MARIAN RIVERA is DARNA!

Here's a simple wallpaper i made for Marian Rivera - Darna

Yes! Marian Rivera will soon be flying high on Philippine primetime tv as the new Darna!..set to premier this August it promises to be another hit in the making.

She (Marian) is already in high spirits playing the character of Darna wearing it's red & gold suit as evident in Mario Bautista's column.

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Marian: Para akong sinasaniban
People's Journal
By: Mario E. Bautista
Freehand

RICHARD Gutierrez's 'Zorro' is on its last few weeks. Replacing it will be Marian Rivera's "Darna." The new incarnation of Darna will be unlike the previous one. They go back to Mars Ravelo's original novel where Darna starts as Narda, a crippled girl who loses her disability when she swallows the magic stone that transforms her into a flying heroine. Marian was shown in "Showbiz Central" last Sunday wearing the new Darna costume which is a much improved version tailor made for her by designer Pepsi Herrera, with a low-cut bustier bra and a high-cut bikini bottom to bring out Marian's sexiness on screen, complete with brass arm and wrist bands.

"Talagang kapag suot ko ito, parang sinasaniban ako ni Darna," says Marian. At the GMA trade show last Friday, she appeared on stage wearing the costume and the applause was deafening, with advertisers responding to her as Darna very positively.

To make sure she'd look perfect in the revealing and provocative Darna costume, Marian was forced to work out in the gym. "Hindi talaga ako mahilig mag-exercise," she says. "But for this, I have no choice kundi mag-work out, lalo na yung abs exercises to make sure wala akong bilbil. I had also to exercise my back muscles kasi it's weak. I had to make it stronger for the flying scenes na naka-harness ako sa paglipad. I also did wushu training for my body's greater flexibility. Mas grabe ang naging preparation ko rito kaysa sa 'Dyesebel' na swimming and diving lang. At sa 'Dyesebel', only the upper part of my body is visible. Dito, buong body ko na mula ulo hanggang paa. Mas mahirap talaga. But no regrets. I'd do anything to be the perfect Darna."

"Showbiz Central" also showed the story con of "Darna." The big cast is headed by Mark Anthony Fernandez as leading man Efren, Jestoni Alarcon and Rita Avila as Narda's parents, Iwa Moto as snake woman Valentina, Janice de Belen as Valentina's mom, Paolo Contis as Valentina's dad who's the king of snakes, Nadine Samonte as Babaeng Impakta, Isabel Oli as Babaeng Tuod, Ehra Madrigal as Babaeng Linta, Maggie Wilson as Babaeng Lawin (all past foes of Darna), Buboy Villar as sidekick Dick, Celia Rodriguez as the orphanage manager where Narda grew up, plus Alfred Vargas, Angel Aquino, Bearwin Meily, Caridad Sanchez, Gabby Eigenmann, Roxanne Barcelo, directed by Dominic Zapata and Don Michael Perez.

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