Sweet no more

STEF Prescott

Stef Prescott is the latest Kapuso star to shed her sweet image via the cover of a men’s mag. But she’s not ready for a complete overhaul just yet.

“Deciding was hard, but in the end I really wanted to do it,” she said of “going sexy” for the pictorial. “I had only two weeks to prepare.” She went on a crash diet and did a lot of walking and jogging.

When the magazine came out, her American dad Paul and half-brother Todd congratulated her on Facebook. Her Filipino mom Marisa is always supportive, but is Stef ready to go bold onscreen?

“Philippine TV is still conservative so I won’t be doing anything out of my comfort zone anytime soon,” Stef said. “As for the movies … I’m not going all the way.”

She sees nothing wrong with bed scenes, she clarified, “for as long as I don’t have to show any body part.”

On her current GMA 7 series, “Captain Barbell,” she completely altered her look, too.

“I sport full bangs here and wear a cat suit that shows a little cleavage. Even my friends did not recognize me,” Stef noted. “I play a bad girl, Eva, sidekick of Christopher de Leon’s character.”

That’s the nemesis of Richard Gutierrez’s Captain Barbell, but she thinks the actor is a dreamboat. “It’s a pleasure working with him,” she said. “For a big star, he’s very down-to-earth. We laugh a lot on the set.”

BF material

Chard is on top of her short list of guys who are “boyfriend material,” but does she think his mom, Annabelle Rama, is good for a mother-in-law? “I admire Tita Annabelle,” Stef said, a little off the mark. “She’s an amazing mom and manager.”

Among local stars, she picks Solenn Heussaff and Aljur Abrenica as the sexiest. Stef explained: “Solenn’s eyes are sultry and she’s got fierce curves. Aljur was my batch mate in ‘Starstruck’ and I saw his development from a totoy (kid) to a man. He’s hot!”

Clearly, Stef, who straddles American and Filipino cultures, isn’t shy about expressing her views. She shared her opinions on the moves to pass a divorce law in the Philippines.

“I think divorce should be an option,” she said. “But Filipinos are very pious and regard marriage as a sacrament. I myself value the sanctity of marriage, but people make mistakes and should be allowed to pursue their happiness.”

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