MANILA, Philippines – Considering the rumors that he was the reason Angelica Panganican and Derek Ramsay broke up, John Lloyd Cruz makes a startling revelation that he had once been the “other man.”
“Ako, at one point, parang pumayag ako na yes, kahit number two lang ako okay na ako,” came his confession at the presscon for “The Mistress,” a movie that reunites him with his favorite screen partner, Bea Alonzo.
“I was so much younger. I was in my late twenties noong mangyari ‘yon," he said. “The feeling was too strong at hindi ko ma-contain.”
Back then, he was left with no choice but to be at the woman’s mercy.
“Wala, siya ‘yung nag-take over, wala, pumayag na ako. Nabigkas ko ‘yung, ‘Okay lang, kung kailan lang may time. Okay na ako doon,’” Lloydie shared without revealing the woman's identity.
The subject was brought up in relation to his role in the film; that of a man who got involved with a woman who’s already taken. Her love interest in the film, played by Bea Alonzo, is the mistress of Ronaldo Valdez’s character.
The actor related that he was in a very difficult situation then.
“Mahirap siya kasi nawawala ‘yung…hindi naman sa imoral siya pero parang dine-dare ka niya to be someone you’re not kasi ‘yun nga parang masyadong nailabas mo ‘yung nararamdaman mo for that person.”
But the actor realized, albeit belatedly, that “I was only infatuated.”
Another realization came when Lloydie felt that “she deserves (someone) better.”
“She did not deserve to be in that kind of separation. In a way naging instrumental ako na kaya bakit siya nalagay sa ganoong sitwasyon is because hindi ko ginawa kung ano ‘yung tama,” he explained.
Click tandem
John Lloyd and Bea mark their 10th anniversary as a love team.
On what makes them click, the actor explained, “Hindi namin grinab o hindi naming hinaluan ng personal ‘yung isang bagay na puwedeng mag-last at maging napaka-espesyal hindi lang sa aming dalawa kundi para sa sumusuporta sa amin ngayon. Alam naman natin, ‘di ba, pagka may halong personal ay nagkaka-problema. More often than not ay nabubuwag ‘yung tandem.”
After several hit movies, Bea’s leading man feels grateful that their pairing is still widely followed.
“Natutuwa kami na talaga. Ako personally natutuwa na hanggang ngayon ay kaya pa naming gumawa, very much able to do a movie, sell a movie. Very soon we’ll be back with a teleserye. Kung meron mang nabago kahit na maliit, kahit na konti sa aming nakaraan ni Bea baka hindi kami nakaharap dito,” he said.
source: mb.com.ph
