As our side of the entertainment industry keeps coming face to face with the stars anew following the long pandemic, the sight of Jake Cuenca presenting an award at The 5th Eddys a couple of weeks back and then now at his solo media conference for the Metro Manila Film Festival entry, 'My Father, Myself,' takes me back to round about this time too in 2018.

Sat in a small huddle at a packed resto of a Quezon City mall, Jake was the interviewee for his much talked about role as Lizardo in Coco Martin's then MMFF entry, 'Ang Panday.' No matter that the film was a fantasy movie, pre-awards buzz had Jake as a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actor.