Manila Bulletin

Iñigo Pascual to star in Fox musical drama ‘Monarch’ “Gail Berman and Hend Baghdady of The Jackal Group and Sandbox Entertainm­ent’s Jason Owen also executive produce. Jason Ensler is directing and executive producing the first episode. Adam Anders serves

- By ROBERT REQUINTINA

Filipino star Iñigo Pascual is now a certified internatio­nal actor!

This after it was announced that Pascual will join the cast of the musical drama “Monarch.”

Previously announced cast members include Beth Ditto, Trace Adkins, Susan Sarandon, Anna Friel and Joshua Sasse.

The series follows America’s “first family” of country music, including mother Dottie Cantrell Roman (Sarandon), father Albie Roman (Adkins) and daughters Gigi Taylor-Roman (Ditto) and Nicolette “Nicky” Roman (Friel), and son Luke Roman (Sasse).

“Pascual will play Ace Grayson, Nicky’s adopted son who also dreams of becoming a country star but faces some challenges along the way,” read an article for Variety, a popular entertainm­ent website in the US.

“He is an establishe­d recording artist in the Philippine­s, where he is based. His self-titled debut album made it to No. 1 on Billboard’s Philippine­s chart. His second album, “Options,” was released in June.

“On-screen, he was most recently seen making a cameo in Jo Koy’s Netflix comedy special “In His Elements.” He has also starred in several Filipino films and television series.”

The same article added: “Monarch” will debut mid-season for Fox on Jan. 30 immediatel­y after the NFC Championsh­ip game, with the show’s second episode airing on Feb. 1. The series hails from writer Melissa London Hilfers, who will also executive produce. Michael Rauch is the executive producer and showrunner.

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