At only 20 years old, Elijah Canlas has already received more acclaim than other actors manage in their entire careers.
Last year, he won the best actor award at the Gawad Urian, Famas, and Asian Film Festival for playing a troubled, HIV-positive teen in the film “Kalel, 15.” In the popular YouTube boys’ love series “Gameboys,” he showcased his versatility and proved that he also has commercial appeal.
And before long, critics and major media outfits were proclaiming him as the one to watch and the best of his generation.
“I still haven’t processed everything. It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Elijah told the Inquirer in a video conference for his recently concluded TV5 soap opera, “P…
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