Why did Katrina Halili initially turn down her role in GMA-7’s hit series ‘MariMar’?
KATRINA HALILI – Actress Katrina Halili admitted that she initially did not like the idea of playing the role of Angelika Santibañez in ‘MariMar’.
One of the hit television series under the GMA-7 network in 2007 is the Filipino adaptation of ‘MariMar’ starring Marian Rivera, Dingdong Dantes, Katrina Halili, Richard Gomez, Jestoni Alarcon, Rita Avila, and other excellent Kapuso actors.
Marian played the role of Marimar Perez while Dingdong played the role of Sergio Santibañez. Richard played the role of the father of the character played by Dingdong while Jestoni and Rita played the roles of the biological parents of the role played by Marian.
Katrina Halili played the role of an antagonist in the hit TV series – the role of Angelika Santibañez.
Based on a report, it was in MariMar where Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera, who are now a married couple having a lovely daughter nicknamed Zia, met and became close to each other. They are collectively called by their fans and supporters as ‘DongYan’.
Katrina Halili admitted that she initially did not want to play the role of Angelika Santibañez. Based on a recent report in Pep, the actress told the source that MariMar is really her favorite since she was a child.
According to Katrina, she really watched the Tagalog version of MariMar and she has watched it before the GMA-7 did a remake. She admitted that she thought of not accepting the role of Angelika in case it would be offered to her by the Kapuso network.
Little did Katrina Halili know that she is going to the actress chosen to play the role of Angelika Santibañez.
“Pina-audition kasi kaming lahat, e. So required. So nakuha ako sa Angelika. Di ko tinanggap, as in two weeks hindi ako nag-attend ng mga storycon, ayoko!” she said.
Based on the report, Katrina Halili was convinced to accept the role after some slight deviation was made for the Pinoy version of MariMar. Instead of being the stepmother of Sergio, she became the third wheel in the lovestory of Sergio and Marimar.
The actress admitted her reason of not initially accepting her role in MariMar during an interview with the source at the press conference of the upcoming TV series The Stepdaughters. She is set to play again another antagonist role in the upcoming teleserye.
Angelika Santibanez played the role of Antagonist Very well in the Romantic drama titled ‘MARIMAR ‘.Marimar is lnspirational and captivating, l Wish to thank the producers, Directors and the casts of this drama u all did well.