AlterNate is the latest installment of drama anthology, I Can See You. It stars Dingdong Dantes playing twins who meet only as adults, which may be the explanation why one is the polar opposite of the other.
The new miniseries, airing tonight, narrates the story of Nate, a refined man whose marriage will be tested when his wife (Beauty Gonzalez) unknowingly cheats with someone who looks completely like him and is apparently his long-lost twin brother, Michael.
“It’s one of the most difficult roles I played so far,” the 41-year-old actor said during the series’ virtual junket.
“It’s also one of my dream roles. Hindi lang siguro sa trabaho ko bilang artista pero sa buhay din in general dahil ang daming elemento na kaakibat ng experience na ito. Isa na diyan, it’s my first time to be in a lock-in taping and be away from my family for 30 days,” he added.
Dingdong admitted that he does his homework before heading to a taping, but with AlterNate, he felt like a newbie who didn’t exactly know what to do on the set.
“I have done so many things for these characters but when I arrive on set, I felt like I didn’t know what to do. That’s why I have to give credit to our director who made everything possible in this series,” he said.
“Pero alam mo ‘yung magic kasi ng filmmaking, it really allows us to explore so many things with our fellow artists. And I think ‘yung totoong paghahanda ay nangyari sa set, sa pamamagitan ng pag-interact namin, when we were reading the script while we were in quarantine,” he went on.
Joining Dingdong and Beauty in this mini-series are Jackie Lou Blanco, Joyce Ching, and Ricky Davao. At the helm is Dominic Zapata
“This is the first time Dingdong and Beauty met and worked with each other. But since ganoon yung acumen nila sa kanilang craft, kaya nilang magbatuhan ng linya on zoom, tapos kapag in-person na they allow it to organically form habang nangyayari yung eksena. It gets even better as the day progresses,” the director said of the series’ main cast.
“That’s one of the best things to see in a series. In fact, by the end of the lock-in, kahit ang hirap ng taping, nabitin ako. Kasi na-enjoy ko talaga. Hindi siya dumali in terms of the amount of work, but it’s just so enjoyable you forget that it’s tiring to shoot. If there’s a lot of joy and love, it shows in the work. Definitely, this is one of those projects where it’s evident,” he went on.
I Can See You: AlterNate premieres tonight at 8:50 on GMA Telebabad.