Juan dela Cruz (English: John of the Cross) is an upcoming 2013 Philippine television drama to broadcast on ABS-CBN and worldwide on TFC, directed by Malu Sevilla. It stars Coco Martin as Juan dela Cruz, a half-tagapagbantay and half-aswang man who falls in love with Rosario (Erich Gonzales) an aswang-hunter.
Initially Juan dela Cruz was a film concept for the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival. On August 2012, Cinemedia Films Production Incorporated and ABS-CBN Unit Head, Deo Endrinal confirmed that it would be serialized into a television drama to be directed by Malu Sevilla. Earlier reports claimed that Angel Locsin would be Martin's leading lady, after her two-year hiatus in television, but was later replaced by Gonzales.
The drama explores the Philippine mythology surrounding aswangs, the most famous mythical creature in Filipino folklore and one of the most feared, they are usually depicted as vampire-like shape-shifters. It also uses the tagapagbantay character, the Philippine version of a guardian angel, made famous from the 2011 drama, 100 Days to Heaven. Like the 2011 drama, Juan dela Cruz explores Filipino Christianity, culture and national personification.
Juan dela Cruz (Coco Martin) is the son of mortal, Amelia (Mylene Dizon) and aswang (Albert Martinez). Juan is next in the lineage of tagapagbantays but unknown to him he bears aswang blood. The aswangs must not know of this fact for they will force him to join their clan, therefore he is brought up to do good deeds and believe in God to forget half of his very being. But the metal cross that is left by his mother before her death is stolen, the cross has the ability to shift into different weapons: a whip, a spear, an arrow, and a sword to fight against evil. In his quest to find his missing cross, he meets and falls in love with Rosario (Erich Gonzales) an undercover aswang-hunter.
Main cast
Coco Martin as Juan dela Cruz
Erich Gonzales as Rosario
Supporting cast
Albert Martinez
Zsa Zsa Padilla
Gina Pareno
Joel Torre
William Lorenzo
Lotlot de Leon
Arron Villaflor as Kael
Neil Coleta
John Medina
Louise Abuel
Guest cast
Mylene Dizon as Amelia
Jaime Fabregas as Father Cito
Izzy Canillo as Young Juan
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