Vic narrated that his chief cheerleader is Tali, his seven-year-old daughter with his wife, Pauleen Luna. Veteran host and comedian Vic Sotto has been making movies since 1979. Still, his role as the monarch Lakan Makisig in the Metro Manila Film Festival entry "The Kingdom" is extraordinary in his decades-long career.
"I've been in this business for more than half of my life. And this is the first time na namulat ako sa tunay na buhay ng artista. Well, I've done television shows and I've done quite a number of movies.
But this is the first time na na-challenge ako. As in, challenge talaga," Vic revealed during the media conference of his MMFF movie, which is jointly produced by APT Entertainment, MQuest Ventures, and his very own M-Zet Productions. Why he found his role challenging is something that moviegoers and Vic's followers will have to discover on Dec.
25, when MMFF opens. His performance as the brooding Lakan in "The Kingdom" is undoubtedly a far cry from the usual comedy fare, which has won him numerous awards as a "Box Office King" in the past. Bossing Vic narrated how his older kids "pressured" him to play a character out of the league of his popular character "Enteng Kabisote.
" "There was one time we had dinner out and all my kids were there. The older ones. Which means si Danica (Pingris), si Oyo Boy, si Vico (Mayor), si Paulina (his daughter with Angela Luz) and Tali (his second to the youngest) as well," Vic recalled.
"Ang sabi nila sa akin, 'Dad, gumawa ka na.