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Star Magic Artists take virtual seat at Spotlight presscon

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Nicole Agcaoili

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20240926140920/d59acbdfcb650324b29d356dc893db948055bfd54336836d472875468c671e36.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Courtesy Star Magic/ Facebook" style="width:960px"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Courtesy Star Magic/ Facebook</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – Star Magic artists took a virtual seat at Spotlight Presscon on Thursday at Coffee Project in Quezon City to discuss their acting projects.</p><p>Carlo Aquino, who stars in the film &quot;Crosspoint,&quot; a collaboration between High Road Creatives and 034 Productions, was involved in an accident wherein his thumb was dislocated while shooting a fight scene in Japan.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/9/25/how-carlo-aquinos-crosspoint-shows-filipinos-willingness-to-take-risks-for-their-families-2154">Carlo Aquino shares how &#x27;Crosspoint&#x27; shows Filipinos&#x27; willingness to take risks for their families</a></div><p>“Di ba nararansan nyo yung adrenaline kapag gumagawa ka ng eksena hindi mo mararamdaman eh. Mararamdaman mo lang kung ano nararamdaman ng character. That time galit si Manuel, so ‘yun lang yung nararamdaman ko. Kaya nung nag cut, nung nakita ko, dun ko lang ah okay binalik ko,” he said.</p><p>“May closing time ang hospital. Sabi ng ating boss, hanggang alas-singko lang. So sya yung nakiusap dun. Isipin mo may language barrier pa. Nakikiusap sya sa ER na kailangan lang po silipin po. Si Donny din eh ayaw pumayag. Sabi ko ituloy na natin kasi naghahabol kami nung araw sayang eh kung ‘di namin magagawa,” he added.</p><p>“Crosspoint,” which also stars Kei Kurosawa, Zeppi Borromeo, and Takehiro Hira, is set to hit local theaters on October 16.</p><p>Meanwhile, Kurosawa considers this film a major turning point in her career as an actress.</p><p>“Ang dami ko pong first dito sa film na to. I learned na nacast ako for this project when I was about one year pa lang in Sta Magic then nag acting workops ako nun,” she said.</p><p>“Tapos dati nag ge-guest lang po ako sa mga TV shows under Dreamscape like ‘Lyric and Beat,’ ‘UnBreak My Heart,’ ‘Senior High.’ So dati talaga puro crumbs lang yung appearances ko then biglang this one po biglang naging meron na po name yung charcter ko so I’m very very happy about that,” she added.</p><div><strong>ZOOMERS CAST ON WINNING AWARD AT CONTENT ASIA AWARDS</strong></div><p>Youth series “Zoomers” cast Harvey Bautista, Criza Taa, Luke Alford, Ralph DeLeon, and Krystl Ball also graced the virtual press conference.</p><p>Earlier this September, &quot;Zoomers&quot; won the Best Asian Short-Form Drama/Series at the ContentAsia Awards 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/9/5/abs-cbn-bags-3-trophies-in-contentasia-2024-awards-2138">ABS-CBN bags 3 trophies in ContentAsia 2024 Awards</a></div><p>Bautista said winning such an award is overwhelming, especially knowing that “Zommers” is such a small family.</p><p>“Criza and I were shooting our next project together yung ‘Deadline’ where mga 5 or 6 p.m. na tapos kakatapos ang namin ng eksena tapos nakita ko lang bigla nag-post yung Star Magic na nanalo yung Zoomers. Tapos nagulat ako and our producer was there kasi the producer of Zoomers is also producing that. She was there. Nakakabigla lang tapos after that we just went back to the shooting the movie,” he said.</p><p>Taa said the award served as a motivation to do better in their future projects.</p><p>&quot;Super overwhelming kasi knowing kaming dalawa ni Harvey ito yung first bida role namin tapos may award agad. Sobrang sarap sa feeling and parang in a way nakakapressure din po sya kasi syempre diba grabe yung recognition so dapat sa mga susunod mas galingan namin. Super super grateful and super super thankful lalo na po sa mga naniwala samin behind the camera,” she said.</p><p>Bautista and Taa will also star in the upcoming teen-slasher film “Deadline.”</p><div><strong>MAPLE LEAF DREAMS HIGHLIGHTS STRUGGLES OF OFWs</strong></div><p>“Maple Leaf Dreams,” a movie starring Kira Balinger and LA Santos already started hitting cinemas nationwide.</p><p>Balinger, who plays the character of Molly, emphasized how important it is to do a project that tackles the life of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Canada.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/8/26/why-kira-balinger-la-santos-movie-took-so-long-to-be-released-1926">Why Kira Balinger-LA Santos movie took so long to be released</a></div><p>“With Maple Leaf Dreams po kasi opo mag-partner kami. It’s part love story but it’s mostly a migrant story. Pag narinig mo yung term na OFW iisipin nyo the successful family members abroad na nagpapadala. Pero ipapakita po namin dito sa Maple Leaf Dreams kung paano po sila nakarating sa position nila na yun. Lahat ng struggles. Lahat ng hindi nakikita ng family here na ginagawa po ng OFW abroad,” Balinger said.</p><p>Santos, who plays Macky, said that they worked hard to properly portray the struggles of OFWs, with the hope that the audience could also feel it when they watch the film.</p><p>“Personally itong Maple Leaf Dreams yung gusto ko sa movie na to mas in-aim namin maging totoo tapos in-aim namin na macapture yung totoong nararamdaman ng mga OFWs. Nafeel ko rin yung ginagawa namin yung movie, working with Kira, na talagang grabe yung pagod at hirap na pinagdaanan namin para lang magawa lang to movie. I’m sure mas grabe pa rin yung pinagdadaanan ng mga OFW. Winiwish ko sana mafeel din ng mga taong nanonood,” Santos said.</p>

<p>Star Magic artists took a virtual seat at Spotlight Presscon on Thursday at Coffee Project in Quezon City to discuss their acting projects.</p>

Star Magic artists took a virtual seat at Spotlight Presscon on Thursday at Coffee Project in Quezon City to discuss their acting projects.