Regine Velasquez in “Ako si Kim Sam Soon“
Regine Velasquez can now be frequently seen by her huge fans on primetime TV. The Songbird is the lead actress of the 2006 koreanovela hit “My name is Kim Sam Soon” that was aired in GMA-7. Replacing the drama series “Babangon ako’t dudrudgin kita”, GMA had the remake of it translating the title into “Ako si Kim Sam Soon”.
One of the koreanovela hit of 2006, “My name is Kim Sam Soon” featured the life of a single, chubby middle-aged woman (Kim Sam Soon) whose love life always comes to failure until she met a young, rich but arrogant guy (Cyrus Ruiz) played by Mark Anthony Fernandez, who was the owner of a five star restaurant where Sam Soon applied as a pastry chef.
I was able to watch the pilot episode of it last June 30, 2008 and I was very much entertained by the character of Regine Velasquez as Kim Sam Soon. Regine definitely made me laugh on her role being so witty and yet lovable. One thing that I didn’t like was her “fat suit”. Comparing to the original Kim Sam Soon character, they made the local version a bit exaggerated on the physical feature but honestly, I still like the way they adopted the show. They had put a Filipino culture on it and created some new characters to add flavors in the layers of the show.
Joining the wacky cast were Wendell Ramos as Harvey, the fiancé of kim sam soon that dumps her on their wedding day. Ms. Tessie Tomas as Sonia the hard working mother of Sam Soon, Carmi Martin as Mrs. Ruiz, mother of Cyrus who wanted him to date gorgeous and rich woman like her. (I was totally happy to see her doing comedy again!), and Eugene Domingo as Chef Dina, (it was a surprise when she jumped to kapuso network doing kim am soon right?).
The other supporting roles were, new comer and daughter of well-known actress, Jean Garcia, jennica Garcia who plays Eliza, the cute and wacky sister of Kim Sam Soon, John Lapuz as Marcus, Nadine Samonte as Hannah, Pauleen Luna as Cherry, Sheena Halili as Cynthia, Mart Escudero as kokoy (an addition to the cast I guess) and a new character to be portrayed by the controversial boyfriend of Dra. Vicky Belo, Hayden Kho Jr. as Dr. Henry.
The romantic comedy “Ako si Kim Sam Soon“ airs from Monday to Friday right after Dyesebel on primetime telebabad on GMA-7. The question is, will it capture again the hearts of Filipino viewers just like the original Korean version? And will Regine Velasquez belt it out in her acting on TV?
