‘Milan’ stars Claudine Barretto, Piolo Pascual to reunite in big screen

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It’s happening! Piolo Pascual and Claudine Barretto are finally going to star in another movie, this time to be directed by none other than the award-winning director Cathy Garcia-Molina.

This was spilled by Claudine herself in an interview on “Tonight With Boy Abunda” on Wednesday, April 24, 15 years after her movie with Piolo, “Milan,” was released.

“I will be doing a movie this end of June or July in Florence with Piolo,” Claudine confirmed, although further details about it are still kept under wraps.

This drew nothing but ‘kilig’ reactions from the audience and surprise from the show’s host, Boy Abunda, with him saying, “Wow! With Piolo Pascual. Gandang balita ‘yan. Abangan natin ‘yan (That is good news. Let’s wait for it).”

The 39-year-old actress is set to have her comeback in the entertainment industry as she will be starring in a new episode of drama anthology series “Maalala Mo Kaya (MMK)” along with Jameson Blake.

This episode, which will air this Saturday, April 27, will center on the life of RJ Cunanan, a talented dancer who has Guillain-Barre syndrome — a rare disorder wherein a person’s immune system attacks his nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and can eventually make his body paralyzed. Jameson will play the role of RJ, while Claudine will portray the role of his mother.

During the interview, Claudine said she wanted to return in the show business already, but was not able to because she got sick.

“This time talaga, I really want to work again because the last time I did ‘Etiquette,’ I got really really sick and I got really really big,” she told Boy.

“I couldn’t work. I was always in the hospital, I had six operations in what? Four months,” she added. Claudine, however, assured that she is now in good shape.

Claudine’s last movie appearance was in the “Etiquette for Mistresses” in 2015 alongside Iza Calzado, Kim Chiu, and Kris Aquino, among others.