Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: John Arcilla, naging leading lady si Regine Velasquez! (Episode 475)

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Aired (November 25, 2024): Bago pa man makilala sa mga pelikula si John Arcilla ay nakilala muna siya sa teatro kung saan ay naging leading lady niya si Regine Velasquez sa ‘Noli Me Tangere’ na musical play ni Ryan Cayabyab.

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00:00Do you consider General Luna, please, as a pivot, I mean a kind of pivot, in your career?

00:11To a bigger plane, yes, but the first one was in theater when I did a lot of musicals

00:23with Ryan and Biab, in theater, I felt like, wow, I'm doing a musical as a

00:29lead performer, El Filibusterismo, No Limit Angere, imagine, Regine Velasquez

00:38became my leading lady, my partner in No Limit Angere, yes, and then when Rizal came,

00:48I was the main, I was the main in all of them, so when I had co-alternates,

00:53I was the main, so, thank you, so, for me, wow, I'm here, I did this, I used to sing

01:04in amateur contests in Baler, really?

01:07You did amateur contests?

01:09Yes, I'm an amateurist, my sister, my sister-in-law, always, boy, there's an amateur contest

01:14in Barangay Juan, come on, boy, there's an amateur contest in Barangay Bahamin,

01:18let's go together, and you won?

01:20I'm always first, what's the winning song?

01:22Usually, the winning song, that was the time of Rico J. Puno, until my adolescent age,

01:31when I was 13, my vocal capacity changed, or my voice box changed, so, for the first

01:46time, my voice cracked, I was 13 or 12 years old.

01:51And you were singing Kapalaran?

01:53I was singing Kapalaran, and from then on, 13 years, I had stage fright, I couldn't sing

02:00on stage, that's when I shifted to acting.

02:03Oh, my God.

02:05That's when I became a trauma in singing, and I stopped singing, and for 13 years,

02:12I wasn't able to sing on stage, I was singing, I needed a duet, so I became a choir,

02:20assistant to choir master in Baler Aurora, because I couldn't sing anymore.

02:25I shifted now, since I know I have a passion in singing and performance, I went to acting.

02:31What an inspiring story.

03:43Hey!

03:47Hey!

Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: John Arcilla, naging leading lady si Regine Velasquez! (Episode 475)

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