Mario Maurer to tour Erich Gonzales in Thailand?

Thai heartthrob Mario Maurer would love to take his leading lady Erich Gonzales around Thailand, which is one of the major locations of their upcoming film. The young actor told TV Patrol in a joint interview with Erich, “I’d bring her to Wat Phra Kaew. It’s like a very old temple in Thailand. It’s very beautiful there.”
 
Mario and Erich met at the story conference of their film (working title Suddenly It’s Magic) in Thailand, together with their director, Rory Quintos. The two apparently clicked together well, with Mario finding Erich a funny girl.

“[The] first time she talked she has many characters, very funny. For me she is not like a woman… Joking. She can rap and she can do beat box.” “So you’re saying I’m crazy?” Erich playfully interjected, to which Mario quipped, “Yeah, kind of.”
 
Mario enthused that in the film, he will play a Thai superstar who gets very bored of the career that he made and one day he just decided that he wants to go to the Philippines. And as fate would have it, he would meet Erich’s character, a Filipina pastry chef who just got out of a bad relationship.

In an earlier interview with Push, Erich admitted how ecstatic and nervous she is about her film project with the award-winning actor. “I'm excited but at the same time pressured din talaga. ‘Yung kaba sobra… pero mas kakabahan ako kung hindi ako kakabahan ‘di ba? Iba naman ‘yung ganun kung walang feelings, parang walang pakialam,” she related.
 
Mario will return to the country for the third time next month to film scenes in Ilocos.
Manila Bulletin