Anne Curtis to balance bad luck

August 24, 2008

ANNE Curtis is honored to topbill Viva Films’ Metro filmfest entry, “Baler,” which is about the last stand of the Spaniards in the Philippines 110 years ago. Written by Roy Iglesias and directed by Mark Meily, it’s about the 57 Spanish soldiers who took refuge inside the San Luis Obispo church in Baler against the Americans.

Phillip Salvador plays one of the Filipino rebels and Anne Curtis is his daughter who’s in love with a Spanish-Filipino soldier. Filmed in cooperation with Sen. Edgardo Angara who’s from Baler, it has a budget of P100 million and aimed to be shown in Spain.

“Baler” is the first filmfest entry to hold a presscon in Hyatt Bayview Hotel no less, with the stars wearing Filipino costumes so they’d be in character. Also in the film are Joel Torre, Michael de Mesa, Bernard Palanca, Baron Geisler, Carlo Aquino, and Ryan Eigenmann. The film will be shot on location in Baler, but they will also build a special period set in Tanay.

Anne will surely be an asset to the project since she comes from a hit movie, “When Love Begins,” and a sprawling fantaserye, “Dyosa.” We’re just wondering why they got a leading man who comes from a flop movie, flop album and flop TV shows. Well, we just hope Anne will be enough to balance the bad luck.

Anne is surely excited to play the lead role of Feliza in “Baler.” “It’s a historical film and it’s a challenge for me to look like a young woman who lived in the 1900s,” she says. “Maganda ang movie kasi it’s not only a period war film but also a beautiful love story.”

Anne has noticeably lost some weight. “Paano, ngarag-ngarag ako sa taping ng ‘Dyosa’ where I play three different characters. Tapos I’m shooting ‘Baler’ pa kaya puyat at pagod talaga. But I’m not complaining. Nagpapasalamat nga ako’t hindi ako nababakante at lagi akong may project. Happy rin ako dahil in ‘When Love Begins,’ si Christopher de Leon ang father ko and now, sa ‘Baler,’, si Phillip Salvador naman. It feels great to be acting with the best drama actors in our country.”

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