Indie Film actress for an international movie

Another Filipino talent is set to cast in an international movie, after T.V. Carpio, who has a role in the Hollywood movie musical Across The Universe. The Filipino talent is no other than Mercedes Cabral, an Indie film actress, who has been chosen by acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook. She will play an important role in the horror film Thirst.

Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003), Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), and I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006) are some of the South Korea’s critically acclaimed flicks that he directed.

Mercedes Cabral, a 21-year-old Fine Arts Student at the University of the Philippines, is quite known in the independent film hub. She garnered the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2007 UP Inbox TV and Radio Festival for her performance in the digital film Bitin.

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