The Philippines has just announced information about making a new version of Descendants of the Sun with the participation of Dingdong Dantes – husband of Marian Rivera , the actress known as the most beautiful in the Philippines.

Accordingly, Dingdong Dantes was cast as the film’s male lead – Captain Lucas Manalo. At the age of 38 and with a lot of acting experience, Dingdong Dantes is expected to express the complex and torn inner feelings of the role of Captain. However, many viewers are also concerned that when filming, Dingdong Dantes will be ‘too old’ compared to the other actors.

Actors of the Philippine version of Descendants of the Sun.

‘Even though you’re famous and handsome, you’re still too old to play the male lead’, ‘I really like Dingdong Dantes, but you shouldn’t play this role, your age of 38 is a disadvantage’, ‘Why not choose younger actor. Looking at Dingdong Dantes and comparing it to Song Joong Ki in the original is really lame’, ‘Dingdong Dantes is handsome, famous, has many female fans but he is already a middle-aged man in his 40s.’ , not suitable to play the role of a young man under 30′, ‘Why did you choose a father from under 40 who has 2 children to play the role of Captain, I don’t like it at all’ – The audience commented.

Dingdong Dantes and Song Joong Ki.

Besides Dingdong Dantes, the Philippine version of Descendants of the Sun also features actors Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Rocco Nacino. Jasmine Curtis-Smith plays Lieutenant Moira Defender (original Yoon Myung Joo played by Kim Ji Won). And Rocco Nacino plays Sergeant Diego Ramos (original Seo Da Young played by Jin Goo).

Dingdong Dantes – Marian Rivera’s happy little family.

The original Descendants of the Sun is a story revolving around military captain Yoo Shi Jin (Song Joong Ki) – leader of the Alpha combat team and Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo) – a doctor at Hae Sung hospital, Hanoi. member of Doctors Without Borders. After an unexpected collision, Captain Yoo Shi Jin developed feelings for doctor Kang Mo Yeon. However, Dr. Kang did not seem very excited, because in her heart she always had problems with Captain Yoo.