MANILA, Philippines β Jean Garcia admitted that when she heard that Bea Alonzo had moved to GMA-7, she was hoping she could work with the actress after they had worked on two notable shows on ABS-CBN.
Jean plays the mother of Rafael Rosell's character, who is the husband of Bea, on the upcoming mystery thriller drama "Widows' War." The show also stars Carla Abellana.
"Honestly, when he is here at GMA, at the back of my mind, I wish I could work with him. Give us a chance to work again," said Jean at last Friday's press conference held in Quezon City.
She noted how little has changed on Bea since they first worked together on the 2003 drama "Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay." At 13, Bea was introduced as the love team partner of John Lloyd Cruz on the show.
The following year in 2004, Bea and Jean played mother and daughter on the first lead romantic TV starrer of John Lloyd and Bea titled "It Might Be You."
"Bea hasn't changed anything. She's still the same. She was good before, she's even better now," Jean noted.
Bea, meanwhile, remembered how it was working with Jean. The seasoned actress is known for her dramatic acting chops.
"When she slapped me, I said, 'Miss Jean Garcia is back in my life,'" Bea said. "I missed the intensity of Miss Jean's slap."
Bea commended Jean as a professional actress who made their "physical" scenes less challenging to shoot. The actresses shared their relief because they know how to handle intense scenes that require them to physically slap, whether fake or real, each other.
"Ms. As for Jean, she's very professional as an actress. We have a lot of scenes here that are obviously very physical. There are other scenes where he will immerse me in the sea. But because she is Miss Jean Garcia, we know how good she is, we can talk about how to deceive things that don't look fake on the screen," Bea said.
"It's a good thing he's my co-star because I feel like I'm going to get hurt more. It's good that we have a dialogue before we do the scenes," she added.
Jean agreed, saying that she and Bea aim to deliver their scenes as flawlessly as possible so they would only film them once.
"As much as possible, we avoid hurting each other. I protect him, he also protects me. We really need communication so we can't just do what the director said, but we are artists ourselves, talk to each other . How can we make the scene that as much as possible, we don't have to hurt each other," Jean said.