Mother and daughter, rivals in love!

Sunshine Cruz and Bea Binene

The drama series “Kapag Nahati Ang Puso” is about a mother (Sunshine Cruz) and her daughter (Bea Binene) vying for the affection of one man.

They are Rio and Claire, respectively. Rio is a simple island beauty who meets and falls in love with Nico del Valle (Zoren Legaspi). Their relationship is however thwarted by Miranda Aseron (Bing Loyzaga), Nico’s girlfriend when they were younger.

Claire grows up without knowing her real parents but when Rio, now successful woman, comes back to the Philippines, the unsuspecting mother-and-daughter cross paths and both end up falling in love with Joaquin (Benjamin Alves).

Bea said, “I am ready to tackle mature roles. I know that for every actor, roles evolve. I am challenged by this role, and to prepare for it, aside from studying the script, I tried to lose weight, which I was doing for the last three years.”

A former Kapamilya, Sunshine, on her part, said, “I am happy and honored to be given the chance to be in this very good show.” She added that she’s now a freelance artist, “so when there’s a good offer, I’ll be there to accept it.”

The intriguing drama series which premieres on July 16 also stars David Licauco, Raquel Villavicencio, Robert Ortega, Sharmaine Santiago, Geleen Eugenio, Nar Cabico and Freddie Webb in a special guest role.

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