Sandro Muhlach: A time for healing

PENDING resolution of his case — unfortunately for him — Sandro Muhlach will have to contend with an indefinite period of zero showbiz work from hereon.

A number of TV program managers as well as film directors have expressed their reluctance in getting the 23-year-old actor to be part of their projects.

Their collective stand seems valid in the sense that they fear Sandro might not be able to deliver the quality of thespic performance expected of him.

“What if there’s a scene that requires intense emotions, is it not likely that Sandro will lose his focus as he relives his traumatic experience?” a famed director opined.

Ergo, the director vowed he’s not about to take the risk at the expense of the project, all the more for Sandro’s own good.

But isn’t Sandro into counseling to help him overcome the horrors in the hands of his sexual abusers?

“There’s no doubt that counseling is such a big help. But we’re not sure though once Sandro steps out of the session,” the director countered.

In particular, he cited Sandro’s sleepless nights even after more than a month since the incident took place, which he confessed at the Senate hearing.

The director, however, has expressed confidence that it won’t take long before Sandro gets himself back in acting form.

In fact, he believes Sandro will come up with an even more impressive portrayal of roles assigned to him.

“It’s just that time doesn’t seem to be on his side as I speak now,” he said.

However, he couldn’t ascertain exactly when Sandro will have put everything behind him.

He may not be a licensed shrink: “It will take a while. But as we always say of any unpleasant life experience that we encounter, ‘This, too, shall pass.’ The least that I can do is not to rush Sandro. Let it happen on his own terms.”

If it’s any consolation, he promised never to have second thoughts of casting

Sandro in his future assignment once he’s completely out of the woods.

“I heard he’s a good actor. No doubt, he inherited his father’s genes!”

kkkGUESS WHO? Majority of the members of the entertainment press are no longer a bit too surprised with this actor-politician’s (AP) condescending attitude toward them.

Showbiz pen-pushers describe his infamous demeanor as consistent with the manner he swaggered many years ago.

In fact, the old-timers vividly remember they formed a group that was up in arms to denounce the AP’s “kayabangan” (this exact word was in the group’s acronym that spelled any writer’s indispensable back then).

A separate writers’ group — that used to cover Star Olympics during the ’90s — also recalls how arrogantly the AP treated its members eagerly wanting to interview him.

“O, pagkakakitaan n’yo na naman kami?” (You’re making money out of us again, huh!) the miffed AP told them.

Just recently, the AP faced backlash on social media for his rant on the heavy highway traffic directed to certain government agencies — but heaping the blame on the writers he referred to as “ungas.”

The chutzpah!