Exclusive: Iza Calzado plays a lawyer in ‘Hawak Kamay’

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<div><img src='' alt='050814-Iza_Main.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>Iza Calzado will soon be back on primetime television with <i>Hawak Kamay </i>where she will be starring alongside Piolo Pascual and Nikki Gil. According to Iza, she will be portraying a character with a strong personality. She also revealed that she will be playing the role of a lawyer in the serye.</div><div> </div><div>'I play Bianca Magpantay, she is a strict lawyer <i>na parang sa umpisa medyo</i> strict <i>ako, hindi masyado natutuwa [sa</i> character<i> ni]</i> PJ (Piolo)<i> pero</i> I guess eventually <i>magwa</i>-warm <i>ang</i> heart <i>niya</i> especially in the beginning <i>kailangan niya patunayan [ng</i> character <i>ni</i> Piolo] <i>na </i>okay <i>siya.</i> I am just after the welfare of the kids and I always want what's right for the kids, what's fair,' she shared in an exclusive interview with <a href='http://Push.com.ph'>Push.com.ph</a>.</div><div><br/></div><div>Iza revealed that the strong personality of her character 'Bianca' stems from her tough family life. 'The back story <i>ko</i>, my father is a lawyer and I will take care of my father because my father is not healthy anymore and my father got into an accident and <i>‘yung</i> focus <i>ko talaga</i> all on him so ‘yon ‘<i>yung </i>character<i> ko kaya medyo hindi ako pa-</i>girl, <i>walang pa-</i>sexy, <i>seryoso ako,”</i> she relayed.</div><div><br/></div><div>The actress will be the love interest of Piolo in the soap. Iza further relayed, “So <i>Hawak Kamay</i> is a story of a man who faces the responsibility of taking care of three kids. And the question is if he is fit enough or responsible enough to take care of all three and that man is Piolo Pacual and I come into the picture as a DSWD lawyer, the family lawyer of his sister who passes away. That's how things start,<i> ganon nag-</i>unfold <i>ang</i> story.<i> Ako ang </i>lawyer <i>ng mga </i>kids and he is the guardian so<i> napunta ‘yung mga </i>kids <i>sa kanya</i> and it’s my duty and responsibility to see if he is fit.”</div><div><br/></div>

Iza Calzado plays the role of a lawyer and the love interest of Piolo Pascual in ‘Hawak Kamay.’

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