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‘Kurdapya’ Yassi Pressman essays challenging roles of polar opposites in lighthearted drama
challenges, and coming faceto-face with their past. The remake is helmed by director Easy Ferrer , his first comedy series project with both TV5 and VIVA TV. The original movie was headlined by the biggest names in classic Pinoy showbiz, like Gloria Romero , Ramon Revilla Sr. Ric Rodrigo Eddy Garcia , and Comedy King Dolphy Exploring the themes of family, love, and selfdiscovery, Kurdapya also stars Marco Gumabao as Carlos, Kuring's childhood friend and the apple of her eye; Nikko Natividad as the nouveau rich and “ jojologin ” Tadeo, who was handpicked by Daphne's father to be her suitor; Ryza Cenon as the gold-digging girlfriend of Daphne’s father; Katya Santos as Kuring’s strict and ambitious aunt; Candy Pangilinan as the funny ex-con mom of Kuring and Daphne; and Lander Vera-Perez as the twins’ father.
This generation’s version of Kurdapya sees both new and familiar faces from the VAA family of artists.
Fresh from his string of movies launched earlier this year including Spellbound (with Bela Padilla ), Martyr or Murderer , and Baby Boy, Baby Girl (with Kylie Verzosa ), Marco Gumabao is part of the cast as Kuring’s love interest, Carlos.
On the flip side, comedic actor Nikko Natividad plays Tadeo, the nouveau rich but jologs suitor of Daphne. The two actors bring kilig to the twins’ respective love lives. Since we’re seeing two sides of Yassi, trouble will also double for her in this series. Led by Ryza Cenon as the young and beautiful gold digger girlfriend of the twins’ father, and by Katya Santos who plays Kuring’s depraved aunt, together they will be the main antagonists in each of the