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Singing not a challenge for Claudine Barretto in Imelda Papin biopic

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MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News

<p>The Philippines&#x27; jukebox queen Imelda Papin is celebrating her 45th year in the industry and producing her own biopic is the best way to cap off the celebratory year. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">HAPPENING NOW: Special advance screening of Imelda Papin&#x27;s biopic &#x27;Loyalista&#x27; topbilled by Claudine Barretto who played the role of the singer turned politician. <a href="https://t.co/WlCObSvcdO">pic.twitter.com/WlCObSvcdO</a></p>— MJ Felipe (@mjfelipe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mjfelipe/status/1729828641368891600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2023</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>The movie &quot;Loyalista: The Untold Story of Imelda Papin&quot; was a year in the making, according to Maffy, Imelda&#x27;s daughter, who clarified that the movie isn&#x27;t controversial in nature. </p><p>&quot;Ang pelikulang ito ay hindi po haka-haka lang. Ito po ay hango mula sa pagiging bata, pag-unlad at pagiging loyalista niya at kaibigan sina Imelda at Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Hawaii,&quot; Maffy said.</p><p>Alice Dixson played Imelda Marcos, while ER Ejercito gave life to the former president. </p><p>Claudine Barretto, who attended the premiere night in SM Megamall Wednesday night, played the lead role of Papin. She further clarified that singing wasn&#x27;t a challenge for her in the film. </p><p>&quot;Meron, pero sobrang konti lang,&quot; Barretto said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">(2) When asked what were the challenges in making the film and if she was required to sing the hits of Papin, this was Claudine&#x27;s response: <a href="https://t.co/vOzasJq66u">pic.twitter.com/vOzasJq66u</a></p>— MJ Felipe (@mjfelipe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mjfelipe/status/1729832921505087738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/10/22/imelda-papin-falls-behind-in-camsur-gubernatorial-race">Imelda Papin falls behind in CamSur gubernatorial race</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/27/20/imelda-papin-pinutakte-ng-netizens-dahil-sa-awiting-iisang-dagat">Imelda Papin pinutakte ng netizens dahil sa awiting &#x27;Iisang Dagat&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong>From the archives:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w3tUP1kHdu0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></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><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7MElMR4Dpxs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></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>

The movie 'Loyalista: The Untold Story of Imelda Papin' was a year in the making, according to Maffy, the singer's daughter.

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Singing not a challenge for Claudine Barretto in Imelda Papin biopic

MJ Felipe,

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Published Nov 30, 2023 11:17 AM PHT

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