Betty La Fea Filipinas

Bea Alonzo won the coveted role of Betty La Fea, in the upcoming Philippine remake of the famous Colombian telenovela, despite the fact that Kristine Hermosa was more suited to it.

Director Wenn Deramas confirmed that ABS-CBS management chose Bea to star in the Philippine adaptation of the hit Colombian telenovela, Betty La Fea.

Deramas was in Calatagan, Batangas for the first official taping day of Dyosa with Anne Curtis.

He said he'll be meeting with ABS-CBN executives on May 6 to discuss the upcoming project. The network wants the taping of the show to start immediately, simultaneously as the taping for Dyosa.

Betty La Fea is a world famous Colombian telenovela that aired from 1999 to 2001. The first version was shown in GMA7 in the Philippines, and re-run on Studio 23. ABS-CBN bought the rights to remake the telenovela from Colombian TV company RCN Caracol.

Betty was remade around the world, including the Emmy-Award winning U.S. comedy Ugly Betty. Other countries to remake the telenovela were Spain, Israel, India, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia, Czech Republic, Portugal, and more.

Kristine Hermosa, Angel Locsin, Anne Curtis, and Valerie Concepcion were also considered for the role.

It also caused controversy for Regine Velasquez, who was in talks to star in the role. Regine will now star in the remake of the Koreanovela My Name is Kim Sam Soon, which has already started taping.

Bea's last appearance on primetime TV was in Maging Sino Ka Man Book 2.

I'm excited to watch it, and Bea is a good actress, not the best, but she's a good actress. And now I expect ABS-CBN to follow stereotype, and will cast John Lloyd Cruz as Armando, uuh, how predictable, hehe.

Watch, I'm probably right, hehe. Well, I'd rather have John Lloyd than Sam Milby in the role, please not, he will ruin the show because he is not talented enough of an actor to portray something as important as this. Hope all goes well and this turns out to be a good show.