I was hesitant when Ces Aldaba texted me that I will play dad of Dina Bonnevie, because that would mean that I would have made my wife pregnant when I was five years old to have a daughter with Dina Bonnevie’s age. But he insisted that the Production Staff of GMA Network had indeed sought for me to play the role for its latest telenovela  the remake for television of a Sharon Cuneta movie titled “BABANGON AKO’T...

In Between Takes is an account of my day-to-day personal experiences on the sets of Philippine TV/movies. As they say: "Walang bida kung walang extra" (There are no stars without the extras and bit players). I am one of those perennial extras and bit players, playing myriad parts to support and accentuate the roles of lead stars. In my early years as a bit player my roles were sometimes so fleeting that I was there and gone...