‘Almost Paradise’ veers away from usual poverty porn genre, gives ‘other look’ of PH

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Almost Paradise,” the 10-episode US-produced action-comedy series, will most likely have a second season.

American actor Christian Kane ate five pieces of the local delicacy “balut” while shooting and got his diving license in Cebu, where the entire series was shot.

Showrunner Dean Devlin said that when the series began streaming, he was inundated with comments about the set location and this “other look” that the Philippines has in the show, one that’s not usually seen by international viewers in Filipino films under the “poverty porn” genre.

These were among the interesting stuff revealed during the virtual media conference that ABS-CBN organized to promote the local strea…

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