Here’s a fervent plea to those who keep shipping GMA Network’s goldmine pairing of Barbie Forteza and David Licauco to be more than they are: Please stop forcing them to fall in love in real life! That “BarDa,” as fans affectionately call this incredibly successful tandem, remains just great friends, and the compelling actors they are should only bode well for the future of honest-to-goodness quality productions in the local entertainment industry. How so? Their platonic and professional relationship is bound to keep them and the creatives on their toes all the time to deliver their best work with no dish on their personal lives to rely on to deliver a hit.
That’s why audiences couldn’t get enough of the brilliantly crafted love story of David and Barbie’s Fidel and Clay (a.k.a. “FiLay”) in GMA’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangre via 2022’s “Maria Clara at Ibarra.” That’s why BarDa immediately had a series waiting for them as soon as the primetime period piece concluded with the TV adaptation of the Sharon Cuneta-Robin Padilla blockbuster, “Maging Sino Ka Man” in 2023, and why the network still has them together in the historical war drama, “Pulang Araw,” that’s just premiered on Netflix today and the free TV channel on July 29.
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