
A phone screen lights up, then another. A name trends, a screenshot follows, and suddenly four Filipino actors — Aaron Villaflor, Ron Angeles, Nikko Natividad and Gil Cuerva — are being treated like characters in a story they may not even be in.

A phone screen lights up, then another. A name trends, a screenshot follows, and suddenly four Filipino actors — Aaron Villaflor, Ron Angeles, Nikko Natividad and Gil Cuerva — are being treated like characters in a story they may not even be in.