Let’s call the roll: Rosa del Rosario, Liza Moreno, Eva Montes, Gina Pareño, Vilma Santos, Rio Locsin, Anjanette Abayari, Nanette Medved, and Angel Locsin.
Not to mention Regine Velasquez (spoof) in the Bong Revilla topbiller Captain Barbell and Sharon Cuneta (also a spoof) in the Herbert Bautista starrer Captain Barbell, and even Dolphy in the gay-spoof version.
Yes, they have all played...Darna!!!
And here comes Marian Rivera in the latest reincarnation of the Mars Ravelo komiks super-heroine, also by GMA which produced the Angel Locsin starrer, which is set to soar (in the ratings, yes!) starting sometime in August.
“She’s the most playful Darna,” said Wilma Galvante, GMA’s SVP for Entertainment TV. “Mukha siyang manyika! And it’s very obvious how she thoroughly enjoys the role and that she’s having fun despite the production’s rigorous demands.”
As in the case of the top-rating Marimar, not to say Dyesebel, it feels like deja vu: Angel’s big loss is Marian’s big gain. Well, win some, lose some.
The new Darna is unlike the rest. Or so claims Chito Sumera, production designer (who also acted as one in the Nanette Medved version, produced by Viva Films): “The production design in this Darna is timeless. It showcases the original Filipino heroine in actual Philippine setting — country look, that is, may pagka-Amorsolo-postcard look yet colorful na may pagka-komiks ang atake so it’s more realistic. Generally, the over-all production design will support and enhance the story on the visual level. Possible locales are San Miguel (Bulacan), Nueva Ecija and Pampanga. Darna is memorable to me because it (the Nanette Medved version) was my first showbiz job as art director.”
You are seeing the pictures of Marian Rivera in Darna costume for the first time only here in The STAR.
Said designer Pepsi Herrera, “The costume is made of the following pieces: A metallic bustier bra top with 30 brass trimmings and a high-cut bikini bottom with a belt trimmed with oval and round brass pieces. A yellow loin cloth printed with a sun and its rays is also attached to the belt. The knee-high boots are also trimmed with 3D brass trimmings. To complete the look, brass wrist and arm bands are added.”
The cast includes Mark Anthony as Efren; Iwa Moto as Valentina; Nadine Samonte, Isabel Oli and Ehra Madrigal as Darna’s foes; Rita Avila and Jestoni Alarcon as the parents of Narda, Darna’s alter-ego; Janice de Belen as Valentina’s mother; Paolo Contis as Valentina’s father, King of the Snakes; Celia Rodriguez (who once played Valentina) as the caretaker of the orphanage where Narda grows up; and Robert “Buboy” Villar as Ding. Others in the cast: Alfred Vargas, Bearwin Meily, Angel Aquino, Maggie Wilson, Caridad Sanchez, Gabby Eigenmann and Roxanne Barcelo. Directors are Dominic Zapata and Don Michael Perez.
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