Name: Empty by Design
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-06-20
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Rhian Ramos, Osric Chau, Chris Pang, Dante Basco

Rhian Ramos is a Filipino actress, TV personality, and model who was born on October 3, 1990, in Makati, Metro Manila, the Philippines. She made her acting debut in 2006, when she starred in the TV drama series “Captain Barbell,” following up with the 2009 romance-themed series “Stairway to Heaven.” She starred alongside the boxing superstar and politician Manny Pacquiao in the 2009 sitcom “Show Me the Manny.” She has also appeared in numerous movie titles, including “The Road” in 2011, 2012’s “My Kontrabida Girl,” and the more recent film “Empty by Design” in 2019.

Rhian Ramos

Osric Chau is a Canadian actor and Wing Chun practitioner who was born in Vancouver, Canada, on July 20, 1986. His father hailed from Hong Kong and his mother from Malaysia. In 2002, he made his acting debut in the drama series “Cold Squad.” He followed up in 2007 with a role in “Dragon Boys,” a TV movie, and another feature-length TV title “Kung Fu Killer” followed in 2008. He has since gone on to appear in the long-running TV series “Supernatural” starred as the character Vogel in the drama series “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” in 2016. He also starred in the more recent film “Empty by Design” in 2018.

Osric Chau

Chris Pang is an Australian actor who was born in Melbourne, Australia, on December 29, 1984. He first made a name for himself in the acting industry when in 2010 he starred as Lee Takkam in the movie “Tomorrow, When the War Began.” Also in 2010, he starred in the Australian drama series “City Homicide.” He has since gone on to appear in the smash-hit movie “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018), where he played the role of Colin Kho. He also starred in the more film “Empty by Design,” which was also released in 2019.

Chris Pang

Dante Basco is an American actor who was born on August 29, 1975, in Pittsburg, California, in the United States. He began acting at a young age, appearing as a child star in the Michael Jackson movie “Moonwalker” in 1988. Also in 1988, he made a series of appearances in the long-running TV shows “Santa Barbara” and “The Wonder Years.” He is arguably best-known as a voice actor, however, and voiced the character Prince Zuko in three “Avatar: The Last Airbender” gaming titles in the mid-2000s. He also played Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in the Steven Spielberg movie “Hook” (1991), and more recently starred in the film “Empty by Design” in 2019.

Dante Basco

Samantha (Rhian Ramos) is a graduate student living and studying in London. But when a fatal traffic accident claims the life of her parents, she returns to the Philippines from the British capital. But she soon discovers that she has spent so long away from the country that she feels disconnected from the lives of her family and childhood friends.

Meanwhile, Eric (Osric Chau) was also born in the Philippines, but has lived in the United States since he was a young child and his parents divorced. He has built a career as a stunt performer and has come to the Philippines alongside Jun Jie (Chris Pang), a movie star, to work on a new movie set in the Philippine capital Manila. Eric also senses that although he is in his native country, he does not really feel at ease with the local culture. When Eric and Samantha meet, they realize that they used to go to the same school as young children. But they also learn that they have become kindred souls – at once belonging and not belonging in the nation of their birth. Instead, they become drawn to one another…

“Empty by Design” is a 2019 Filipino movie that was directed by Andrea A. Walter.

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