Carmen Soo, to partner with Jericho Rosales in an ABS-CBN soap

UNLESS kausapin mo si Carmen Soo, hindi mo aakalaing hindi siya Filipina, kung hindi Malaysian.

Kasi, in physical appearance, pati na rin ng kanyang pamamaraan ng pakikisalamuha sa tao, Filipinang-Filipina ang tirada niya all the way.

Hindi mo rin nga aakalaing she’s 29 years old dahil she looks younger than her age. Palibhasa, balingkinitan ang pangangatawan bukod sa kahit may pagka-kayumanggi ang kutis, flawless naman ito.

In Malaysia where she was born and raised, Carmen is one of the most popular movie and tv stars. She was adjudged Most Promising Actress in 2006 for her performance in The Third Generation.

Siya rin ang napiling kapareha ni Jericho Rosales sa isang soap na ipu-produce ng ABS-CBN sa pakikipagtulungan ng Malaysian production group na Double Vision.

Bale apat na buwan magaganap ang siyuting for the series. Two months dito sa Pilipinas at two months sa Malaysia.

Kilalang-kilala si Jericho sa Malaysia dahil ipinalabas doon ang kanyang series, Pangako sa ’Yo, kung saan nakapareha niya si Kristine Hermosa.

Ang Pangako ay produced din ng ABS-CBN.

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“I started as a commercial model,” ani Carmen. “I was 17 when I won in a talent search conducted by a magazine in Malaysia called Verve.”

Sumikat si Carmen bilang commercial model when at age 20, napabilang siya sa mga talent ng itinuturing na No. 1 talent agency sa Hong Kong, ang Starz People.

As an actress, nag-start naman ang career ni Carmen nang magkaroon siya ng maliit na role sa Jackie Chan movie, Gorgeous. Gumawa rin siya ng music video with popular Asian singer Aaron Kwok.

Carmen met with select movie press last Wednesday and they learned that this is not her first time to visit the country.

Nakapunta na raw siya ng Pilipinas when she shot a tv commercial here.

On the possibility of her falling in love with Jericho, ani Carmen, alam niyang taken na ang aktor.

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For his part, Jericho said pretty sure siyang si Heart Evangelista na ngang talaga ang babaing gugustuhin niyang makasama habambuhay. But he doesn’t deny that he finds Carmen beautiful.

Ang teleseryeng gagawin nila ay ikalawa ni Jericho for a foreign producer. He just finished shooting a movie for an international outfit where one of the featured actors is Fil-Am Dante Basco.

Himself a product of a talent search just like Carmen, Jericho had gone a long way. He was in his late teens when he joined ABS-CBN’s Star Circle Batch 4 in 1997.

Jericho has a string of teleseryes to his name aside from several guest appearances in drama shows. He received his first recognition in 1998 as Best New TV Personality and won a Best Performance by a Lead Actor plum from the PMPC Star Awards for a Maalaala Mo Kaya episode. [source of news]