Comebacking actor-turned-politician Isko Moreno, popularly known as Yorme and and his co-star Cesar Montano shared the good old 90s pranks they used to do with their fellow actors on and off set. The actor-turned-mayor and now comebacking again as an actor told Gossip Girl: “I miss the good old days when we used to prank our fellow actors and not get cancelled. Nowadays, if you do simple pranks to a fellow actor, you will get cancelled by the viewers, by the producers and even your fellow actors. I remember when we used to guest in soap dramas directed by the late Argel Joseph, he would allow you to sleep…but once you are deep in your sleep we would all gather around you with candles and sing ‘Hindi Kita Malilimutan’ like you do at a funeral. That was so fun. But nowadays you can’t do that anymore.” Yorme plays Ninoy Aquino in the new movie of Darryl Yap, Martyr or Murderer (#MoM) the second part of a trilogy which started with Maid in Malacañang.

Cesar will still play President Ferdinand Marcos in #MoM which opened in the movie houses today, March 1. Cesar shared to Gossip Girl a lot of his pranks that I can actually dub him “The OG Prankster of Philippine Showbiz.” OG for those who are not familiar with the Gen Z slang means original gangster used for the actors who have carved their way into show business since the 80s or 90s and even as far back as 60s to 70s. So this OG gangster by the name of Cesar Montano loved to buy dog food pellets and put them in Nagaraya containers. Nagaraya is a peanut product covered with an outer starch shell that is cooked in garlic. If you are hungry, you will not know the difference between a dog pellet and Nagaraya unless you start munching them. So Cesar used to feed everyone in the set with “Nagaraya” until they realized they were eating dog food!

Cesar is really the king of pranks. And he loves doing collabs! One time he told his other co- actor (since I did not ask permission from this famous actor if I can mention his name, I will only refer to the actor as RW.) RW and Cesar used to star in a comedy series in the 90s where I guested. I was very new and very fresh in the business literally and figuratively. So Cesar told RW to prank me while the rest of their co-stars watched the crazy prank. While I was walking towards them, RW opened his pant’s zipper and he was not wearing his briefs. Then he made his “little boy” peeped out of his pants. Then when I approached their group he said, “Cesar told me you’re still a virgin. So you have never seen a pxxxs in your entire life? “ I answered that I haven’t and he asked the question a second time. I thought he did not hear my answer so I made my voice very loud and answered no. Then he asked the same question a third time wherein I answered no again. Then he asked repeatedly while his co-actor was chuckling and laughing. On his fifth attempt to ask,I started looking around my surroundings checking out why his fellow actors were dying of laughter. And finally I found his “little boy” limp and sad outside his zipper. I was so afraid I ran to the dressing room and told my mother. All she said was, “boys will be boys. Welcome to Philippine show business. You are finally made Giselle because actors now take their precious time to prank you.”