''Once a Princess'' is a 2014 Filipino

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

Laurice Guillen Laurice Ilagan Guillen-Feleo (born January 31, 1947) is a Filipino actress, film and television director, and college professor. Early life and acting career Guillen studied at St. Theresa's College, Cebu City, earned an AB English degree be ...

from a screenplay written by Anna Karenina Ramos and Enrico C. Santos, based on Angel Bautista's novel with the same name. It stars

Enchong Dee Ernest Lorenzo "Enchong" Velasquez Dee (, born November 5, 1988) is a Filipino people, Filipino actor, comedian, model, host, swimmer, triathlete, duathlete and writer. Dee is a contract artist of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN's Star Magic. ...

Erich Gonzales Erika Chryselle Gonzales Gancayco-Lorenzo (born September 20, 1990), better known by her stage name Erich Gonzales (; ), is a Filipino actress. She is a contract artist of ABS-CBN's Star Magic. She started her showbiz career at the age of 14, a ...

, and

JC de Vera John Carlo de Vera (born March 10, 1986), better known by his screen name JC de Vera, is a Filipino actor. His accolades include a FAMAS Award, two PMPC Star Awards for Movies and two Box Office Entertainment Awards. Personal life De Vera wa ...

, with the supporting cast include

Ian Veneracion Stephen Ian Lopez Veneracion (; born February 7, 1975) is a Filipino actor and singer. Career His career started in 1982 as first appeared in RPN 9's show, ''Joey and Son''. in 1986, Veneracion joined GMA Network's '' That's Entertainment'', h ...

, Bing Pimentel,

Angel Aquino Angelita Grace Velasquez Aquino (born February 7, 1973) is a Filipino actress, fashion model, and television personality. Prominent in independent films, she has also worked on Television in the Philippines, television shows of varying genres, ...

, Matt Evans, and

Nikki Valdez Ma. Alinica "Nikki" Valdez-Garcia (born January 25, 1979) is a Filipino people, Filipino 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' ...

. Produced by ABS-CBN Film Productions,

Regal Films Regal Entertainment Inc. (formerly and more commonly known as Regal Films) is a Philippine film, television production and distribution headquartered in New Manila, Quezon City. It was founded by Lily Monteverde on August 19, 1962. Regal Enter ...

and

Skylight Films Skylight Films was a division of ABS-CBN Films that specialized in producing films for the niche market A niche market is the subset of the market on which a product is appealed to a small group of consumers. The market niche defines the prod ...

, with

Star Cinema ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc., trade name, doing business as Star Cinema and also known as ABS-CBN Films (since 2018), is a Philippines, Philippine film studio, film, television production company, production and distribution (marketing), di ...

as a distributor, the film was theatrically released on August 6, 2014.

Plot

Erin Almeda comes from a rich family and is always known as "Princess". She breaks up with her geeky high school classmate Leonard Jamieson by pretending that she was only using him after a family crisis that required the help of the influential family of his high school rival Damian. Leonard is driven to attempt suicide, tormenting Erin with guilt. When Leonard wakes up, Erin is thrown out of his hospital room. Seven years later, Leonard, now a wealthy executive, employs Erin, now a financially struggling housewife who is married to a now disreputable Damian. After Leonard initially orders her to do excessive tasks, they slowly rekindle their relationship before Erin explains why she left him. Learning of this and realizing how miserable her life has been since then, Leonard urges Erin to resume their love, which Erin is reluctant to do. Damian later discovers Leonard and Erin's renewed relationship and tries to kill Erin in an act of rage, only to be stopped by Leonard. Erin and Damian mutually break up peacefully afterward, and Erin becomes together with Leonard once again.

Cast

Main cast

as Erin Almeda *

as Leonard Jamieson *

as Damian Albert

Supporting cast

as Anton *Bing Pimentel as Rosalie *

as Maritess * Matt Evans as Ricky *

Tippy Dos Santos Stephanie Denise "Tippy" Dos Santos-Porcuna (; born August 16, 1994) is a Filipino American singer, actress and lawyer. She first appeared on '' Ruffa & Ai'' in 2009. Dos Santos is a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star M ...

as Nina *

as Myrna *Bryan Santos as Teddy *

Eda Nolan Eda Kristy (born December 14, 1988), known professionally as Eda Nolan, is a Filipina actress, best known for her role as ''Junniper'', the shy, 'promdi' girl, in ABS-CBN's sitcoms, ''Let's Go'' and ''Gokada Go''. Nolan has been a member of S ...

as Kristine

Guest cast

Myrtle Sarrosa Myrtle Abigail Porlucas Sarrosa (born December 7, 1994) is a Filipino actress, cosplayer and recording artist who rose to prominence after being declared the '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4'' Big Winner. Sarrosa started her career under ...

as Helen * Akiko Solon as Jackie *Annika Dolonius as Mischa * Avery Paraiso as Neil *John Uy as Morris *Marx Topacio as Rommel *Althea Guanzon as Sofia

References

External links

* 2014 romantic drama films Philippine romantic drama films 2014 films Regal Entertainment films Skylight Films films Star Cinema films Films directed by Laurice Guillen Films produced by Charo Santos-Concio Films produced by Lily Y. Monteverde Films with screenplays by Enrico C. Santos Films with screenplays by Anna Karenina Ramos Films scored by Jessie Q. Lasaten Filipino-language films {{2010s-Philippines-film-stub