Ricly Lo
Did you know that all the stars of Temptation Island, the remake, were not born yet when the original, directed by the late Joey Gosiengfiao for Regal Films, was shown in 1980?
It’s possible that they haven’t seen the movie, unless a DVD copy is available.
You are seeing the pictures of the five stars of the new Temptation Island, co-produced by Regal Films and GMA Films, on this page for the first time. They are (in alphabetical order) Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe, Marian Rivera, Rufa Mae Quinto and Solenn Heussaff.
The stars of the original movie were (also in alphabetical order): Azenith Briones, Bambi Arambulo, Deborah Sun, Dina Bonnevie and Jennifer Cortez, all of whom (except Deborah) were beauty queens (Azenith a Mutya ng Pilipinas runner-up, Bambi Bb. Pilipinas-World, Jennifer Bb. Pilipinas-Universe and Dina a Miss Magnolia runner-up).
Azenith is played by Marian, Bambi by Solenn, Deborah by Rufa Mae, Dina by Heart and Jennifer by Lovi.
In the original, the story revolves around beauties stranded on an island when the ship they were in sank. To while away their time (while waiting for the rescue that’s taking long in coming), the girls hold a beauty contest. In the remake, the girls hold a model search. The remake is directed by Chris Martinez (Kimmy Dora, the hit comedy starring Eugene Domingo) who also wrote the script and the same guy who directed the campy flick’s stage version mounted a few years back.
The male cast includes Aljur Abrenica (reprising the role played by the late Alfie Anido), Tom Rodriguez (for the role played by the late Ricky Belmonte) and Mikael Daez (for the role played by Domingo Sabado). John “Sweet” Lapus reprises the role played by Jonas Sebastian. Mikael replaced by Paulo Avelino who backed out when he got sick of pneumonia. Joem Bascon was supposed to replace Paulo but, according to a production hand, “he vanished into thin air and didn’t show up for the pictorial.”
Temptation Island is now being shot amidst the sand dunes of Paoay, Ilocos Norte.
“It’s patalbugan on the set every day,” added the production hand.
Be prepared for more of the same in the final cut.
