Star Cinema executive Mico del Rosario captured the attention of the netizens by his supposed reaction to the revelation of Liza Soberano about her ‘restrictive’ showbiz career in the Philippines.
Liza, who’s now calling herself ‘Hope Soberano,’ said that during her career in the Philippines, no one asked her about her ideas which made her decide to go abroad and have freedom.
“I’ve been in six feature films, over 500 episodes of teleserye, and have only really dabbled into three main genres romance, comedy, and drama. Since I was 16, I had only really worked side by side with one main co-star, with the same production company, rotating around the same three directors. During all those years, I was never really asked for my input, my thoughts, my ideas,” the actress stated.
After Liza’s statement went viral, the well-known production company and film distributor executive made a sarcastic tweet.
“Hiyang hiya naman ako sa statements. parang walang walang naambag sayo at all ah. kayo talagang mga kayo. hahahaha #hilap,” Del Rosario said.
All of Liza’s local movies were made under Star Magic, and all her films estimatedly earned 1.3-B pesos.
Two of her top-grossing movies, ‘My Ex and Whys’ and ‘Alone Together’ earned around 300-400 million pesos.
Meanwhile, some netizens defended Liza from Del Rosario’s tweet.
“Kaya niyo po bang tignan si Liza derecho sa mata at sabihin sa kanya na naging FAIR kayo sa kanya and or at one point eh ipinaglaban niyo siya? Another genuine question po.” netizen @tootsie24roll said.
“Sorry mico, but your tweet alone validated how toxic Phil showbiz is. Why people like you who mentors the young ones, feels like may utang na loob sa inyo yung mga tinulungan nyo. Hindi ba kumita din naman kayo sa kanya as part of your job?” netizen @moonyeong10 commented.
“It’s the other way around. Parang walang naambag sa inyo no? Ano bang mali when an artist seeks freedom? Hindi niya nga nagamit creative niya cos she didn’t have the freedom to. Her other talents weren’t showcased cos y’all have been hindering her. Bakit kaya? May iiyak ba?” netizen @kaibengzon remarked.