Actor Gab Lagman expressed his support to Jane De Leon for landing the iconic Pinay superheroine, Darna, and hopes that he gets to portray the iconic Pinoy superhero, Captain Barbell.
In the blog con for the highly anticipated teleserye, Init sa Magdamag, Lagman said that he feels happy for de Leon, noting that the actress deserves the Darna role because of her hard work.
“For me, I’m very/ happy because she deserves it. She’s really good, and since nung we have been working in Halik, she was like a hard worker, and sobrang galing nya umarte.”
As for news of him landing the leading man role, he clarified that he had not received any offers for the project yet. However, he hopes to portray the role of Captain Barbell in the future.
“And, about the leading man, wala pa naman, wala pa naman nagtanong. Hopefully, Captain Barbell. That will be awesome.”
Earlier, news that actor Joshua Garcia was preparing for Darna, prompting the possibility of him landing the leading man role.
For now, Lagman joins the hottest Kapamilya stars Gerald Anderson, Yam Concepcion, and JM de Guzman on the highly anticipated ABS-CBN Star Creatives series, Init Sa Magdamag. With them is a star-studded cast with Tetchie Agbayani, Alexa Ilacad, Mica Javier, Mike Oblea, Aleck Bovick, Albie Casiño, and Kate Alejandrino. Directed by Director Raymund Ocampo and Director Ian Lorendos, the teleserye airs on April 17 on the iWantTFC app and website and WeTV iFlix. It premiers on free TV this April 19 on TV5 and A2Z channel on free TV and via digital TV boxes like ABS-CBN TVplus.