JE C.C.
A decade into being the love team to beat in Philippine showbiz, KathNiel is all geared up to create a lasting legacy, as they made a feat no other team-up in their generation can ever replicate with ease.
They say stars come and go, but some spend their time far longer in the limelight. It’s mind-blowing that a few firmly stand their ground and keep their royalty status for years in this era. Stars are perpetually threatened by newbies and viral sensations.
Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla are two of those stars, having managed to keep their shine no matter how many new contenders pose a challenge to stake a claim to their throne.
KathNiel seems to take a path that only leads to greater success with every step they make. And now as they grace a new decade in their phenomenal career, their brilliance remains as blinding as ever, never once dimmed by the arrival of new promising idols, the pandemic, and the tragedy that befell their homegrown station.
One can say stars have long been aligned before Kathryn and Daniel even found each other. The homegrown Kapamilya actress started her career as a child actress 18 years ago, while Padilla took off seven years later. Bernardo was en route to superstardom when she did Mara Clara without Daniel Padilla and she nearly transferred to ABS-CBN’s rival TV station, GMA Network, before that. But then their paths crossed via the 2011 youth-oriented series, Growing Up, and right there, the signs were screaming. Destiny seemingly took charge, and as like puzzle pieces to each other’s lives, the two provided the missing pieces of a future powerhouse love team.
From their very first starring roles in a primetime teleserye via Princess and I (2012), KathNiel continuously emerged, acing one milestone after another that not too many of their contemporaries could have easily accomplished with similar ease. Kathryn and Daniel have shared the massive success of so far four primetime series on ABS-CBN. They have also reaped the rewards of the box-office success of at least eight movies, whose billion-peso combined grosses made them two of the biggest-grossing movie stars of the recently-concluded decade.
KathNiel managed to pull off these feats at a pace not too many in their generation have ever duplicated. Individually, Bernardo and Padilla had to hurdle challenging terrains to get to where the tandem is currently enjoying their status. In Kathryn’s case, she had to wait nearly a decade before practically moving a mile in her slowly-ascending career. With Daniel, that pace dramatically picked up, and as they say, the rest is history.
KathNiel’s blazing glory continues today as they begin a brand-new decade in their phenomenal showbiz career. The mounting anticipation for their comeback series, 2 Good to be True, is rarely seen these days; but what further milestones they are to accomplish in this brand new decade is surely getting more attention.
