‘Di lang napayagan dahil sa 10-year contract sa Dos: LIZA, lumalabas na inoperang mag-audition bilang Mary Jane sa ‘Spiderman: Homecoming’

PINAG-UUSAPAN ngayon ang ni-reveal ng Korean-American businessman na Jeffrey Oh tungkol sa controversial actress na si Liza Soberano.

Ibinulgar nga ng business partner ni James Reid sa ginanap na 2nd Philippine Creative Industries Summit na mayroon daw offer noon kay Liza na mag-audition para sa character ni Mary Jane sa Marvel blockbuster movie na “Spiderman: Homecoming.”

Pero hindi raw siya pinayagan ang aktres dahil may kontrata ito sa ABS-CBN.

“They reached out for her to audition to be Mary Jane, one of the most iconic characters. And she was not allowed because she had to do the same thing she was always doing,” pahayag ng CEO ng Careless.

Pag-amin pa ni Jeffrey, “I really shouldn’t have said that. But it’s the truth.”

“This wasn’t, like, as if she was being marketed – they reached out. There are people looking for Filipino talent. People are looking for that.”

Dagdag pa niya na may panghihinayang, “Imagine, a Filipina actress was a star of one of the biggest Marvel movies in history. Imagine she was Mary Jane, what that would do for Philippine entertainment.

“She could’ve been representing our country all over the world. There are other stars in the same situation.

“But then she was in a 10-year contract, which is also unheard of anywhere else in the world.”

Nagbigay din siya ng “big reason” kung bakit may mga talented stars naman pero ‘di nakaka-penetrate internationally.

Kuwento ni Jeffrey, “I’ve sat down with executives, they were like: ‘Holy crap, did Liza just come from a 10-year contract that she signed at 12? Isn’t that illegal? Would the option to renew exclusively the manager’s discretion? Which is a standard practice of any major management company.

“That’s why, you know, people were like: ‘Oh my God, how did you guys get to sign some big actress when you’re a start-up?’ It’s because our contracts are normal. We’re like, ‘Hey, it’s four years but if you don’t like us you could leave after a year.’ ‘We only take 20 percent and at that 20 percent, if we messed up we’ll give it back to you…That’s the standard talent entertainment contract.”

“But then after 10, 11 years, she (Liza) wanted to try something and the whole country flipped out,” dagdag pa niya.

“She’s the most talked-about person on social media for the last six, seven days. And not even one percent of the conversation, that’s holy crap. She was in 11 years contract since she was a child? Is that okay? And the answer is no.”

Sa pagpapatuloy niya, “You know, my partner, James Reid, he started Careless because he was like: ‘This is ridiculous… We need to represent the country but we can’t.’

“I think, if you look at any major (industry), whether sports, or entertainment, we always talk about, like, gratefulness – that was the word of the week. For us, Careless, ingrata – I learned that word this week. Utang na loob – I learned that word this week too.

“But should we wait until our biggest stars — that has the best chance at representing us — Should we wait until they’re 35, until they’re 40? Until their prime has passed?

“It’s like, you know, if we think of our stars and our creatives as national athletes that are supposed to compete in the Olympics of culture, why wouldn’t we want to send our best? Why would we lock them up all here? Why would we shame them for trying to take risks, right?”

Nag-react naman ang mga netizens sa statement ng Careless CEO dahil tila taliwas ito sa naging pahayag ni Liza sa naturang isyu.

‘Noong 2016, nakuhang linawin na ‘fake news’ lang at hindi nga totoo na may offer sa kanya ang Marvel Studio. Mga supporters lang niya ang gustong mag-audition siya sa role ni Mary Jane.

“It’s not really an invitation. I think it was what the fans wanted lang, fans of Marvel.

“I think one of them is Pinay and parang she tweeted that, parang kung merong magiging Mary Jane Watson, she would want it to be me.

“All my fans started retweeting it and everything but wala naman po talagang invitation,” pahayag noon ni Liza.

(ROHN ROMULO)