For the first time in her career, Ashley Ortega landed her first lead role through the sports drama “Hearts on Ice,” which airs weeknights on GMA 7 starting March 13. | via Allan Policarpio/PDI
“That’s why every role I get—no matter how small it is—I look at it as something big and important,” the 24-year-old actress added.
In “Hearts on Ice,” Ashley plays Ponggay, an aspiring figure skater with a leg impairment. It was really her mother who dreamed of becoming a champion figure skater. She failed, so she tries to live out her fantasy through her daughter. But because Ponggay craves validation and love from her mother, she devotes herself to the sport, despite her disability.
While the role isn’t as heavy on drama as her previous role in “Legal Wives,” the skating aspect makes “Hearts on Ice” physically demanding. “The theme is lighter. But it’s also draining because it involves a sport. We shoot at night, during the mall’s closing hours, until morning,” she related. “We have to train regularly, too.”Ashley couldn’t help but “fangirl” when she learned that Xian was going to be his onscreen partner. “I watched his shows.
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