FPJ Batang Quiapo

While actress-singer Lovi Poe admits that she is her own harshest critic, she said that she also allows herself to enjoy a pat on the back for a job well ...

“Actually, that’s a line from one of my favorite songs, Lennon Stella’s ‘Kissing Other People.’ A lyric of the song asks, ‘How do you really know that you’re not holding on anymore?’ And it says you have moved on when you’re ready to kiss other people again. It is a testament to the actress potent thespic chops that you don’t see her as a kontrabida through and through because she manages to “clarify” Lorie’s soul-crushing cruelty. She has a lot of dreams, so she goes to school and saves for her future—and that’s something I relate to, because I’m one person who just wants to keep growing.” “Gosh, you mean when you’re ‘ready to kiss other people again’ (laughs)?” she said. “But actually, it was more of an advice than tips, like ‘Let’s wait for the right moment …’ Same with my mom, who wanted a different direction for me because she knows how challenging it is. “Yes, of course!” she said, laughing. Last week, we chased the elusive “Latay (Battered Husband)” from Glorietta 4 to SM Megamall, before we finally caught a screening of it at SM Sta. ‘Probinsyano’ was on air for seven strong years, so in my head, I thought living up to that would definitely be a daunting task. 3 and 4, Lovi told us how thrilled she was to pull off singing her cover of Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” 1 reason for me to do ‘Batang Quiapo’ is because, as I often say in interviews, it’s one of my favorite movies of my dad, which also starred Maricel Soriano (her costar in the 2014 TV series ‘Ang Dalawang Mrs. “Another great reason is that it’s a Coco Martin series … “It’s been a long time since I last performed onstage, so I was so happy to perform songs that people didn’t expect me to sing, like ‘Natural Woman’ (laughs),” she told us in a one-on-one chat last Friday, arranged by Dreamscape Entertainment, the team behind “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo,” which premiered last Monday.