Lovi minura-mura ni Erik Matti, nag-demand ng napakalaking talent fee

GRABE ang mga salitang pinakawalan ni Direk Erik Matti tungkol kay Lovi Poe sa Facebook post niya noong Biyernes ng gabi dahil iniwan daw sila sa ere ng aktres.

May dalawang araw na shooting si Lovi para sa sequel ng “Tiktik:  The Aswang Chronicles, Ang Kubot” na entry ngayong 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival.

Matatandaang ipinalabas ang “Tiktik:  The Aswang Chronicles” noong 2012 produced ng AgostoDos, Reality Entertainment at GMA Films na pinagbidahan nina Dingdong Dantes, Lovi, Lotlot de Leon, Ramon Bautista, Janice de Belen at Joey Marquez mula sa direksyon ni Erik Matti na isa rin sa producer.

Ginampanan ni Lovi ang papel na buntis na girlfriend ni Dingdong na nakatira sa liblib na lugar kung saan maraming aswang. Bagama’t si Lovi ang girlfriend ni Dingdong sa kuwento ay bigla namang lumitaw ang pangalan ni Isabelle Daza na bagong leading lady ng aktor.

Hindi kaya ito ang dahilan kaya hindi pumayag si Lovi na mag-shoot kahit na may kontrata na siya? Anyway, narito ang nakakawindang na mensahe ni direk Erik Matti.

“I’ve always thought highly of actors, stars and celebrities being intelligent enough to make the right choices for the roles they want to play on films. I have been disappointed several times in the past but I am always hopeful that maybe next time actors will make the right one.

“I am currently doing the sequel to Tiktik The Aswang Chronicles that starred Dingdong Dantes, Joey Marquez, Janice de Belen, Ramon Bautista and Lovi Poe. Yes, Lovi Poe. She played the girlfriend of Dingdong as the requisite pregnant damsel in distress in a siege film. It may not be as important a film as a Cinemalaya entry but I think it’s a fun worthy project to do.

“The sequel Kubot The Aswang Chronicles takes off where the first one ended with Dingdong and Lovi along with their newly born baby Macky rushing to leave the town of Pulupandan.

“We have a new leading lady for the 2nd film. This time it will be played by Isabelle Daza. So you might ask what happened to Lovi? Well, Lovi will supposedly be in the film for 2 shooting days.

That will be how long the opening part will be shot. “So technically, the lead actress in the first film Lovi Poe will only be shot for 2 days here in the 2nd film. Now that’s where we encountered problems.

“In franchise movies like these, we in Reality Entertainment, AgostoDos and GMA films, as producers think beyond than just one film and we stipulate in our contracts for the actors that they should be ready to do 3 films.

That holds true for Dingdong (even if he is a co-producer), Joey Marquez, Janice De Belen (even if she died on the first one. Who knows, she might re-appear as the ghost conscience of Joey Marquez), Ramon Bautista (that even if his Bart character died, he’s now back in the 2nd film in a surprise role) and of course, Lovi.

“For months now, we, the producers and the production have been struggling to negotiate with Lovi and her managers to shoot the opening sequence. Over a month ago, we got word that she does not want to do it because it was just for two days.

We dangled every possible option just to get her to agree with us EVEN WHEN WE HAVE A SOLID CONTRACT TO HOLD HER UP TO THIS 2nd film, but she and her manager Leo Dominguez still said no. (Even if, by the way, our new lead actress, Isabelle Daza is also coming from the same manager).

“The final straw that made us decide it would be impossible to get Lovi Poe to do the role was when they said yes but demanded a ridiculous amount of money for it. There I realized, ‘(Nagmura)! Wala talagang plano ‘tong Lovi na ‘to na gawin ‘tong sequel. Huhuthutan lang kami nito na parang nangongotong na pulis!”

“This post is long overdue. As part producer of the film, I don’t want any negative publicity to put the film in a bad light. I only decided today to post this because it has been 3 weeks now and we have been looking for a replacement for Lovi and we couldn’t find anyone.

I just realized, Lovi screwed us up! And even with a contract binding us to her, show business doesn’t really operate that way.
“As much as possible, whatever the conflict, avoid any corporate and legal confrontation.

I am pissed that a starlet like Lovi Poe would have the gall to go against the contract she signed just because she does not want to do a two-day role.

“We will, of course, still find a replacement for her after all the burden she put on us and the production. Just want to vent out my frustration at how these managers and starlets think so highly of themselves.

“This will be the last time I will get a talent from Leo Dominguez. And Lovi Poe, kahit maliit lang kaming production company, you will never get any offer from us again. Good luck on your world-changing teleseryes. Fuc** you very much for fuc***ng us up!”

Kinunan namin ng reaksyon ang manager ni Lovi na si Leo Dominguez kahapon sa pamamagitan ng text message, “Mag-no comment na lang kami, thank you,” ang sagot sa amin.