On January 10, actor-director Eric Quizon recounted the conceptualization of their Net25 sitcom, partly inspired by their family’s experience after Dolphy passed away.
At the media conference for 3-in-1, which LionhearTV covered, Quizon cited how their experience as a family fulfilling their father’s last wishes helped inspire the conceptualization of their Net25 sitcom.
“Dalawa kaming director dito, ako at si Epy. Sabi ko nga kay Epy dapat mag-direct na siya. So nag-umpisa ‘to kasi ang pinagdaanan kasi noong namatay ang daddy ko–daddy din ni Maria.
“So ‘yung namatay ‘yung daddy namin, nagkaroon ng estate, nagkaroon ng mga mana, so napag-isipan namin kung magiging satirical ba siya, ‘yung part of that story, ‘yung naging problema — hindi naman talaga naging problema, pero ‘yung mga habilin ng isang patriarch sa kaniyang pamilya na of course, ‘yung mga magkakapatid. Lahat may differences ‘yan.”
He also clarified that while the series partly came from their experience as a family, 3-in-1 still had its differences.
“Inapply lang namin ‘yun. Pero ending, gaya din nung sa family namin, what ever differences we had, parati kaming nagkakasundo-sundo. Kasi ang iniisip namin ‘yung habilin ng daddy namin. So kapag iniisip namin ‘yung habilin ng daddy namin, ‘yung gusto ni daddy ‘yun ang dapat natin gawin.
“So noong na-conceptualized to, parang nabuo ‘to, partly inspired, di talaga based, pero inspired from that. Tapos noong ginagawa namin ‘to, na o may gagawin kami na show.”
He then detailed how Maricel Soriano expressed her interest in joining the Net25 sitcom.
“Ang sabi ni Maria, ‘Oh hindi kami pwedeng hindi kasama diyan ha. Dapat kasama ako diyan. That’s how it started talaga.
“Partly inspired, di talaga siya eksakto eh, pero ‘yung mga habilin. ‘Yung paghahandle ng estate, pagpapatuloy ng legacy ng tao or importanteng tao sa pamilya, like the patriarch. Parang nadodoon ‘yun. Parang inspired from the patriarch. Pero, ‘yung mga sitwasyon, medyo iba naman.”
3-in-1 stars Maricel Soriano, Eric Quizon, Epy Quizon, Vito Quizon, Vandolph Quizon, Boy 2 Quizon with Bearwin Mailey, Long Mejia, Tya Ruth, and Donna Cariaga.
Under the co-direction of Eric Quizon and Epy Quizon, 3-in-1 airs on Sundays starting January 14.
