</p>

Joshua Garcia and Zaijan Jaranilla were introduced Tuesday as part of the main cast of “Mars Ravelo’s Darna: The TV Series,” joining Jane de Leon as the titular superheroine.