{"id":25918,"date":"2014-09-15T22:23:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=25918"},"modified":"2014-09-16T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T14:30:25","slug":"iza-calzado-on-her-dad-new-role-and-a-date-with-piolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/15\/iza-calzado-on-her-dad-new-role-and-a-date-with-piolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Iza Calzado on her dad, new role, and \u2018date\u2019 with Piolo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actress Iza Calzado recently spoke about her showbiz breaks, her father, and a surprise \u201cdate\u2019 with Piolo Pascual.<\/p>\n

Iza, whose career as an ABS-CBN talent is ever on the rise, credits her success to her father, Lito Calzado who was a choreographer and TV director before he passed away.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaddy is no longer here to see how I\u2019m getting all these opportunities\u2014it\u2019s a bittersweet feeling,\u201d she said at the media gathering for her new film, \u201cMaria Leonora Teresa\u201d by Wenn V. Deramas.<\/p>\n

“I miss him so much but I feel his presence. I know that he\u2019s happy for me. I want to keep working, to make him and my mom (Antonia) proud,\u201d Iza, who lost her father to cancer, said. Her mother and her stepmother, Myrna, likewise succumbed to the dreaded disease.<\/p>\n

In \u201cMaria Leonora Teresa,\u201d Iza takes on the role of Faith, a woman who loses her daughter in an accident. And although no stranger to loss, Iza pointed out a vital difference between her real life nature and her movie persona.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike my character in the movie,\u201d she said, \u201cI didn\u2019t experience depression. I got my dad\u2019s positive outlook\u2014that helps me a lot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She shared that for her role as a mother, she drew insight from her relationship with her stepbrother: \u201cI help take care of my 11-year-old stepbrother\u2014doon ako humuhugot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aside from pulling from this experience, Isa also shared that she expects directors to help set the course for her role portrayal for whatever film she takes on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI expect them (directors) to guide my portrayals because they see the bigger picture; more than anyone, they know the story that they want to tell,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Recalling that it was Direk Wenn who was at the helm of her very first soap-opera with the Kapamilya network, Iza says that she \u201calways enjoys\u201d working with Wenn, and describes him as \u201cfun to be with.\u201d<\/p>\n

The role of Faith for \u201cMaria Leonora Teresa\u201d was actually first offered to Judy Ann Santos, but Iza took this all in stride.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked for Ate Juday\u2019s blessing through my manager, Noel Ferer, who is also the manager of her husband, Ryan Agoncillo. I don\u2019t mind being second choice. Nothing will happen to my career if I let my ego get in the way of important decisions,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to be remembered as someone who gave a lot to her craft, to the industry\u2026as an excellent actress.\u201d She mused, when asked about what she would like to achieve, as an actress.<\/p>\n

Finally, the question that was on everyone\u2019s mind, why did Iza go to the Star Ball with Piolo, and not with her boyfriend Ben Wintle?<\/p>\n

The answer was quite simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cI normally go to show biz functions alone. I merely asked Piolo if we could share a table. He said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we just go together?\u201d It was like the king asked me! I was suddenly Piolo\u2019s date!\u201d<\/p>\n

To follow-up on this, Iza said that boyfriend Ben is \u201cvery secure\u201d about their relationship, and took her \u201cdate\u201d all in stride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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