A Woman’s Glory: Cherie Gil’s Creative Rebirth

The incomparable Cherie Gil talks about her legacy, finding purpose in the great unknown and starting a clean (shaven) slate. Read an excerpt of her cover story below. Related: 30 and Thriving: The Evolution Of MEGA Her nearly five-decade career has been fueled with power but when the pandemic came, it became a restricting scenario for her and everyone in the industry. Theaters are still closed and filming schedules pushed back even further, making local material even more limited. “And that’s when things became more apparent to me that it’s not an easy progression for the industry to compete with the challenge. And I could not actually go on waiting,” she says sadly. Gil went on to leave the middle of a teleserye at the start of 2021. “People thought there was something going on between both camps but hindi. Artistic differences lang naman ang nangyari. Pamilya ko na rin sila. This is […]