KC Concepcion has bowed out of Viva’s “Nothing Compares To You” due to scheduling problems and has been replaced by Andi Eigenmann.
“Viva regrets that KC is no longer in the cast,” the film’s supervising producer, June Rufino, said in a statement on Wednesday.
“The movie is the studio’s follow-up to the blockbuster ‘No Other Woman’. As such it is also the follow-up to the Anne Curtis-Derek Ramsay tandem which was successfully launched in that film.
“Anne, Derek, and KC all have very busy schedules in the coming months. It is unfortunate that their schedules could not meet to enable KC to continue working on the movie in order for the production to meet its target playdate,” Rufino’s statement concluded.
Andi, who had signed up with Viva Artists Agency just before KC’s departure from the project, is happy to take KC’s place. “Nothing Compares” will be her first lead role on the big screen.
Andi, the daughter of Jaclyn Jose and Mark Gil, has so far made four movies since her debut in the comedy “Mamarazzi” and starred in a string of teleseryes including her current soap, “Kahit Puso’y Masugatan”.
“Nothing Compares” is another love-triangle story. Anne and Derek play an engaged couple and Andi the other woman who rocks their romance. The script is being tweaked to factor in the age difference between KC and Andi.
The movie is set in the world of high society, with Anne and Andi playing young women who belong to one big group of friends from the upper class. It also presents an entertaining and insightful look at how romances – and scandals – play out in the contemporary world dominated by social media.
Viva hopes to replicate the success of “No Other Woman” as a zeitgeist movie with “Nothing Compares”.
The screenplay by award-winning veteran Mel del Rosario is said to be peppered with memorable confrontation scenes and spicy quotable quotes that made the earlier film a word-of-mouth blockbuster and a hot conversation piece among viewers. Under the direction of TV veteran Nuel Naval, “Nothing Compares” will have even more of the classic glossy Viva look that marked “No Other Woman”.
The movie is also the first big screen project together for Andi and her mother, Jaclyn. But they won’t be playing mother and daughter, as Jaclyn has the role of Anne’s mom. Jackie Lou Blanco will be Andi’s mother in the film.
“Nothing Compares To You” is slated for a nationwide theatrical release in October.
source: interaksyon.com
