Janine Gutierrez, a Kapamilya actress, stated that she auditioned for the second season of GMA’s fantasy series Encantadia when she was still a Kapuso.

Many Kapuso actresses went out of their way to be a part of the famous television series, which originally starred Sunshine Dizon, Iza Calzado, Diana Zubiri, and Karylle as Sangres. Glaiza de Castro, Sanya Lopez, Kylie Padilla, and Gabbi Garcia appeared in the second edition, or reboot.

Janine Gutierrez said in a recent interview with Paulo Avelino for her upcoming movie Ngayon Kaya that she auditioned for Encantadia and was contesting for the role of Amihan. According on the article in Bandera, she stated that this is one of her “what if” experiences.

The Kapamilya actress recalled that, “Many, many years ago, I auditioned for the Encantadia reboot in GMA and then parang na-shortlist, parang umabot ako sa finals. And I was considered to be Amihan.”

Unfortunately, she was not included in the final casting and the Amihan character was handed to somebody else, which Janine claimed hurt her deeply because she is a fan of the fantasy series as well as Iza Calzado, who portrayed Amihan in the original series.

Janine remarked at the time that she didn’t quite understand why she didn’t receive the part. She finally realized this after accepting the Ngayon Kaya movie project.

“Nakita ko yung name ng character ko is Amihan. So I was like, oh my gosh, gets ko na that this was the Amihan that was meant for me,” Janine Gutierrez remarked.

Ngayon Kaya will be released in cinemas on June 22. Alwyn Uytingco, John James Uy, Donna Cariaga, Haley Dizon, and Rio Locsin are also in the cast.