Wednesday, February 20, 2008

KC Concepcion’s saving grace


KC Concepcion is being built up step by step, with precision and care. This should be the way because she happens to be the daughter of a megastar and had been shielded by her away from the prying public eyes for a long time.

A major teaser came in form of a TV special a few months back featuring the life of an extremely gorgeous young lady, a spitting image of her dad, former matinee idol Gabby Concepcion. It was a television event comparable to a Manny Pacquiao bout which thousands of televiewers saw.

The Up Close and Personal special made KC the most exciting personality ever to grace television. The impact was overwhelming people almost forgot that another major talent from the rival network has signed up with ABS-CBN.

She was Angel Locsin whose teleserye, “Lobo” with Piolo Pascual is trying to inch its way to the top of the ratings chart.

The next big surprise came earning KC public attention when she danced on the air attached to a harness, a most applauded number which stunned and pleased her mom during the latter’s birthday celebration show at the Araneta Coliseum last month.

It was just an icing on the cake, so to speak. When KC made her acting debut on Maalaala Mo Kaya in an episode entitled Mansyon last Friday, viewers witnessed how KC carried on the acting genes of her mom (and maybe her dad). But then, this is TV acting which is so different from movie acting. On television, over the top acting is acceptable but thank God, KC did not dwell on that.

At a certain length, her performance moved us. It is the faulty material which failed to establish the whys and wherefore of certain situations. The plot is mainly about one thing: how she would pay off the debts her dad, who died in a car accident, left. How we wished it was Hilda Koronel who played her mother which could have made that hospital scene most heartbreaking. As for Derek Ramsay, the patient boyfriend, it is nice to see him tackle his role as neatly as possible. Ditto the young actor who played KC’s brother.

No doubt, the next big thing for KC would be the movies. She can sing, dance and do drama and possibly speak different languages, French included. It is just a matter of choosing the right story, right leading man and right director. And her willingness to do a love scene para kiligin ang lahat. [source of news]

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