“Ako lang kasi ang willing mag-work ngayon e kaya siguro sa akin in-offer,” joked actor Zanjoe Marudo when asked how he landed the iconic role of the cheating husband in the much-anticipated ABS-CBN remake of Doctor Foster, titled The Broken Marriage Vow.
This humility of Zanjoe’s is perfectly understandable. After all, netizens suggested more established or more bankable actors for the role, a fact that fuels the actor’s sense of self-deprecation, occasionally becoming even prickly. Of course he can’t say that he has worked hard for over 16 years to deserve such a role, or he has prayed for such a big break like this to come his way, or that he may be one of the few brave actors to accept a role he knows everyone would end up hating. But for some people to say he doesn’t deserve the role, that is another story. Because for me, Zanjoe deserves the spotlight and based on the released trailer of The Broken Marriage Vow, he deserves this role too.
The trailer gives a glimpse of David Ilustre’s (Zanjoe) dual personality and web of lies as he juggles his relationships with his wife Dr. Jill Ilustre (Jodi Sta. Maria) and his younger mistress Lexy Lucero (Sue Ramirez). He is irresistible in the footage and I felt gigil, almost anger toward him because it is his character’s extramarital affair that will destroy his family.
David, an architect, seems to be the perfect husband and father to Jill and their only son Gio (Zaijian Jaranilla), lavishing them with love and affection.
When Jill, who becomes extremely suspicious about David’s actions, confronts him about his affair, he casually fools her by reassuring her of his commitment and denying outright that there’s another woman.
“Kaya kitang tingnan sa mata nang diretso. Wala akong ibang babae,” David calmly says.
The teaser also gives a sneak peek into David’s romance with Lexy and their secret rendezvous. “Sa ’yo ko lang nakikita ’yung halaga ko. Kung mawala ka sa akin, mamamatay ako,” David proclaims to Lexy.
The Broken Marriage Vow, which is shot entirely in Baguio, also stars Jane Oineza, Angeli Bayani, Bianca Manalo, Ketchup Eusebio, Rachel Alejandro, Art Acuña, Empress Schuck, Joem Bascon, Brent Manalo, Malou Crisologo, Franco Laurel, Sandino Martin, Lao Rodriguez, Jet Gaitan, Jie Anne Armero, Migs Almendras, Avery Clyde, and JB Agustin, with the special participation of Susan Africa and Ronnie Lazaro.
The series will premiere first on the iWantTFC app (iOs and Android) and on iwanttfc.com on January 22, two days ahead of its TV broadcast. Watch it also on January 24 at 8:40 pm on Kapamilya Channel, TV5, A2Z, Kapamilya Online Live on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, iWantTFC, and TFC.
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To help our kababayans affected by Typhoon Odette get back on their feet, ABS-CBN has launched “Tulong-Tulong sa Pag-ahon: Isang Daan sa Pagtutulungan,” a series of fund-raising activities from different groups within ABS-CBN, starting with ABS-CBN shows and stars, with the goal of providing assistance to 100,000 affected families.
Isang Daan sa Pagtutulungan, which marks the second phase of ABS-CBN and ABS-CBN Foundation’s online fund drive for Odette survivors, runs from January 9 to April 18. It kicked off recently with By Request: A Benefit Concert featuring Regine Velasquez-Alcasid.
By Request will continue every night at 8 pm until January 18 with different ASAP Natin ’To performers who will encourage viewers to support the cause via virtual gifts on Kumu, Facebook stars, YouTube donate button, and QR codes while heeding their song requests. After Regine, Kyle Echarri also did a concert, followed by Ogie Alcasid. KD Estrada and Alexa Ilacad, Jed Madela, Yeng Constantino, Darren Espanto, and Erik Santos have also confirmed their participation in the coming days.
Since its launch last December 2021 via a benefit concert featuring over a hundred ABS-CBN stars, the first phase of the Tulong-Tulong sa Pag-Ahon campaign, called “Andito Tayo Para sa Bawat Pamilya,” had raised P56,575,497 cash donations and P9,062,614 worth of in-kind donations.
Donors may also deposit to accounts of ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc. through BDO (0039302-14711), BPI (4221-0000-27), PNB (1263-7000-4128), GCash, PayMaya, and PayPal accounts. More details are available on ABS-CBN Foundation’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts, and foundation.abs-cbn.com.