The Philippine Star

Coco: What’s next after Juan de la Cruz?

- By Honey Orio-escullar

oco artin’s B B action series Juan dela

ru will end on ct. after a nine month run.

Malungkot na asaya. will miss the onding moments with my co stars including the production staff and crew ” oco said during the recent press con. “Para ka ing naging agkaka atid. thin it’s one thing that eeps us en ergi ed and what we loo forward to e ery taping day no matter how tired we are.”

s uan dela ru oco is half aga Bantay and half aswang whose mission is to help the hu mans against the creatures of dar ness ruled y ar ing Aswang, his own father. e has inherited an iron cross as his armor and shield from his mom who was

aga Bantay.

he idea was to di ide the series into Boo s and .

But we reali ed that it’s not something iewers will appreciate ” added oco. yaw na ing ti irin ang

anonood so we just let the story flow. his is one of the soaps did na hindi

na kailangang aha ain. here are still more re elations. thin that Juan dela

ru ’s audience appeal comes from the story itself not from the characters.”

oco considers Juan dela ru the most challengin­g soap he has done ecause it has all the ingredient­s ac tion drama fantasy and comedy to spice up the lo e story.

n appreciati­on of the pu lic sup port for the series oco is supporting the show’s ad ocacy project Juan un

S hool that helps the education of ili pino children.

ith the production team we ha e isited four schools already. e wish that efore Juan dela ru ends we can put up a school. here are many out of school ids ” o ser ed oco. t’s a nice feeling to e a le to help people. am happy and contented to e in this industry and don’t want to ma e it complicate­d. want to li e simply.” s soon as Juan dela ru folds up oco plans to ta e a wee long acation with his family at his new residence in air iew ue on ity instead of ta ing them out of town.

e wants to ma e up for not ha ing een with his family due to his tight wor schedule.

he minute wa e up ta e a ath and then lea e. hen arri e from the taping ta e a ath and then go to sleep right away. t’s li e that e ery day. alos ’ di na ka i nagkikita kita ng a ilya ko.”

hat’s why oco has decided to uild small houses within a com pound so that his whole family can e together. he project is percent done. y parents will ha e separate hous es ecause they are separated. ha e my own where will stay with my lola. ach of my si lings has his own.”

eanwhile pressed y reporters on the issue a out his alleged child with atherine una oco refrained from ma ing any comment e en if reports said that his and the child’s didn’t match.

ne er loo ed at the issue as a thorn on my side tinrato ko siya ilang lessing kasi isa ’yun sa nag ati ay sa akin kung nasaan an ako ngayon. ’ e een through a lot, and it helped me ecome a strong person.”

o what’s ne t for oco? want to do another mainstream mo ie and an indie film.”

But he’s not saying a final farewell to uan de la ru . ho nows he might reprise the character… on film?

 ??  ?? Coco Martin plans to take a week-long vacation with his family at his new house in Fairview,
Quezon City
Coco Martin plans to take a week-long vacation with his family at his new house in Fairview, Quezon City
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