Despite injury, Angel Locsin won’t leave show business
ACTRESS Angel Locsin has no regrets doing strenuous activities for her job in the past that caused her to have a “bulging disc.”
In an interview with Boy Abunda on Monday night, Angel publicly broke the news that she has to give up her upcoming Star Cinema movie “Darna” as she was diagnosed with an injury to her intervertebral disc, where the disc bulges out between the vertebrae and presses on a nerve causing severe pain and numbness.
“Kapag may trabaho, binibigay ko talaga ‘yong best ko. Ganun ko kamahal ‘yong craft. ‘Yong role inaalagaan ko…so kapag may ni-require na mga stunts, ginagawa ko talaga lahat…iniiwasan ko gumamit ng double. Kasi gusto ko ipakita sa mga tao, ako ang binabayaran mo dito. Ako ang gagawa ng mga mahihirap na bagay,” Angel explained.
“Kaya habang tumagatagal sa dami ng mga stunts na ginawa ko, sa dami ng harness and all…nagkaroon ako ng problema sa spine,” she said.
For Angel, she enjoys doing her work as an actress and always giving the best that she can so she could make her fans happy. “Yun ang rason kung bakit ako nag-artista, to give happiness and inspiration.”
“Kapag ginagawa ko ‘yong mga role na superheroes, nakapagbibigay ka ng hope sa tao. Enjoy ako…happy ako..wala akong nire-regret sa kahit anong stunts na nagawa ko,” she said.
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Angel admitted that it’s really painful on her part that she would no longer be doing “Darna.”
She said she was now speaking so that people would understand the truth behind her decision.
“Kami po ng ABS-CBN, nagkapag-usap kami na mas nakakabuti para sa lahat, na hindi ko nap o gagawin ang Darna,” she said. “Nagpapasalamat ako sa ABS kasi iniisip nila ang future ko.”
Angel also shared that the pain she feels is unbearable.
“May time na ilang days, hindi ako nakalakad. May isang araw gumising na lang ako, hindi na ako makatayo…ni gapang, ni hatak sa sarili hindi ko magawa.”
She said she was rushed to hospital at that time. “Kinabahan na ako kasi iba siya sa mga dating nararamdaman ko.”
“Nakatakot ako kasi kinabukasan ko buhay ko, nakasalalay kung paano ako pupunta sa trabaho ko, kung paano ko ikilos ang sarili ko,” she told Abunda.
At present, Angel is undergoing therapy and also considering having a medical operation abroad.
She said she started having a therapy back when she was doing her 2008 film “Love Me Again” where she fell off the horse a couple of times.
“Good thing naman yung last MRI ko, wala naman nagbago sa resulta. Hindi siya, na-aggravate,” she said.
In the end, Angel assured her fans that she’ll be OK, she’s not leaving show business and she would do those actions scenes again in the future.
“Don’t worry, magpapagaling lang ako. Magpapalakas ako,” she said.
