Elmo Magalona dreams of playing dad Francis M in biopic

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<p>MANILA -- Actor Elmo Magalona hopes to portray his father, OPM icon Francis Magalona or Francis M, in a biopic.</p><p>"It's a dream role kasi far-fetched, medyo mahirap siya. Pero siguro if I could make a biopic of my dad," Magalona said in Star Magic's Celebrity Conversations.</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/r7ZKbdtBQ94?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div><p>"Reliving or telling the story of his life, that will be like a dream role siguro. Ang ganda nga siguro but for sure it's going to take a lot of brainstorming or like take a lot of emotions," he said.</p><p>Elmo also talked about his career, his goals and the lessons he learned in life. </p><p>"Siguro it's also to solidify my name in the industry as myself. I know it sounds very contradictory kasi gusto ko ring gumawa ng biopic portraying my dad and marami akong influence na galing sa kanya. Pero siyempre I want to also prove to everybody that I can also be my own person and I can stand on my own. I am very surprised na you know like people think na I am only here because of my dad. Imbes na I try to react to that kasi mali rin naman talaga 'yon, I just think, I will just prove it, I will just prove it to them na there's another reason, there's a solid reason why I am here," he said of his ultimate goal.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/05/19/hopefully-he-heard-me-elmo-magalona-dedicates-sea-games-performance-to-dad'>Hopefully he heard me: Elmo Magalona dedicates SEA Games performance to dad</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/06/09/francis-ms-journey-ends'>Francis M's journey ends</a></li></ul><p>Magalona was last seen in ABS-CBN's hit series "2 Good 2 Be True."</p>

<p>"Reliving or telling the story of his life, that will be like a dream role siguro. Ang ganda nga siguro but for sure it's going to take a lot of brainstorming or like take a lot of emotions," he said.</p><p>Elmo also talked about his career, his goals and the lessons he learned in life. </p><p>"Siguro it's also to solidify my name in the industry as myself. I know it sounds very contradictory kasi gusto ko ring gumawa ng biopic portraying my dad and marami akong influence na galing sa kanya. Pero siyempre I want to also prove to everybody that I can also be my own person and I can stand on my own. I am very surprised na you know like people think na I am only here because of my dad. Imbes na I try to react to that kasi mali rin naman talaga 'yon, I just think, I will just prove it, I will just prove it to them na there's another reason, there's a solid reason why I am here," he said of his ultimate goal.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/05/19/hopefully-he-heard-me-elmo-magalona-dedicates-sea-games-performance-to-dad'>Hopefully he heard me: Elmo Magalona dedicates SEA Games performance to dad</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/06/09/francis-ms-journey-ends'>Francis M's journey ends</a></li></ul><p>Magalona was last seen in ABS-CBN's hit series "2 Good 2 Be True."</p>

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<p>MANILA -- Actor Elmo Magalona hopes to portray his father, OPM icon Francis Magalona or Francis M, in a biopic.</p><p>"It's a dream role kasi far-fetched, medyo mahirap siya. Pero siguro if I could make a biopic of my dad," Magalona said in Star Magic's Celebrity Conversations.</p>

Actor Elmo Magalona hopes to portray his father, OPM icon Francis M, in a biopic.

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Elmo Magalona dreams of playing dad Francis M in biopic

Elmo Magalona dreams of playing dad Francis M in biopic