DINGDONG SCALES THE STAIRWAY TO SUCCESS

 Dingdong Dantes latest soap opera , the Filipino adaptation of the popular and hit "Korean-telenovela" "Stairway to Heaven" airs on the Kapuso network's primetime block.
  So what kind of pressure is Dingdong feeling right now? "The pressure is coming from different sources. First, is the success of the original Korean TV series. Second, after so many years , the series is revived and in a local version. Then there's the character requirement because much is expected from me as Cholo....as much as possible I want to set aside the pressure and just focus on making it right . If I'm  always be out there to deal with pressure when in fact you just have to do your job right ," the actor explained.
  Instead of worrying , Dingdong focused more on what's needed for his role. The requirement of him as an actor was huge as he would reprise the role of Cholo, who was much loved by Filipino viewers in the original "Stairway to Heaven".
 As Joyce Bernal , the series ' director explained," I told him not to give me 100% , but 200%. So medyo sa kanya ako nakatutok. If you're looking for a material for your to learn so much and  and for you to really prove that you are an actor, then this is it. So if you won't give everything in this then when and where will you do it?"
  So far, Dingdong Dantes has received positive feedbacks from the advance screening of "Stairway to Heaven" held at Megamall Cinema  and during the show's viewing presscon  at GMA-7's Studio 7. And one of these feedbacks was that he has already shifted well to another leading lady who is Rhian Ramos . He even won praises from GMA SVP for TV and Entairment Wilma Galvante who called him very effective as Cholo.
  "Stairway to Heaven" is the story of childhood sweethearts Cholo and Jodi who got separated when the former went to the States for his studies. he vowed to return for her which he did after five years . He was supposed to marry her but unfortunately, Jodi was run over by Eunice's (Glaiza de Castro), car her step who's after everything she has including Cholo.