After his trip to Europe with Carla Abellana and her family, Tom Rodriguez is now recharged and all set to play TJ Chavez in the new primetime series Someone To Watch Over Me. The series is about a man stricken with the disease and forgets to remember his wife but strangely recalls his liaison with another woman.
For Tom, the role is far different from those he has essayed previously. And because it is not familiar to him, he has started his own research about Alzheimer’s. “Right now, I am just trying to educate myself with this illness [Alzheimer’s] because it’s a very real thing pala. You know, just a few months before this, I had no idea. Like, ganito pala kabilis, ka-rapid yung disease na you will be able to see the deterioration right away. For me, I even started doing mind exercises kasi I’m an over thinker and my hobby is to stimulate my brain. Kasi I love reading, I love studying, I love taking courses, I love doing many techniques. Kaya to prepare for a role that’s as heavy as this, it must be a superb one,” the actor says.
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Max Collins inspired to work again
Whatever role you give her, she’ll make sure she can deliver. Whether it is a comic role or something that requires her to be physical agile in an action drama or emotionally draining role in a melodrama, Max will accept it wholeheartedly.
She is also in the new primetime series Someone To Watch Over Me as Irene Montenegro, ex-girlfriend of someone afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
For Max, she feels the pressure yet at the same time she is excited to work on this series because she feels this is an affirmation of what kind of an actress she is and that she is excelling in the field she has chosen to be in.
“Masaya po ako kasi palagi akong may trabaho. Ito talaga yung gusto ko na as long as may work ako, I am happy. I am always excited to work. It just goes to show that the producers and the staff see something in what I do. Mahalaga yun sa akin,” says Max.
Max will be with Tom Rodriguez and Lovi Poe. Maryo J. Delos Reyes directs.
