Actor Zanjoe Marudo feels so secure with his home network ABS-CBN that he thinks the concept of forever is possible with the station.

Marudo expressed gratitude to the network as he signed another contract with Star Magic, the network’s talent agency.

“Mahalaga sa akin ang pagiging kapamilya dahil ramdam na ramdam ko sa loob ng fifteen years kung gaano nila ako pinahalagahan din. ‘Yung mga chances na ibinigay nila, ‘yung mga opportunities na paulit-ulit paglabas ko ng PBB hanggang sa mahubog na ako sa pag-arte,” he said during his contract renewal, Feb. 23.

(Being a Kapamilya is important to me because I really feel in my 15 years [with the network] that they value me, with the opportunities they gave me over and over, since I left the “Pinoy Big Brother” house, until I was molded into becoming an actor.)

“Hindi nila ako tinigilan na pagkatiwalaan kaya naman mahalaga sa akin ito dahil, well, sa ABS, sa kapamilya, mas doon ako sigurado na meron akong forever,” he said.

(They never stopped trusting me which is why this is important to me, because, well, at ABS-CBN, as a Kapamilya, I am more certain that I have a “forever.”)

zanjoe marudo ig — Zanjoe Marudo. Image: Instagram/@onlyzanjoemarudo

Marudo has recently been open to more challenging roles such as that of his two-timing David Ilustre character in “The Broken Marriage Vow.”

“Siyempre, nakalabinlimang taon na rin ako dito sa industriya. Dapat naman na sa tagal ko na ang tinatanggap kong project ay mapangahas na, malalayo sa character ko sa totoong buhay,” he explained. “Kagaya noong kay David Ilustre, ‘yung mahihirap, challenging, [kabaligtaran] ko.”

(Of course, I have been in this industry for 15 years. It’s about time that I accept daring projects, those that are far from my own character in real life. Like that of David Ilustre, hard and challenging roles, the opposite of me.) JB

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