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WATCH: Zsa Zsa Padilla out for blood as new 'Wildflower' villain

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<p>She&#x27;s been hounding Emilia (Aiko Melendez), threatening her with her life as payback for what she and her husband, Emilio (Tirso Cruz III), did to her parents when she was little. </p><p>But it appears Lily Cruz (Maja Salvador) may have found herself biting off more than she can chew after the introduction of the intimidatingly named &quot;Red Dragon,&quot; the mother of Emilia portrayed by the returning Zsa Zsa Padilla. </p><p>The brand-new baddie was unveiled during Friday&#x27;s episode of &quot;Wildflower,&quot; capping off an action-packed week. Prior, the show drew praise for its well-choreographed parking-lot brawl between Salvador and a character played by Dawn Chang. </p><p>According to the show, introducing the Red Dragon can only mean bad things for Lily as she prepares her revenge plot for the humiliation she made her daughter go through.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1448887" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>In an interview with <a href="http://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/26912/heres-why-zsa-zsa-padilla-agreed-to-play-red-dragon-aikos-mother-in-emwildflowerem?utm_source=Facebook-PEP&amp;utm_medium=Ownshare&amp;utm_campaign=20171020-fbnp-guide-in-emwildflowerem-fbfirst">Pep</a>, Padilla explained her decision to accept the chance to be the show&#x27;s next villain. </p><p>&quot;Ang maganda kasi &#x27;pag nagko-kontrabida, they give you the liberty to change the dialogues, make it better, i-build yung character, it&#x27;s really fun to play, hindi iyong iyak ka ng iyak,&quot; she reasoned. </p><p>The last time Padilla appeared on ABS-CBN was in an episode of &quot;Maalaala Mo Kaya&quot; featuring the life of Pia Wurtzbach. Her last drama was &quot;The Story of Us&quot; in 2016. </p>