The love team known as JaBea for Jake (Vargas) and Bea (Binene) is getting its biggest break, finally.
The two are featured in a new movie called Liwanag sa Dilim, and they play the central characters in the story.
The producers of the film say it is the biggest and much-awaited teen adventure-action movie of the year.
Vargas and Bea Binene in Liwanag sa Dilim
Jake and Bea were tapped by APT Entertainment to star in this film. This will certainly tests their mettle as a love team. The same production company gave audiences the award-winning films, Ded na si Lolo and The Janitor among a few.
It’s a big gamble for APT Entertainment to put their trust on the JaBea tandem. But Liwanag sa Dilim promises the movie will prove to all and sundry the team up is ripe for the picking. Not only they look good together, they are also credible actors.
Directed by Richard Somes, the movie cast JaBea as teenagers who stumbled upon the secrets of a mysterious woman (played by Sarah Lahbati) who lives in the mountains. Because of their curiosity, their lives were placed in grave danger when a video of the woman that Jake took was uploaded on social media. Naturally, the woman vowed to get back at them. That’s when their adventure of a lifetime begins.
“This is our biggest break as a tandem. Jake and I are happy with the trust given to us by APT Entertainment to play the lead roles in this movie,” says Bea who aside from having a number of scenes in the movie that will thrill their fans also has action scenes, which her director says she passed with flying colors.
“Doing this movie is a different kind of experience for me. This is big opportunity for Bea and to show what we’ve got as actors. We play very challenging roles. We did several scenes that are difficult to do but our fans will also see kilig scenes,” says Jake who did a number of action scenes as well.
In her role as the mysterious woman living in the forest, Sarah Lahbati’s look suited her perfectly. Her ethereal beauty was just right for the role that calls for mystery. She also admitted getting quite tired with a number of action scenes that she did, including ones that saw her flying while chasing Bea and Jake.
“Doing this film is really an awesome experience. The role is very exhausting but since I have complete trust in my director, I just did what I was supposed to do, no questions asked. You just do the scene and hope it comes out well no matter the hardship you encountered while doing it,” Sarah reveals.
Even if there were a number of scenes running around and going up the mountain, the director didn’t forget the “kilig” scenes that the fans of Jake and Bea will look for. He says the tandem’s chemistry is really overflowing on screen.
Providing comic relief as part of the barkada of Jake and Bea is Igi Boy Flores, who plays as Bea’s best friend. He was a former mainstay of Goin’ Bulilit and is in the cast of ABS-CBN’s Luv U.
Also in the cast are Sunshine Cruz, Dante Rivera, Julian Trono, Sunshine Garcia, Freddie Webb and singer Rico Blanco who entrusted to APT Entertainment his composition, “Liwanag sa Dilim.”
Liwang sa Dilim is scheduled to hit the big screens on Feb. 11.
