John Lloyd Cruz regrets that the movie sequel with Sarah Geromino will not push through

During a press visit to the set of Imortal, John Lloyd Cruz’s teleserye with Angel Locsin, the dramatic actor said that he feels the pressure to live up to being branded as the best actor of his generation. Imortal is his first-ever fantaserye and that he is still learning the ropes of this genre. “From my end naman as a participant in this project medyo bago nga ito dahil ngayon lang ako sasabak sa ganitong genre na may halong fantasy dahil for the past how many years ang ginagawa ko lang base sa drama [at] base sa real life so eto medyo nangangapa pa tayo.”

However, the actor is confident that Imortal has the potential to be a hit because the entire production team has worked hard to make the show really good. “We’re doing everything to make this work and para mapaganda,” he assured.

Lloydy was also asked about his opinion on Sarah Geronimo’s refusal to do the third installment of their blockbuster hit movie A Very Special Love (2008). The Pop Star Princess said in her previous interviews that she could not handle the pressure to outdo the huge success of the first two installments.

Though he did not share Sarah’s opinion at first, John Lloyd said that he respects Sarah’s choice and that it would be hard to push through with the project when Sarah is not up to it. “Everything happens for a reason and also all things work out for the best,” he justified. “Siguro ito ‘yung dapat mangyari. Mahirap din naman gawin ang isang bagay na may tumutulol o hindi naniniwala. Ang hirap lang kasi we had that [special chemistry], eh. During the filming of [A Very Special Love] for the first few days, ang hirap paniwalain ng tao that we can make this work [but] then tinuloy lang natin and then when it came out, boom!”

He continued that he might have had a hard time accepting Sarah’s decision had there been a script for the movie already. “Baka nanghinayang ako kung nakita ko ‘yung script at nakita ko na may pupuntahan pa palang maganda. Buti na lang wala, na hindi na umabot do'n,” he reasoned.

Unlike Sarah, John Lloyd pointed out that he would have agreed to give their supposed third movie together a chance for many reasons. “I was wondering also kung saan pa ba pupunta ‘yung storya. I was willing to give it a shot, I was willing to wait ‘till the creative team comes up with a script and tingnan ko kung ano bang pupuntahan kasi I strongly feel we owe to the audience na nagmahal sa team-up nina Migui and Laida (characters of Lloydy and Sarah), ‘yun lang ang tingin ko.”