Filipino Star Enrique Gil On Breaking Boundaries In His Comeback After A Three-Year Hiatus, ‘I Am Not Big Bird’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: It’s just another day in Manila’s Riverbanks Center studios and a stand-in actor is beating off a group of gangsters with an outsized prosthetic penis – thankfully one that is wrapped in a tasteful chiffon scarf.
The actor he’s standing in for, Enrique Gil, is one of the biggest heartthrobs in the Philippines’ film and TV industries and it’s safe to say he’s taking a slight departure with his most recent project, I Am Not Big Bird, which was mostly filmed in Thailand with some interiors in Manila.
Produced by Anima Studios and ABS-CBN‘s Black Sheep, the film is about a 30-something virgin (Gil) who, dejected after his girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal, heads off on holiday to Thailand with a bunch of friends.
Once there, a peculiar chain of events ensues when Gil’s character is mistaken for a famous Thai porn star, the “Big Bird” of the title.
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