Tony Lagarto's International Bettybase Update: The Philippines' "My Big Love"

 The official announcement of Bea Alonzo's hiring ended a long period of casting speculation, during which actress/singer/TV hostess Toni Gonzaga and her frequent co-star Sam Milby were mentioned for the lead roles of Betty and Armando in I Love Betty La Fea. The false news of Gonzaga and Milby's casting was probably derived from descriptions of their upcoming movie, My Big Love, in which Milby wears a fat suit and Gonzaga's character falls in love with him unconditionally, despite his appearance.

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The Philippines' "My Big Love" was a movie that was released in February 2008 and starred Sam Milby as Macky Cordova, Kristine Hermosa as Niña, and Toni Gonzaga as Aira Capistrano. Macky was a 300-pound chef who had been sending flowers and gifts to the beautiful Niña, the woman of his dreams. Because of his weight, Macky couldn't bring himself to actually meet Niña, so the two only communicated online. When Macky did get the nerve to finally meet Niña, it turned out that his fears were justified because Niña made it clear that she could never get past his appearance. Niña's personal trainer, Aira, saw how heartbroken Macky was, so she volunteered to help him to lose weight and to gain some confidence in himself. During the time that they spent together, Aira started to fall in love with Macky. The two were separated when Aira had to go to Japan for family reasons, and Macky decided to go away to work on bettering himself. They lost touch for a while, during which time Macky lost a lot of weight, returned to Quezon City, and was pursued by Niña, who liked the new Macky much more than the overweight one she'd spent a disastrous date with about two years earlier. Just as they were celebrating their first anniversary together, Aira returned and reunited with Macky. He soon came to discover just how incompatible he and Niña were, and just how much Aira loved him for who he was, even when he was fat. Niña didn't want to lose the gorgeous Macky, but she realized that she couldn't fight the love he obviously felt for Aira, so she did the right thing and let him go. Macky ran to find Aira and the two mutually confessed their love for each other.

My Big Love Video with Lyrics / Subs

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