“Jacqueline Comes Home: The Chiong Story” stars Meg Imperial and Donnalyn Bartolome as Jacqueline and Marijoy Chiong. Seven men allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered the two sisters in 1997.
As she portrays a controversial role, Meg took to Twitter and Instagram to defend herself and the movie which is under VIVA Films.
Several netizens have created threads asking people to boycott the movie, many of them have gone viral. Netizens point out that Donnalyn and Meg should have researched their role properly before agreeing to play the part.
“The movie would just plainly give this generation a false idea about that certain case. Paco (Francisco Juan “Paco” Larrañaga) and the rest of the men deserves JUSTICE. So disappointed with @DJBDonna, @megimperial they should’ve researched about the role they’re going to take and not just take it. Shame,” posted one netizen.
Imperial relates that the movie will relay what the Chiong family went through after the incident.
“The core is about what the family went through after the incident. If you’re not open to what the movie can offer then you’re being biased,” she said.
“U know what happened to the other family. But, How about the chiong’s? Do you know their life after? It’s an emotional set up,” the starlet replied
Netizens have beseeched that people should go watch “Give Up Tomorrow” instead. (Pep.ph)
