Dennis Trillo and Jennylyn Mercado Are Partners In Action, For Real, In Comeback Series

For Dennis Trillo and Jennylyn Mercado, "Sanggang Dikit FR" marks a milestone—their first teleserye together as a married couple. Contrary to expectations perhaps of a romance or drama like their last GMA project a decade ago, this time they dive into action, drawing on their real-life teamwork to portray police partners who, despite constantly clashing, ultimately rely on each other.

- By Nathalie Tomada

In a one-on-one with The STAR on Friday, Dennis got to share his excitement over "Sanggang Dikit FR," premiering on primetime come June 23.

"Nag-enjoy, of course. First time to be together again in a teleserye. And it's not just any teleserye," he began. "Kundi isang napaka-exclusive na action-packed presentation. We're together in fight scenes—there's a lot of fight scenes—and dangerous stunts. So, it's exciting."

According to the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Actor, it's been 10 years since he last starred with his wife on GMA through the soap "My Faithful Husband."

All in all, they've lost track of the number of times they were paired on screen. But they could say that "Sanggang Dikit" is a whole new acting experience because of the genre and the storyline (where their characters don't see eye to eye—or at least, in the first two weeks of the series).

"Kakaiba 'tong series na 'to. It's my first time to do action. Napayag ako lalo na nung nalaman kong kasama ko yung asawa ko. Kaya excited talaga ako na mapanood ito," Jennylyn shared.

The couple also praised the production and their director, L.A. Madridejos, who is responsible for some of the highest-rated Kapuso programs, including "Abot-Kamay na Pangarap," "First Yaya," "My Special Tatay," among others.

"Na-discover namin kung gaano siya kagaling, kung paano niya kami inaalagaan, yung kwento at may malasakit siya sa lahat ng characters sa kabuuan ng story," said Dennis.

Both Jennylyn and Dennis took their action roles seriously, even doing their own stunts in fight scenes.

The rom-com queen said, "I pushed myself to do all the stunts and keep up. Of course, it looks better if we're the ones actually doing the scenes."

Dennis added, "In this series, we really worked on getting in condition so we could do those kinds of scenes."

"It's really physical so we have to be strong, we need to be fit," admitted Jennylyn.