FORMER Pinoy Pop
Superstar Grand Champion and Theater actor Gerald Santos, is now officially the
newest Filipino cast of the Broadway hit and award winning musical Miss Saigon,
for UK Touring cast of 2017.
Santos will play
as Thuy, the Vietnamese lover of lead star Kim who became a head of a military
service, and still pursue Kim due to a parental arraignment, but Kim is in love
already with a son to an American GI name Chris.
During its press
conference, Santos admit that it was not easy auditioning for the role of Thuy,
he undergoes a multiple callback to fit for the role that once played by Robert
Sena and many other Filipino artist. Santos pass the two-audition process and 2
callbacks, he was instructed to sing Thuy piece during those times.
Santos admit he
waited patiently for more than a year after receiving the confirmation, that he
did pass the audition and got the Thuy role. But he didn’t lose hope and
believe in God that the opportunity will still pursue.
“Actually,
hanggang ngayon di pa rin ako makapaniwala, di pa rin nagsi-sink in, hanggang
wala pa ko dun, tapos ang tagal ng paghihintay, we keep praying, asking God, na
sana makapasa ako, kahit understudy tatanggapin ko.” Santos said,
After reading the
email confirmation of him being Thuy, he did cry and think of all the hardship
he passes thru before auditioning for Miss Saigon, like putting up his own
show, producing his own album, because he have no TV contract for the past many
years after his freelance status. He did some theater production like Sino Ka
Ba Jose Rizal of Gantimpala Theater Production, and Pedro Calungsod by Redlife
Entertainment Production.
“Thuy is not a
villain, he just truly madly in love with Kim, He is just so pisst off with the
situation, kumbaga na fix na yung marriage nila bakit na in-love pa si Kim kay
Chris. Ganun ko siya interpret, intense and angry lang sya sa situation but he
is not a villain.” Santos added.
Gerald did a solo
concert last April 9 at SM North Skydome entitled “Something New In My Life”
with Regine Velasquez as his very special guest, and the UP Concert Chorus.
Miss Saigon is a production by Cameron
Mackintosh, music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics by Alain Boubil and
Richard Maltby Jr.
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