Marian Rivera in the SpotLight ♥

Here's GMA tv chikka minute about Marian Rivera posing sexy as cover girl for Manual Magazine's October 2007 issue.

Due to their emotional fights in their primetime show, MariMar , Marian Rivera and Katrina Halili recently have been rumored to be foes even when the camera stops rolling.

Marian, however, denies such allegations and insists that she has a good working relationship with Katrina. “Mabait si Katrina, lagi siyang namimigay ng mga chocolates. Wala po kaming problemang dalawa ni Kat. Doon lang po sa MariMar meron, kasi gusto niyang makuha sa ’kin si Sergio” she explains to StarTalk.

In the show, Katrina plays Angelika, Sergio’s ( Dingdong Dantes ) scheming ex-girlfriend.

When asked about the supposed real-life rivalry between Marian and Dingdong’s girlfriend, Karylle , Marian quickly comments, “Trabaho lang. MariMar lang at Sergio.”

The Philippine’s MariMar shares that she is getting to know Dingdong better as shooting continues. “Wala na talagang ilangan. Nagsasabihan kami ng sekrerto at minsan, mga problema. ‘Yun ‘yung signs na komportable kami sa isa’t isa,” she says.

Meanwhile, rumors still have it that StarStruck 1 Male Ultimate Survivor Mark Herras is planning to court Marian again. However, she maintains that “sabi ko sa kanya, mas mabuti po siguro kung magiging magkaibigan na lang kami.”

Marian also admits that she had more suitors as her popularity increased. “Hindi ko naman sinasabi na ‘Maghintay ka, maghintay ka.’ Bago pa lang sila manligaw, sinasabi ko na ‘I-e-entertain ko kayo pero hindi ko masu-sure na sasagutin kita. Kung gusto mo akong makilala, gusto mo akong maging kaibigan, okay para sa ’kin yun. Basta ang priority ko ngayon, trabaho,’” she stresses.

The actress asserts that her most persistent suitor is a non-showbiz guy, and continues to deny any relationship between her and Billy Crawford.

Source: iGMA.tv

One of the first few pictures of Marian Rivera.

Marian Rivera was a commercial model before she entered Philippine show business. This was her video in the Skinwhite commercial.She's beautiful and sweet. Do I have still have to say sexy?

Here's another Marian Rivera video auditioned for the Marimar role.

MariMar
Marian Rivera as MariMar
Genre	Drama, Romance
Created by	Televisa
Directed by	Joyce E. Bernal Mac Alejandre
Starring	Marian Rivera
Opening theme	MariMar sung by Regine Velasquez
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	Filipino, Tagalog, English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Wilma Galvante
Broadcast
Original channel	GMA Network
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	August 13, 2007 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Lupin
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Philippine drama airing on GMA Network starring Marian Rivera, in the title role,[1] and Dingdong Dantes. It is a remake of the Mexican telenovela with the same title starring Thalia which was aired in 1994. It started on August 13, 2007 as part of GMA Network weeknights primetime presentation, under the direction of movie directors Joyce E. Bernal and Mac Alejandre. On this remake, much liberty had been taken to provide back story to the characters, tweaking and twisting some plot elements to avoid it being too predictable, and adapting it to Philippine setting.

1994 TV series

Main article: Marimar

Marimar was a Mexican TV telenovela that was first aired in 1994 on Televisa with singer-actress Thalía in the title role.

Popularity in the Philippines

The original Mexican telenovela was massive hit in the Philippines with ratings peaking on 46.5%, when it first aired on Radio Philippines Network (RPN) in 1996. The series' success paved way to another Thalía telenovela Rosalinda which has the highest rating show ever recorded in the Philippine TV with a peak of 57.8% which aired on ABS-CBN. In April 2002, the original Marimar was re-aired on GMA as part of the Telebabad primetime block but was moved to a morning timeslot in June 2002. Maria la del Barrio also followed and re-aired on the same network.

2007 TV series
Casting Marimar

GMA VP Wilma Galvante reveals it took some time to get the story rights of "Marimar" from Televisa, the owner of story rights of the Mexican Telenovela. Angel Locsin was the first choice to play the title role but she declined. The contract required that the Pinoy version be made before 2007 is over which prompted the network to give an auidition for the highly profiled role. GMA female artists such as Nadine Samonte, Katrina Halili, Jennylyn Mercado, Marian Rivera, Valerie Concepcion, Bianca King, Rhian Ramos, Glaiza de Castro, Jewel Mische and Karylle have all gone to the audition.

The role eventually went to Marian Rivera, who had 80% chance of winning the role,[2] beating her closest rival for the role Jennylyn Mercado.

Production Crew

This series is a comeback project for Joyce E. Bernal in TV and for GMA Network.[3]

* Writers: Denoy Punio
* Head Writer: Dode Cruz
* Creative Consultants: Roy C. Iglesias
* Executive Producer:
* Production Manager: Redgynn S. Alba
* Executive-in-charge of Creative: Anette Gozon-Abrogar
* Executive-in-charge of Production: Wilma Galvante
* Directed by: Joyce E. Bernal and Mac Alejandre


* Source: Wikipedia

Marian Rivera signed exclusive contract for GMA 7. The Philippine GMA TV Network is calling her "the next BIG star"

Filmography

Actress:

* In Production
* 2000s

1. "MariMar" (2007) (mini) TV Series (pre-production) .... Marimar Perez

2. Desperadas (2008)
3. "Muli" (2007) TV Series .... Racquel (2007)
4. "Super Twins" (2007) TV Series .... Ester (unknown episodes)
5. "Pinakamamahal" (2006) TV Series .... Carissa Crismundo
6. Pamahiin (2006) .... Becca
7. "Agawin mo man ang lahat" (2006) TV Series .... Almira
8. Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay ka fairy ko... The legend continues (2005) .... Alyssa
... aka Okay ka, fairy ko! 4 (Philippines: Tagalog title: short title)
9. "Mahiwagang Baul" .... Rahinda (1 episode, 2005)
- Ang alamat ng kawayan (2005) TV Episode .... Rahinda
10. "Kung mamahalin mo lang ako" (2005) TV Series .... Clarisse

*Source: The Internet Movie Database