How Bea Alonzo’s loss became Ivana Alawi’s gain

"The core concept was changed to make it 10 or even 20 times better than what was left behind," declared Jay Fernando, head of the creative team behind "A Family Affair," the project that Bea Alonzo had dropped when she transferred from ABS-CBN to GMA 7. The series now has social media superstar Ivana Alawi as lead actress. "When Bea left, the management felt that the show was too good to be shelved. So the creative team wracked its brains and worked on improving it," Jay pointed out. "Ivana was top of mind when we changed the entire show. Bea and Ivana are two different people. You will see that Ivana is able to offer things that are modern, new and exciting for this project. Tho...

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