Anne Curtis-Smith is Mia Hernandez in 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' Philippine Adaptation

It's official! Anne Curtis-Smith is making a teleserye comeback through the Filipino take on the hit K-drama 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay,' portraying the role of Mia

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/8ecbf37f-b1ed-4d09-a927-43d4a1de7495_anne curtis smith in its okay to not be okay ph.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Anne Curtis-Smith during the project announcement of " Okay="" to="" Nit="" Be=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Anne Curtis-Smith during the project announcement of &#x27;It&#x27;s Okay to Nit Be Okay&#x27;<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Star Creatives  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>It&#x27;s official! <strong>Anne Curtis-Smith </strong>is taking on the lead role in the Philippine adaptation of the hit 2020 K-drama <strong><em>It&#x27;s Okay to Not Be Okay</em></strong><em>.</em></p><div><br/></div><p><strong>ABS-CBN</strong> and <strong>Star Creatives </strong>held an event to announce the project. It&#x27;s the first adaptation for the South Korean series, making this even more special. </p><div><br/></div><p>The project announcement was graced by cast members <strong>Carlo Aquino</strong> (as Matthew &#x27;Matmat&#x27; Gonzales), <strong>Joshua Garcia </strong>(as Patrick &#x27;Patpat&#x27; Gonzales), and of course, <strong>Anne Curtis-Smith </strong>(as Emilia &#x27;Mia&#x27; Hernandez). Also sharing the stage with them were director <strong>Mae Cruz-Alviar </strong>and creative producer <strong>Henry King Quitain</strong>.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/c8446784-9547-4b05-9b15-d5c181abd61e_iotnbo cast.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="It" s="" Okay="" to="" Not="" Be="" Philippine="" adaptation="" cast="" Carlo="" Anne="" and="" Joshua=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">&#x27;It&#x27;s Okay to Not Be Okay&#x27; Philippine adaptation cast members Carlo Aquino, Anne Curtis-Smith, and Joshua Garcia<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Star Creatives  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>The project marks Anne&#x27;s <em>teleserye </em>comeback. An interesting story is that Anne manifested this role, as she gave her management, <strong>Viva</strong>, a heads-up about it. She told Viva head Veronique del Rosario that should she make a comeback in a TV series, she wanted it to be <em>It&#x27;s Okay to Not Be Okay </em>and requested her management to check if they could get the rights for it; much to her delight, after a week, she was told that the project is already with ABS-CBN. As fate would have it, the female lead character eventually landed in her lap. </p><div><br/></div><p>&#x27;It&#x27;s definitely worth it,&#x27; Anne said during the project announcement. &#x27;<em>Hindi naman ako mag</em>-<em>a</em>-accept <em>ng isang</em> project if I didn&#x27;t feel it was worth leaving my family a little bit to shoot. When they offered this to me, it was an instant &#x27;yes&#x27; because I loved the original. I couldn&#x27;t let it pass.&#x27;</p><div><br/></div><p>Anne had a stint on the TV series <em>FPJ&#x27;s Ang Probinsyano</em> in 2016, but the last <em>teleserye</em> she starred in was <em>Dyesebel</em> back in 2014.<br/></p><div><br/></div><p>South Korean series <em>It&#x27;s Okay to Not Be Okay</em> starred <strong>Kim Soo Hyun</strong> and <strong>Seo Ye Ji</strong>. A rom-com drama, its story focuses on a popular children&#x27;s book author with an antisocial personality disorder (Seo Ye Ji as Ko Mun Young - to be played by Anne) and an orphaned caregiver who works at a psychiatric hospital (Kim Soo Hyun as Moon Gang Tae - to be played by Joshua) and has a brother with autism spectrum disorder (Oh Jung Se as Moon Sang Tae - to be played by Carlo). A well-loved series, it also trains a spotlight on mental health awareness. </p><div><br/></div><p><em>It&#x27;s Okay to Not Be Okay </em>PH will be available on <strong>Netflix</strong>.</p><div><br/></div><p>Lead photos from <strong>tvN</strong>, <strong>Star Creatives</strong>, and <strong>@annecurtissmith</strong> </p><div><br/></div>

It's official! Anne Curtis-Smith is making a teleserye comeback through the Filipino take on the hit K-drama 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay,' portraying the role of Mia Hernandez (aka Ko Moon Young)  

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Anne Curtis-Smith is Mia Hernandez in 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' Philippine Adaptation

Anne Curtis-Smith is Mia Hernandez in 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' Philippine Adaptation

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