Yassi Pressman ‘nervous’ about potential primetime conflict with Coco Martin

Yassi Pressman as Bane —GMA PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Because the premiere of GMA Public Affairs’ upcoming primetime motion drama collection, “Black Rider,” nears, Yassi Pressman admitted that she feels the strain, particularly because the present can be going up in opposition to her former costar Coco Martin’s “Batang Quiapo.”“In fact, there’s massive strain. Sobrang kinakabahan,” Yassi informed the Inquirer at a latest press convention.

“However we simply must do our greatest and put our hearts into the present. I can solely hope that folks find yourself loving the characters and having fun with the story,” mentioned Yassi, who performs a petty thief named Bane, whose life will get intertwined with lead character Elias (Ruru Madrid), a bike rider for a supply app.

Yassi doesn’t see the potential head-to-head as a contest, however as gasoline to enhance and carry out. “It’s a problem for the solid and workers to enhance on daily basis, to enhance our story, to do higher,” mentioned Yassi, who final appeared in a GMA 7 cleaning soap again in 2014.

When the present was supplied to her by GMA Public Affairs, all she knew was that it was going to be slated for primetime.

However when she discovered that it was going to be put in the identical time slot as “Batang Quiapo,” she went out of her method to search the blessing of ABS-CBN executives. She additionally despatched her regards to Coco, whom she labored with for 5 years in “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano.”

Time for work once more

“I’m grateful to everybody. I’m grateful that I get to work with folks I wish to work with,” mentioned Yassi, who will all the time stay grateful to Coco. “Marami siyang naitulong sa ‘kin.”

Requested if she was anxious about potential bashers, she confused that community wars are a factor of the previous. “The community bosses say so themselves. Galing na rin mismo sa kanila,” she mentioned. It is a good alternative for all actors and creatives to work with one another.”

And on the finish of the day, Yassi is simply grateful to have one other job, one other blessing. “I’ve been on a break for thus lengthy, so it’s time for me to work once more,” she mentioned. “We’ve to work for our households.” INQ