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IZA GETS THE ROLE IN THE ECHO!!!!

posted 17 years ago by td_gwendy
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It's official guys! IZA GOT THE PART! She'll be reprising her role in the American remake of "The Echo"!!! Hurray for Iza!!!

Iza Calzado gets 'The Echo' role

By Janet Susan R. Nepales, Ruben V. Nepales
Inquirer
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=77389
Last updated 08:34pm (Mla time) 07/18/2007

"Nagtititili siya!" (She was thrilled) was how director Yam Laranas described the reaction of actress Iza Calzado when she learned that she had landed the plum role in Laranas' Hollywood remake of "The Echo."

Laranas had fought for Calzado to reprise the role of the battered wife who haunts an apartment. Roy Lee, the producer of "The Echo," agreed, saying, "She was perfect in the original. Why shouldn't we get her for the remake?"

The management of GMA Network, where Iza has a TV show, has allowed her time off to film in Toronto starting on August 20, the director said.

Laranas sounded just as thrilled for Calzado when he called in London from Toronto to share the good news.

Originally posted at 04:56 pm

[–] td_gwendy 17 years ago

http://www.pep.ph/news/14076/Iza-Calzado-bags-her-original-role-in-Hollywoods-The-Echo

Iza Calzado bags her original role in Hollywood's "The Echo"

Dino Erece

Thursday, July 19, 2007
02:46 AM

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Tuwang-tuwa si Iza Calzado habang ibinabalita sa PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) na siya pa rin ang gaganap sa original role niya para sa Hollywood remake ng Sigaw. Sinigurado na sa kanya ni direktor Yam Laranas na siya ang napiling gumanap sa multong character sa The Echo, the same character na ginampanan niya sa Sigaw.

Tuesday ng tanghali, July 17, wala pang kaalam-alam si Iza—na humarap sa mga publicists ng kanilang soap ni Sunshine Dizon sa GMA-7 na Impostora—na napasakanya na pala ang role na inaasam-asam niyang gawin.

Sa pakikipag-usap ng PEP sa kanya, Iza stressed what she said during the presscon of Ouija last week, na hindi niya sinabing mag-a-audition siya for the role. But since wala pa rin naman daw naka-cast, ang sinabi niya ay sana mapag-audition siya.

Tanghali ng Miyerkules, July 18, nalaman ni Iza ang balita na siya ang napili ng Hollywood producers ng The Echo na gumanap sa dati niyang role. Mismong si Direk Yam, who will also direct the Hollywood version starring Jesse Bradford, ang nagsabi kay Iza ng napakagandang balita.

"Sure na po," sagot ni Iza sa tanong ng PEP sa kanya sa text kung nakuha na niya nga ang role.

"Direk Yam was the first one who told me," pahabol niya.

Mid-August aalis si Iza patungong Toronto, Canada, para sa shooting ng The Echo.

"I still have Impostora. Salamat naman po, pinayagan akong umalis ng GMA. Napakabait ni God," sabi pa ni Iza.

Umaasa rin si Iza na maayos ang schedule niya dahil bukod sa Impostora ay mayroon pa siyang isang committment for Regal Entertainment's Desperadas na entry sa 207 Metro Manila Film Festival. Nakapagsimula na ring mag-shoot ni Iza for the said movie.

"Wala pa pong details but I'll be back in time to finish Desperadas. I think maayos naman po lahat 'yan," sabi ni Iza.

Nag-promise siya that when she gets the final details of her schedule ay ibabalita niya rin sa PEP.

[–] biznit 17 years ago

THis is great news. I love Iza in the original. She was just eprfect for the role and I can't imagine anyone else doing it.

[–] imdbbrat 17 years ago

The cast is awesome.