“I’m capable of doing so much more,” declared teen actor Zaijian Jaranilla, who admitted that he wanted people to stop seeing him as Santino, the miracle boy character he portrayed in “May Bukas Pa” when he was just 11.
Now 19, Zaijian took on the challenge of playing a gay character in the coming-of-age comedy directed by Jumbo Albano, titled “Boyette: Not a Girl Yet.”
“I agreed to do the project because I wanted to change my image. I want people to know that I can portray different roles. Boyette has given me an opportunity to prove myself to people,” Zaijian told reporters at a recent virtual conference organized by ABS-CBN Films.
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