Actress Cataleya Surio, a native of Catanauan, Quezon has been very private and elusive about publicly exposing much of her body although in the past there were pictorials and scenes which required her to bare—up to a certain point.
“Hindi po ako basta naghuhubad kung hindi kailangan sa istorya (I don’t conveniently just take off my clothes until it is necessary in the storyline),” opined Cataleya.
But in her upcoming film, “The Brokers” where she plays a cybersex hooker—billed as The Cybersex Queen, she will be totally in the nude, disclosed Surio.
“Makikita po ni JC de Vera nang buung-buo ang kahubdan ko dahil magkakaroon kami ng sex online (JC de Vera has seen my nude body in the scene because we have a sex online),” she informed.
In the film which is scheduled to screen at the Future of Asia section of the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 30 to November 8, 2021, JC plays a real estate broker who has a clash with the local residents over land development.
“Ibang klase po ang pelikula. At grabe ang galing umarte ni JC kahit sa cybersex namin (The film is of a different breed. And JC’s acting is superb even in our cybersex scenes),” exclaimed Cat.
“The Brokers” is directed by Daniel Palacio, a protégée of internationally renowned filmmaker Brilante Ma. Mendoza and its script written by Armando “Bing” Lao, another mentor of Daniel.
Surio is also slated to appear in another Palacio film project, “Kandidato,” a foray into the feudal and necropolitics in the countryside. “Sa Catanauan po nag-shooting ang pelikula namin at ako ay gumaganap na kanany kamay ng mayora na ginagampanan ni (The movie was shot in Catanauan and I play the role of the right-hand woman of the lady mayor played by) Raquel Villavicencio,” said Cat who confirmed that her acting the role in “Kandidato” was praised Dante Mendoza, the other name of Brillante.