''Flower of Evil'' is a 2022

Philippine drama Philippine television drama, also known as ''teleserye'', Filipino telenovelas or P-drama, is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. ''Teleserye'' is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for "''telebi ...

television series based on the 2020 South Korean drama series of the same title, starring

Piolo Pascual Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual (, born January 12, 1977) is a Filipino film and television actor, singer, model, and producer. Early life Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual was born on January 12, 1977, in Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center located in Malat ...

and

Lovi Poe Lourdes Virginia Moran Poe (born February 11, 1989), popularly known as Lovi Poe, is a Filipino actress, model, and recording artist. She is the daughter of action star Fernando Poe Jr. Poe is known for starring in two popular GMA drama seri ...

. The series was aired on

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's ''Yes Weekend'' Primetime block,

Jeepney TV Jeepney TV is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel owned and operated by ABS-CBN's narrowcast arm Creative Programs Inc. since 2012. The programming consists of classic and archived series and programs previously aired on ABS-CBN. The c ...

and A2Z from June 25 to October 9, 2022 replacing the fourth season of ''

I Can See Your Voice ''I Can See Your Voice'' (abbreviated ''ICSYV'' and stylized as ''I Can See Your Voice — Mystery music game show'') () is an international television mystery music game show franchise that originated in South Korea. History In 2012, prod ...

'' and was replaced by '' Hoy Love You 3''.

Synopsis

Jacob (

) is a man who hides his identity and past from his wife Iris (

), a female detective. On the surface, they appear to be the perfect family: a loving couple with a beautiful six-year-old daughter who adores her parents. Iris and her colleagues begin investigating a series of unexplained murders and is confronted with the reality that her seemingly perfect husband may be hiding something from her.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as Jacob/ Daniel Villareal *

as Iris Castillo del Rosario/Villareal *

Supporting cast

Paulo Avelino Michael Paulo Lingbanan Avelino (born May 13, 1988) is a Filipino actor, singer, model and a movie producer. Regarded as the "Prince of Philippine Teleserye", he is best known in television series such as '' Walang Hanggan'' (2012), ''Bridges of ...

as Jacob del Rosario * *

Edu Manzano Eduardo "Edu" Manzano (; born September 14, 1955) is a Filipino-American actor, fashion model, TV commercial model, comedian, politician, United States Air Force veteran and television game host. He was previously the host of game shows ''The We ...

as Henry del Rosario *

Agot Isidro Maria Margarita Amada Fteha Isidro (born July 20, 1966), known professionally as Agot Isidro, is a Filipino actress. She is the fourth of the six children of Jose Isidro, an architect, and Palestinian mother Edwarta Fteha. She graduated from t ...

as Carmen del Rosario * *

Rita Avila Rita Ávila is a Filipino actress and author. Ávila is married to director, Erick Reyes, she had a baby who they named Elia Jesú E. Reyes. The baby died three weeks after being born. She also wrote an inspirational booklet called, ''8 Ways to ...

as Gloria Castillo * *

Joross Gamboa John Ross Sanchez Gamboa (born November 28, 1984), known professionally as Joross Gamboa, is a Filipino actor and model who was a 2nd runner-up in the 1st season of Star Circle Quest. Career After four years of being with ABS-CBN Star Magic, ''J ...

as Rico Gallardo *

Joem Bascon Joseph Emmanuel Bascon, popularly known by the stage name Joem Bascon, (born August 29, 1986) is a Filipino actor. He is currently a freelance actor under Regal Entertainment and Viva Artists Agency. Career Bascon's first relevance in the e ...

as Dennis Espinosa *

JC de Vera John Carlo de Vera (born March 10, 1986), better known by his screen name JC de Vera, is a Filipino actor, host and model. Personal life De Vera was offered a basketball scholarship in Colegio de San Juan de Letran after he graduated from high ...

as Andrew Marcelo *

Jett Pangan Jett Pangan (born Reginald Pangan on June 21, 1968) is a Filipino actor, singer and guitarist best known for fronting the Filipino rock bands the Dawn, and the now defunct Jett Pangan Group. He is also an actor, appearing in several theater pla ...

as Gerry Payumo *Denise Laurel as Grace Villareal *

Pinky Amador Pilar Cristina Roxas Amador (born 16 March 1966), commonly known by her stage name Pinky Amador, is a Filipina actress, singer, commercial model and TV host. Amador was in the original London cast of the Cameron Mackintosh musical hit ''Miss S ...

as Maggie Alcantara *

Joko Diaz Francisco Gutierrez Diaz Jr. (born February 13, 1968), better known by his screen name Joko Diaz, is a Filipino actor and action star. Diaz is regarded as one of the country's leading action stars. He has won two FAP Awards and is three-tim ...

as Baldo Ongkiko *

Epy Quizon Jeffrey Smith Quizon (born January 23, 1973), professionally known as Epy Quizon, is a Filipino actor, television host and the son of comedian Dolphy. He is known as the antagonist, role as Jepoy / Stryker in the 2003 film ''Lastikman''. Earl ...

as Noel Ramirez * Archie Adamos as Ruel Castro *

Gardo Versoza Mennen Torres Polintan (born July 8, 1969), known professionally as Gardo Verzosa, is a Filipino people, Filipino actor and comedian. Career He started out in roles such as Sabik Sa Halik, Machete II, Halimuyak Ng Babae and Kirot. He was known ...

as Abel Villareal * Denise Laurel as Grace Villareal * Carla Guevara as Lilia Ramirez * Hazel Orencio as Evelyn Claverio *Sienna Stevens as Luna del Rosario * Paul Jake Paule as Detective Candelaria

Guest cast

* Jeffrey Hidalgo as Erwin Santos *

Nikki Valdez Maria Alinica "Nikki" Valdez-Garcia (born January 25, 1979) is a Filipina actress and singer. Career In the Philippine music scene she was known for a ballad titled "Meron Ba?", composed for the soundtrack of ''G-Mik the Movie'' and ''Trip th ...

as Melanie Santos * Loren Burgos as Teodora "Teddy" Manangquil * Yñigo Delen as Carlo Santos *

Claire Ruiz Claire Ruiz Hartell (born 28 November 1997) also known for her screen name Claire Ruiz is a Filipino Australian actress, singer, dancer and model, best known for her roles in the television series ''Be Careful with my Heart'' as Joey Acosta, '' ...

as Susan Mirasol * Sherry Lara as Belen Soliven * Jess Mendoza as Lando Soliven * Junjun Quintana as Vincent Rosales *

Denise Joaquin Denise Joaquin (born Angelica Domingo) is a Filipino actress. Career Joaquin started as a contract actor of Premiere Productions for which she did three movies ''Nagmumurang Kamatis'', ''Anak ng Bulkan'' and ''Matrikula''. She signed up with ABS ...

as Raquel Rosales * Rolando Innocencio as Ernesto Dimaculangan * Peewee O'Hara as Tansing Ramos *

Aleck Bovick Maria Teresa Bovick Tambis (born May 18, 1984), better known by her screen name Aleck Bovick, is a Filipino actress. Personal life Her father was Filipino and her mother was half-German. She was in a relationship with Filipino actor Carlo Ma ...

as Josie Medina *

Sheree Bautista Cherry Hazel Sweet Faye Vidal Bautista (born as Cherry Hazel Vidal Agustin), popularly known as Sheree, is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, model, and painter. Born in Cagayan de Oro and raised in Bukidnon, she is a member of Viva Hot Bab ...

as Monet Dimayuga

Episodes

Production

Development

The project was first announced on September 16, 2021, when

officially transferred to

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

for the first time, with

returning to the network. Both actors were cast in the lead roles after signing with the network. A story conference was held on November 21, 2021. On 4 February 2022, it was revealed that the series was in the midst of its

principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...

. A total of 32 episodes are confirmed for the series, running for sixteen weeks.

Casting

On November 21, 2021, the rest of the cast were announced in the same day of story conference.

Kit Thompson Keith San Esteban Thompson (born February 15, 1997), better known by his screen name Kit Thompson, is a Filipino-New Zealander actor, model, and television host. He was a housemate in the reality show '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4'' (201 ...

was originally part of the cast, but was later fired after he was arrested for hitting his former girlfriend. Thompson was replaced by

Marketing

A short teaser for the series was shown as part of the upcoming projects for

Dreamscape Entertainment Dreamscape Entertainment is a Philippine television production company and entertainment division of ABS-CBN Corporation. It is one of the media conglomerate's television production units that supplies telenovelas for the flagship television n ...

in 2022. The first teaser was released on May 16, 2022. The second teaser was released on May 20, 2022. Official poster was released on May 23, 2022. The trailer of the series was released on May 31, 2022.

Release

The series released first on Viu on June 23, 2022, 48 hours before its television premiere on

, A2Z and

from June 25 to October 9, 2022. It is also released exclusively on

iWantTFC iWantTFC is a Filipino over-the-top content platform and production company owned and operated by ABS-CBN Digital Media, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, formed in 2020 through the merger of two streaming services iWant and TFC Online. In ad ...

and

TFC IPTV The Filipino Channel, commonly known as TFC, is a 24-hour global subscription television network based in Daly City, California with studios in Redwood City, California and offices in Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, UAE, Ethio ...

on July 16, 2022, with the first 6 episodes, 48 hours before its broadcast in the United States and Canada.

Re-run

''Flower of Evil'' re-aired from November 7, 2022 to January 20, 2023 on Kapamilya Channel's ''Primetime Bida'' Weeknight block, Jeepney TV, A2Z Primetime and TV5's ''Todo Max Primetime Singko'' block replacing '' A Family Affair'' and was replaced by ''

Dirty Linen ''Dirty Linen'' was a bi-monthly magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland. The magazine ceased publication in the spring of 2010. The magazine offered extensive reviews of folk music recordings, videos, books, and concert ...

''.

Official Soundtrack

Notes

References

External links

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