Newbie actor Rob Gomez, who comes from the Ejercito-Estrada clan, could have easily opted to use their famous last name, and enjoy the clout that comes with it in show biz.
Instead, he took after the name of her mother, former actress Kate Gomez, saying that he “wants to start my own journey.”
“At first, we thought that going with ‘Estrada’ was the more striking choice. If anything, it would be an advantage. I love them and respect everything they have done. But there are already many Estradas who are also very good actors,” he said in a recent Zoom conference for his launching film, “A Girl + A Guy,” the first original offering from the video-on-demand service Upstream PH.
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